To the best of my knowledge, they all had steel founts. Still a nice find of a quite rare lantern. Mine is in pieces in a box. I really should get...
Hi Steve, I have encountered one of these before here in South Africa. It is far less common than the other Solar with Petromax sized globe and...
Darn! I keep looking for the Like button but it's not there...
When you consider the evidence of how many copies over many decades, from a host of manufacturers there have been of the Petromax design, the...
Often better to get it running, even with borrowed or unoriginal parts, while searching for the right bits. The graphite packing is inside the...
From Neil's pdf above, the 238B has a knurled fuel cap with pressure release screw, rather than a manometer cap. From memory, it has the same size...
The fuel cap seems to be incorrect.
Hi everyone, just a heads-up if you are in the market for one. This lamp is on offer as a buy-it-now on www.bobshop.co.za at ZAR6500.00 which is...
Thanks, Jean!
Anyone made contact with Ellie @HighlandDweller recently? I last heard from her on 30 Sept 2023
To disambiguate, benzene the chemical is a ring molecule consisting of 6 carbon atoms and 6 hydrogen atoms. The product sold by Powafix under...
@Yicheng , Could you please post photos of the shade ring you have?
Wonderful! Never seen one in South Africa, only the much later 231.
I can confirm that the flame tube on the rapid pre-heater torch is interchangeable with the modern #220 part. I also fitted a standard Pmax spirit...
I've had good results painting de-rusted steel hoods with Simoniz 800 degree Celsius rated VHT Silver.
Never seen that before. I like the padding of Coleman's number with 1's for the Geniol part number :lol::lol:
I always put a small dab of white exhaust cement on the screw threads of the ceramic burner nozzles. No risk of breaking them from over-tightening...
I think you mean the DT140? These days I just cut the bottom off any 500cp mantle I have available and tie the cut end to the spigot with some...
I always put a small dab of white exhaust cement (Holts Firegum) that looks like tooth paste on the screw thread of the ceramic burner nozzle....
Hi Steve, that heater was made by Willis & Bates in England and mostly sold under the Bialaddin or Vapalux brand names. IT IS NOT A WHITE GAS...
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