It took me a while but now it is running. :) I had to soldier quite a bit and repainted the fountain with RAL 8012, which comes pretty close to...
Hi there, the valve block is not marked and there ist no spring loaded valve installied and the lower part of the valve rod is also missing. This...
Here are some pictures of the parts.
I took it apart and many parts are marked with PX or Petromax. The fount is made of steel. I found a discussion on the Pelam forum about this...
Thank you Christer!
Hi all, just got this lantern and I really do not kwow what it could be. It looks like a Petromax 826 clone. Does anybody have an idea what it...
With a new jet and pricker it Runs very well now. 8) [ATTACH]
I take an old Bowden cable from a mountain bike, bend the tip a little and insert it from the top end of the vaporizer into the Preston loop. I...
Hi Peter, yes, you really need to preheat vigorously and only run the lantern outside. Once the lantern is running full throttle it doesn't smell...
Well, I think one has to view this from the perspective of Petromax. Diesel is smelly when lighting up and extinguishing and will clog the...
Yes, I did and the jet & pricker both seem to be pretty big. The bore of the jet is bigger than a 500CP Petromax jet. Maybe it is indeed an...
Here you go: In emergencies you can run the lantern on diesel. In this case it is necessary to clean the vaporizer with a wire or else replace...
My Primus 1020 marked AC30 won't light up properly at all. This is my first Primus and maybe I am doing something wrong. I cleaned the vaporizer...
I run Diesel in one of my PX 829B lanterns. To delay clogging, I use Aral premium diesel, wich is a special distillate of BP in Germany. As...
After my M320 project is finished I'd like to try out another british lantern and thought a Tilley should be next. Can you recommend a certain...
The copper wire solution could not accept the force of tightening the nuts. So I tried a more permanent approach. After drilling a 2mm hole into...
Narrowing The age down to a 3 year range is pretty good, thank you Nils! I can confirm it's an orignal "brassie" (that's a cool term 8) ). Maybe...
Aladdin also sold Petromax Lanterns under their own label in the UK before the war....
That's probably it then. So my lantern is the basic model. :wink: I flipped the lead washer and the lantern ran about three hours without any...
The project is almost finished. The lantern just completed a 45 minute test-run. before the test-run: [ATTACH] light in the garden:...
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