Congratulations on the 1/'51 200! If it's a US lantern, it's fairly rare. Does yours have the original vent with the red speckles against the...
Oldcolemanparts.com has a steel one, appropriate for a wartime B or C, probably not yours, but it should work. You might get the OD of your...
242s use a 1/8" NPT thread for the valve-to-fount bung. A common US plumbing thread. I think the 249 uses the Coleman tapered 1/2" thread, like...
Congrats--those are great little lanterns. If I recall correctly, the 242Bs have a larger tube and cap for the burner than the 200s. Other 242s...
Thanks. George: I'd love to get my hands on one of those OCDs (OCD=Obsessive Coleman Disorder)! The one on the left in the photos has a pretty...
This seems to be the most common date for these little nickel-plated beauties. I've seen several of the 1/'51 on CCF in addition to mine. [IMG]...
It should slide in and out parallel with the shaft. The part that mounts to the lantern frame base is a sleeve. If it won't budge, try some...
There's a learning curve to using the whump stick with a minimum of whump. I start spinning the sparker as soon as I hear the gurgle of fuel/air...
I've been planning to reduce the CF in my mix, but just adding one gal. of Diesel and one of CF is so easy. CF is not getting any cheaper over...
I typically run it every night for four to five hours... for weeks. It also works just great on straight camp fuel, but to get max. brightness, I...
Here you go: [img] I'm currently running it on a mix of 50/50 Camp Fuel (naptha) and Diesel. Runs great and pretty cheap. I don't...
Schrader valve, so it's bicycle pump or compressor, hence the pressure gauge. 2 gallon capacity w/0.8 gal. headspace for less frequent pumping and...
Beer keg lantern? [img]
The three--piece caps allow you to tighten the cap without abrading the gasket by twisting it against the fuel bung. A pretty good idea, really....
I've played with a couple of different acids to remove rust from porcelain-enamel finished vents. In my experience, phosphoric and oxalic acid...
Correction: In my post above, I wrote that the o-ring size for the little 242-sive caps is #108. Make that #110.
IIRC, my 8/'45 above has a brass mixing chamber. I'll have to check it tonight. Is your fuel cap steel, too? How well does the cleaning lever...
Having fettled about a gross of Coleman appliances, I don't understand why folks say "An o-ring will do in a pinch." I use o-rings for all my...
Thanks, folks. I'd like to get some idea of what these are for so I can pass them on to someone who needs them. I bought them thinking they were...
Oops, sorry. I meant OPs, for Original Poster's. The entire fount, and almost the entire lantern, of a 220BX is steel due to wartime metal...
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