I get my Methylated spirit from Yorkshire Trader at £5 ltr. Ebay is doing paraffin/kerosene at £37 and cheaper for 20ltr free delivery. I found it...
Did you know what they were before purchasing them and how did you find the link to the film ?
I recently had the same problem with my Petromax. Once pumped up it would light up beautiful for about 10/15 minutes then slowly dim . I changed...
I was into Triumphs for 40 years but I do have a son named Norton. Good to see old British iron still doing the rounds. Its been a few years since...
I think you will find on something that age the threads will be BA . They are measured in 1.2.3.4.etc BA .
I wondered about this because both of my Hipolitos run a lot better if I run the lamps at a couple of lbs psi over the red line.
I had the same dilemma on my first Bialaddin 310 . I decided to just get my first lamp up and running and leave it as it was. After all it had 60...
Is the red line on the Petromax lantern pressure gauge a maximum or minimum for running the lamp.
Bend over boy !!! .Save that for the Harley riders
Better to have an off in your shed than out on the road
I run it a bit more last night and again this morning and it is now running OK. Just for first start up I had minimum fuel and no globe. Now...
All the service part's for my Hipolito H 502 Automatic arrived this morning allowing me to put it all together today. It run a little rough at...
Thanks for the information. I can tell its a quality lamp from the materials that have been used but the no logo on the fuel tank put doubts in...
I have purchased what i hope is a Hipolito lamp but it has no markings on the fount of the sea horses or the lamps name. Their is the printed...
I have purchased a Hipolito H502 Automatic and on disassembling it i have found that the fount is coated in some type of laquer on the inside. I...
Fantastic display
That is a beauty how old is that one?
A Hipolito is my next step. I have looked at all the Petromax lamps on the market and their seems to be far more clones (ten and eleven pointed...
I am new to pressure lamps and still learning about all the different types of lamps. My first purchase was a Sea Anchor 500 that ended up in a...
HI Henry thanks it worked first time
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