Hi all, Several months ago my friend Serge Dupont sent me these two Phoébus lamps, a number 625 kerosene lamp for in-depth maintenance and a number 631 benzin lamp to make a mica globe for him. I completely resealed the joints of the 625 by fitting a new needle for 200 cp. Viton gasket for the tank cap. Graphite and lead seal for needle control. I removed all the flexible Teflon plumber's tape gaskets back to the original source. A little copper grease for the brass parts. Cleaning only mechanical parts for a light test. Fresh oil, three generous preheats, a Pétromax troubleshooting globe and the lamp works perfectly despite a small 150 cp mantle. Before the lighting was asthmatic and now they have disappeared. For number 631 I did a small overhaul, removed the plumber's flexible Teflon seals, firmly tightened all the parts and remade a mica globe. After a little preheating with a lighter from the Coleman 155 type generator, it works and lights perfectly despite a small 150 cp mantle. Now they are back on the road to meet the lucky owner at the end of the week. For my part, I apologized to Serge for having taken so long to finally be able to take full care of his two lamps last week. I was caught by obstacles and a busy schedule but now I am happy to have been able to do it like this. I put the greatest care into it as with my own lamps. I will now return to the redevelopment of my workshop for lamps and then get back to restoration work with lovely projects awaiting me. Regards, Titoo.
A nice fettle and well done job on these lamps, Patrick! Congrats´ Serge to two fine lanterns! /Conny
These two lamps are on their way back; I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Gilles ("Sellig"), who also contributed to the restoration of these two little Austrians, and I will not fail to present them on the site as soon as possible; and as I don't want Titoo to get bored after having done all this fine work, I sent him in exchange two or three incandescent mouthpieces, Denayrouse type, which are now in excellent hands and will come back to life quickly!! This is a nice exchange of good practices!!
@Serge , Saving the 631 generator was an epic adventure, but the result is functional. And thanks to @Titoo for the final check !
