Tilley Wall Lamp Advise Needed

@Kiwiboy00

If you give me the dimensions of the washer, I’ll make you one from lead. I am assuming it will be 2mm thick, so I need the inside diameter of the centre hole; and the outside diameter of the washer.

Tony

 

@Tony Press

Inside diameter of the centre hole = 6.5 / 7mm.
Outside diameter of the washer = 15mm.

 

Excellent, Henry!

I shall have one ready for @Kiwiboy00 if he wants it.


Cheers

Tony

 

Wow thats very kind of you Tony, thank you. I was sent a photo of the seal by Base Camp not sure if this helps.

Thanks Henry for the seal sizes. I did contacted Base Camp in the UK and they were going to send me two lead seals along with the correct feet for my wall lamp. The photo below was the lead seal they sell. Here are the prices they quoted me.

2 x 1608 Wall Lamp Part @ 2.95 = 5.90 Sterling
2 x 585 Lead Packings @ 2.00 = 4.00 Sterling
Total = 9.90 Sterling
Postage = 4.25 Sterling
Total = 14.15

Tony seeing I’ve never had a wall lamp before I wanted to ask a few questions. Seeing it’s going to be running inside the house every week am I best to put a new lead seal in. Below is a photo of how it looks now.

If you think my lamp needs a new seal I would be grateful if you could please make me one. I have 2 different feet so wanted to get another foot eventually to change it back to factory original.

It would be interesting to see what other wall lamps look like when the swan neck is unscrewed seeing how different visually they are to my current seal in the below photo.

Mackburner I reckon that a copper seal would work a treat, just as well as a lead seal.

Kind Regards
Darren

 

@Kiwiboy00

It's up to you of course but to my mind, paying to have lead shipped half way around the world when you can get it at home seems rather silly.

The original lead seal may still be effective but for peace of mind, especially as the lamp will be used in the house, I'd fit a new seal.

It takes a bit more effort to deform the lead to make it seal hence the hex fitting but you won't need the same effort as tightening the wheel nuts on your car after changing a wheel. Have you a place outside where you can run the lamp for a couple of hours or so and check for leaks before using it in the house ?

Here's an image of the seal in one of my wall lamps.

 

Bottom right hand side of parts list

Does not state as lead washer so I checked my WL's
1950's (GF control cock lamp = lead washer)
1939-40 (XN bakelite knob = black hard washer) very old rubber I think
I would have no hesitation using the hard rubber with application of a light smear of teflon sealant

 

A bodged repair.

The correct material is lead, as shown in the image from base-camp.