Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

"I miss the days when you could just push someone in the swimming pool without worrying about their cell phone!"

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My 228C appears to have a Parkerized fuel cap.

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I have the exact same jar with the exact same tubes. I have had them for 25 years and haven't used one yet.

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HEET in the yellow bottle is methanol. HEET in the red bottle is isopropyl alcohol. Denatured alcohol is mostly ethanol with a few other mystery ingredients to make it non drinkable.

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I know who Click and Clack are (were) and have adjusted tappets.

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I have had good success with Teflon string instead of graphite packing. Make sure every thing is clean. Start feeding the Teflon string into the valve body around the valve stem until it is a bit over full. I use a small piece of wood to work the string into the valve body. Thread on the packing nut...

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To clean the hole at the bottom of the F/A tube I have always used the rod that is used in the hole itself. I disassemble the F/A tube, remove the rod from the top of it, clean it well and then slide it up through the hole in the bottom of the F/A tube a couple of times, hit everything with carb cle...

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I was under the impression that the vent stud was threaded for 1/4 - 20 hardware.

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I made one last winter out of a 50 Euro cent coin for a 242 with a burned off knob. It soldered together well. The owner liked it very well.

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I had a 201 that I worked on last winter. The rust on the outside was worse than yours. Evaporust works well for me generally but this time it took a long time and a bronze brush to work off all the paint and rust. I put on 2 coats of zinc self galvanizing primer and 2 coats of hunter green, a new d...

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My mother had a 42 inch propane gas stove with 4 burners, a built in griddle and a large oven. She used that oven 300 days a year. We had baked beans with fresh biscuits at least 30 Saturday nights a year, different every time and always good. I am told that I had a gifted childhood.

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I have used 151 rum in a pinch more than once.

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Here in Western Maine they started almost on New Years day for the first run, the earliest ever. This is with a pipe line system but not all the trees have been tapped as of yet. Years ago things did not start until well into March. Thank you Global Warming.

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Try a left handed twist drill bit.

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I was told years ago that it was a tool for producing the set for saw blade teeth and the hammer was probably for putting in and removing the tension within the blade as not all blades were designed to turn flat while at speed.

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I have a nickel 242C dated 7 12. I have a painted Canadian 242B dated 8 46.

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I had a ColMax. It always was a joy to use, no problems at all.

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My experience is that after about 20 years the o-rings develop micro cracks and need to be replaced but that they are easier to replace than the old cap gaskets that were originally there. I get mine at NAPA.

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The electric table lamp on the right caught my eye, I believe that it is an electric meter table lamp, I always wanted one.

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I hang a lantern outside the window of the sauna at Camp using a pulley system to provide light inside after dark.

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For drilling holes in thin material I use a step drill bit, much less painful than using a twist drill bit.

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I striped a rusty 201 fount last spring with Evaporust and a brass brush. The paint came off nicely and the fount repainted well as a good user.

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My trick is apply penetrant to the offending object, then wrap it with a stout piece of leather and put a stout hose clamp around the leather and tighten as much as possible making sure that the leather is not too long, then take an 8 ounce hammer and rap the hose clamp a few times and then apply mo...

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I have put a few through the dish washer on the lower rack. First pass right side up and another pass up side down. Done.

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The fount looks like a 288 fount.

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Very nice, thank you.

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I have/had a 214. I spent a lot of time, effort and money to make it work correctly but it was never as reliable as my 237B. So I bought the parts and converted the obstinate 214 into a happy 282. I haven't put the 282 decals on it yet but someday....

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OBX ?!? Must be a local thing.

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I live in Maine, I was in Texas on a long camping trip when the packing nut on my 285 started to leak. I tried snugging the packing nut to no avail. I removed the packing nut and carefully removed and saved all the graphite packing. I then put the shaft back through the packing nut and packed all th...

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My 285 has a graphite seal/packing inside the packing nut.

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Looks like a gas jet for a propane torch.

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I was using Evaporust on a 201 fount recently and with a little help from a brass brush I had all the paint off in a short period of time.

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On my Diesel Toyota PU I removed the radiator in order to replace the timing belt a couple of times ( every 60,000 miles ). I also removed the grill.

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On my Diesel Toyota PU I removed the radiator in order to replace the timing belt a couple of times ( every 60,000 miles ).

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I once spent an afternoon bulldozing stumps and rocks out of a small field and pushing them into piles in the nearby woods. In the evening I remember going out and looking at all the piled up glowing roots.

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I am not a stovie, I only have a dozen or so. ( I think, maybe more, I haven't counted in a long time. ) Not counting the single burners, but that is only about 1/2 a dozen or so. ( Maybe more. Too much gray hair. )

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Pumping those tiny lanterns up every 15 or 20 minutes is about the norm unfortunately.

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For tiny o rings try a dive shop.

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Some of my 288's need to be turned off almost immediately after lighting and allowed to warm up with the residual fuel that was there at lighting. Once the mantles glow then they can be turned back on successfully. Some of my 288's have manners and others need a bit of attention to get going. I pump...

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I currently have a 201 fount soaking in Evaporust . Just be patient.

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A friend of mine had a 25 foot sail boat with a small cabin on it that came with what I remember was a 425 Coleman 2 burner stove set up to burn alcohol. He sold both of them a long time ago.

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I have one in the Warehouse at Camp. I am stealing parts from it to fix other non-275 lanterns. It gets lighter all the time. I have no interest in ever fixing it up to use. It reminds me too much of a Thermos brand lantern that I once owned. Once was enough, never again. Am I predigest, yup, and I ...

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Looks like the wrenches that used to come in the tool roll that came with BMW motorcycles years ago.

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I had one of those Coleman ( Colemax ) Petromax knock offs years ago. Once I got it tinkered up it was a good reliable lantern, go through the light up process, light it up, pump it up and hang it up for a no fuss evening. I am sorry that I ever sold it but it was the pre-internet days, my favorite ...

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There is a substance available at good paint stores called Japan Drier, it is mixed into paint to make it dry harder and faster. A little goes along way. I have used it in the past.

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Go with the lid.

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I am thinking March '39.

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I made a chisel for such purposes from a cement nail. You must be careful using it because the sealing surface within a one piece cap has a raised ridge that actually does the sealing against the rubber washer, if this sealing surface gets nicked by the chisel then the cap does not keep pressure as ...

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I bought the book and had it signed. My nephews are members of Possum Lodge. I wonder where Steve Smith is these days ?

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During the opening "monolog" there were usually a couple of Colemans hanging on the wall in the background along with many wickies. All the props for the show were from " Mr. Used " according to the closing credits, I always assumed that it was a second hand shop but maybe it was a prop supply house.

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If it ain't broke......don't fix it.

Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says: "I miss the days when you could just push someone in the swimming pool without worrying about their cell phone!"

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Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

"I miss the days when you could just push someone in the swimming pool without worrying about their cell phone!"