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MikeSchumacher

I remarked about that Burgundy on another thread, it's my birthday lantern. I have one about as nice and I have a couple of boxes like that but how or why would anyone pay that! It kind of takes the fun out it if you start to think of lanterns as "investments" or are greeted by every antique store w...

MikeSchumacher

There's so much lunacy lately in collecting. I saw my birthday lantern go for $1400+ on ebay this weekend, a burgundy 200A. Glad I got two of them ten years ago or more. Astronomical prices are nice if you're tired of collecting or you're dead and your family knows to auction your stuff off. I'm nei...

MikeSchumacher

Did I ever request a number? Now they all work!

MikeSchumacher

Spec 39 covers the disposable cylinders, yep, illegal to transport - 49 CFR § 178.65 - Specification 39 non-reusable (non-refillable) cylinders. Click the link for the po...

MikeSchumacher

I may have to look into a parkerizing kit. Is it safe to assume they didn't do the inside of the case, so it could be used for cooking?

MikeSchumacher

Thanks. And since a picture is worth 1,000 words, here's the 1944 Coleman canister after stripping Rustoleum green (left), the AGM canister on the right as I got it and a 1943 AGM steel fount, riddled with pinholes. Pictures of the 1943 Coleman stove when it's done. I'd love to see an ori...

MikeSchumacher

Does anyone have an unmolested steel canister for a Coleman 520 GI Stove, and what is the original finish? The canister is stamped for Coleman. dated 1944. I stripped the late model Rustoleum off and assumed it should be bare steel, like the later aluminum canisters. I bought an AGM stove for parts ...

MikeSchumacher

Kyle (JimDouglasJR) says it's a direct fit....now to find one since the other sold while I figured this out! <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Murff/Emoticons/sAng_scream.gif" alt="[sAng_scream]" class="emoticon b...

MikeSchumacher

My Sunflame 3016 found is brass, painted Maroon, and cracked in two places. Has anyone successfully replaced one with a later steel fount from a Kamplite or a JC Higgins? I have a line on a Higgins fount that I could repaint, but I hesitate to buy it unless I have some assurance that the valve will ...

MikeSchumacher

I have also been able to squeeze the grate and get it out of the case with no harm. If you are doing a repaint, you can work out the clip and at least you aren't fighting the grate as well.

MikeSchumacher

I am a workmate fan as well, And a little duct tape on the pegs helps end slipping. But for a really stuck valve, flip the fount and clamp the valve between the two wooden halves directly. No teeth marks from a vice.

MikeSchumacher

The best is one that works well. I've had a bunch and some have been poisoned by leaded gas or have scorched wicks. You can't tell which ones will work well by the condition of the paint. You could also get a heat drum for a 500 or 502 stove and you know they will work without the flare up and waiti...

MikeSchumacher

Coleman made a propane griddle with a long burner, I'm selling one right now. There was even a plate above the burner to spread the heat further. It worked great, especially compared to the propane stoves with 2" burners. They are like a torch under each end of the griddle. This is like an electric ...

MikeSchumacher

Try needle nose vice grips, pop one through and then work on the other. I have on occasion, tweaked the grill to get it out of the clip, then the clips are easier to remove for painting. Looks like Sears blue stove, so the bar layout on the grill may or may not lend itself to that method.

MikeSchumacher

I've had good luck with Bug & Tar remover or lay some hand cleaner (no pumice) on it and cover it with plastic wrap for a while to loosen the tar.

MikeSchumacher

Maybe indirectly. Ideally, fuel leaves the top of the generator in either a vapor state (lantern lit, running correctly) or atomized by bleeding air out of the found. But if it is spraying a stream of raw fuel out of the generator, you'll get a fireball or it will drip down the air tubes. If the val...

MikeSchumacher

Any 220/228 that will light with a spark wheel. And for lighting with the BBQ lighter, a late 220/228 with the big notch for the match lets the lighter get in there without removing the vent. I'll bet 290/295 would be the same, but it's been so long since I lit a Powerhouse!

MikeSchumacher

I can confirm an April of 74 200A with writing on the collar. To Dean's point about AGM, maybe collar writing is when the quality control goes to heck. AGM founts are all notoriously stress cracked and (my experience) the 220/228h and newer Colemans had far cheaper plating on the burner...

MikeSchumacher

" I assume this isn't good and will require a new check valve. This lantern hasn't held pressure and needed pumping every 20 or so minutes. " 90% of the time you are losing pressure out the fuel cap. Check that with soapy water first. If you have twisted the pump clockwise and ...

MikeSchumacher

So what are you doing to fix that 508B?

MikeSchumacher

Thanks, Glenn!

MikeSchumacher

My Svea 123 has no pot supports and I have some very nicely bent steel rod (wire) that just fits the pockets on the brass windscreen. Rather than guess, can someone tell me how big they measure, both height and width? Inch or centimeter measurements accepted! I'm sure there is a bra...

MikeSchumacher

Any 200A on my shelf through the late 50's has the short stud and uses a solid nut to retain the burner cage. By my birthday lantern (9/61) it's already using a pal nut with the longer stud. Now these are all US lanterns, so Coleman of Canada is outside my realm for now, but my best guess is that...

MikeSchumacher

If memory serves, the 220C's made before WWII received an "Alladin conversion" with the military generator & burner. From the tip cleaner up was replaced. You are going backwards, installing a 220E/F tip cleaner, 220E burner & air tubes, etc. I think you need the mixing chamber from an "E" or you ma...

MikeSchumacher

I've replaced the F/A assembly before in 290's, it solves start/stop problems and also solves pulsing problems. The complete valve was not a lot more money at the time, if memory serves. If there are alot of plastic guts in your valve, that's another reason to consider the complete assembly.

MikeSchumacher

Bob, I'll bet Jim was just referring to any big old 426! Next to just about anything, it's the Mac-Daddy of them all!

MikeSchumacher

And let's not forget that the dies for that Sears / Turd fount go back to the venerable and well loved 500 Speedmaster stove. Re-use is even better than recycling.

MikeSchumacher

Ditto what Mike said, they tear down in no time. Remove the valve stem and tip cleaner lever from the valve body, unscrew the F/A tube from the bottom and lay it in a non-metal pan of vinegar to soak. The hole in the fount is offset, so you have to stop turning the valve at the right spot, usuall...

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Attention Coleman 275 Appreciation Syndicate members:

Legal information from the DOT RE: DOT 39 A.K.A. disposable propane cylinders.

Refinishing a steel 520 stove canister

Refinishing a steel 520 stove canister

Refinishing a steel 520 stove canister

Replacement fount for Sunflame 3016

Replacement fount for Sunflame 3016

Stove grate hinges

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200A 9/75 Writing on Collar. When did this start?

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Who has a SVEA 123? I need a measurement...

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Uncle Sidney ~ Prison Philosopher Says:
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