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mine does this too whether running off white gas or the propane adapter flames are a little yellow especially on hi. Just make sure to clean out your airways using a bristle brush. I like the one that comes with turkey basters at walmart. take off the r/h burner and you can go thru that orfice. i be...

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Sandman wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:20 pm Difference is Bean bag chair probly smells better than the bed......

Ewwwwww!

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Jim I had one about a year ago that my sister gave me. It was brand new and unused but I couldn't even give it away!

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Biiiig Streeeeetchhh!

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I would try a nice wide snug fitting tip in a battery powered impact. use gentle pressure on trigger. the impact uses pulses instead of raw torque and in my experience have rarely rounded or stripped anything out with a low powered impact driver. note I said low power and gentle. also could warm the...

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Leviticus_Tomethreus wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:02 pm Not cracks. Just weirdness. Happened with my stuff when I stripped it. I think it’s more like spiderweb rust.

yeah it's strange as soon as I hit it with the wire wheel it goes away

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other parts came out nice. wire wheel. i have tons of other things on my to do list but this is more fun!

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so stripping paint with acetone on my 220 it looks like spiderweb cracks what y'all think?

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Good point Jim I didn't think about trying to tie them on in winter

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the Big5 Sporting Goods just down the street still has 21's in tie-on and clip-on, but you have to ask for them behind the counter nowadays (they keep them in a register drawer) since too many people were stuffing their pockets. dang lantern junkies!! :lol: i like snorting thorium in the morning. n...

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my walmart no longer carries mantles because too many were being stolen. they could lock them up alongside the BB's but that would take way too much work apparently. and this is 5 miles from JTNP :) good times! that or they're not selling. I have noticed almost NO wal-marts near me carry mantles an...

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try attaching on here. u know how?

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on my mom's 5157 it's same as ecblanks. I would call that a baffle plate?

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Those candles are awesome. They've been around for a few years, but I never saw them at Walmart until this week. It appears that only the packaging has changed. Because the LED's are at the bottom, as the candle burns way down, the colors won't be as pronounced, but are still visible. Unless someth...

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Stovie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:25 pm This kind of thing falls under "Identity theft".

perfectly said

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Tgarner01 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 6:35 pm

L.. E... What?...

Srsly I know it's like using the F word when talking to the pastor. This one deserves a pass tho I take full responsibility

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Tgarner01 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:51 pm Seen mine today

we need a "like" button like on Facebook. here's mine....

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campinut wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:07 am Or find an original to refill..campinut

that's awesome I love old fashined labels. Closest you get to something like this now is Dr. Bronner's soap but not nearly as cool as this.

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Single mantle Colemans are tapped 1/8" NPT, a standard plumbing thread. Double-mantles, at least from the Instant-Lite on, are tapped with a thread that has vanished from the face of the Earth. It's commonly referred to as a "proprietary" Coleman thread, but was used on several other gas appliances...

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Walmart near me was selling these, before anybody accuses me of converting to LED, these are actually candles with an LED unit inside. my plan is to use it completely up and save it for the glass jar that has "coleman" embossed in it and make my own candle from it. this is the kind of neat stuff tha...

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@outlawmws I would assume that if it's a tapered thread that the valve would wedge against the coil and then the coil against the fount. maybe some sealer at that point but now the scenario's getting janky. If I ever hit the lotto or amass a windfall of any other sort i promise to open a metalworkin...

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>>you nailed it on the head, these companies will keep the marque going purely for profit... Steve, I never wrote this! Coleman, like all companies, need to turn a profit or they are quickly out of business. I am not down on Coleman what-so-ever. It makes no business sense to sell a product that ta...

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seems like the one on the left is a little fatter but shorter? is that the original that would fit? could be an optical illusion or i need to go to sleep and rest my eyes.

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I never had the impression that Coleman was doing poorly. Some folks are mistaken in thinking that collectors are a big part of their business, but we're not. It's more like .01% of their overall business. I'm in the minority in that I've bought several new liquid fueled lanterns in the past few ye...

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When I used to work at the Ford dealer one of the guys there told me about this really salty crurmudgeon who was a heavy smoker. he never put out his cigs when working on a fuel pump. one day they got a new shop foreman who came over and told him it wasn't very wise to do that. without saying a word...

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another thought for all here with more experience than I... do they make a heli-coil for that thread pitch?

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really you'll mostly be sealing in air pressure as resistance to turning will come from pressure from the framerest pinched between the frame and fount so take yer pick hopefully the bunghole's not cracked. Yes I was being slightly juvenile there sue me

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A kid who works in the brewery brought this in yesterday, I guess because I didn't have one in the shop: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51100138053_12eff463d8_b.jpg I know it's an old hand-crank phone generator. I tested it and it puts out between 27 and 40 VAC depending on how fast I crank. I...

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LoganS54 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:31 pm Shock Fish?? Which is illegal so I wouldn't recommend.

I never thought about trying to shock fish let alone it be a thing and illegal jeez people think of everything!

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Happy Birthday! any birthday lanterns burning?

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25_502s wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:06 am
JimL wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:55 am .....Someone on the forum once mentioned grinding down that seam on the propane bottle to make it smaller so it would fit. I'm not sure if he is still with us......
That’s almost a LOL, but I guess not.

This is why I like Jim he not afraid

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you could just use a hose, just run it in and loop around. Designs like this are super cool makes you wonder what their aim was by doing that.

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Thanks Levi, Toby and Steve!! That’s an excellent idea Steve. No sense in using this canister for anything other than displaying. Since it’s NOS I might not use it anyway but if I do I’ll use a new can. That tip was worth at least $.04. 😁 careful now I may not be able to walk through a door again i...

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just my 2¢; it's the soldering torch size, 14.1 oz canister. You could definitely refill it but if I were you i'd save that old bottle and use it only for display. Reason is the moisture and freezing you get from filling and using might damage the label or paint. I would instead get a refillable one...

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I've never bought the pure citronella oil, but have seen it on ebay. I just looked at one seller and a 1 oz bottle was $6 with free shipping. One thing I noticed long ago is that some of those citronella tiki torch fuels no longer even contain citronella oil, but have switched to lemongrass oil. Fo...

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I'm sure that Coleman or anyone else using citronella in camp fuel would not have added tiki torch fuel, but actual citronella oil in some quantity of drops, not ounces. 285 gens aren't "unopenable", just more difficult the very first time. If one re-uses that bushing, well, they get what they dese...

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yeah but just because Coleman sold it ...doesn't mean it worked and IF it worked, how come they don't sell it anymore? Anyone noticed that generators coke up or carbon faster using Citronella? Coleman was always insistent that only clean unleaded gasoline be used, no oils (or "doped") additives. mi...

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i tried 75/25 WG and Tiki bitefighter in my 285 it ran like ass. Maybe 220s cope better with lamp oil? also noticed bugs in my area aren't fazed someone mentioned that combustion is so complete that the citronella cannot do its job.

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totally cool!

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2009 Sonata daily driver (I work 70 miles from home and have an hour and a half commute each way) 245,030 (just checked!). 2004 Chevy Silverado extended cab 4.3 210,000 miles. Wife's 2015 Ford Escape, 78,000. 700 miles a week can rack up the miles... question if I may: no problems with the Sonata e...

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96 grand am 82,500... 05 kia rio 101,200... 17 hundi.sonata 73,450

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I am learning older is better but it is expensive too! any thoughts on coarse vs fine silklites? I have comments in another.... thread :lol: about the newer peerless - I won't be buying those ever again as theyre inconsistent size-wise as well as burn color. much prefer american mantle or new colem...

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Interesting thread ( punn intended ) I haven't purchased a mantle in probably close to 10 years. That doesn't mean I haven't used any. I still have a case left over from when I was selling parts. And the last time I was at Ernie's I bought every silk mantle and gold top he had for sale. Combine tha...

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lucked out on this lot haul came with 4.5 pair of 78 sunflame and 3.5 packs of silklites... 2 packs (4 mantles) of them coarse weave. any difference in performance vs the fine weave or is it more antiquated of a method of mfg? they smell a little musty any cause for concern or suggested treatments? ...

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Leviticus_Tomethreus wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:19 pm Get this. Maybe the little cup, is used as a little cup! I’m not sure. Lol

good guess you are right! i was too eager to get it out of the box and clean it up and didn't read the box

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I should have read the box....

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caught a 2/82 water dispenser in the wild. I just HAD to

anyone know what the lil cup under the cap is for?

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I took a screenshot

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Uncle Sidney ~ Prison Philosopher Says:
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