Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

" 'Well at least I don't have to wake up any more.' Is what I want my tombstone to say!"

oldfox66

Those are sweet!

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I have a build up of a thick, oily material on the shaft to which the knob attaches. Is there a seal that I may need to replace or is this normal? Thanks. Sounds like a leaky graphite packing allowed fuel to seep, you can try cleaning it off and tightening the packing nut a bit or just spend the $3...

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Looks like fun! I did a 1969 Chevelle back in the late 90's for a buddy- the body was decent but I redid the entire suspension, steering, and powertrain. In the late 80's I did a 1965 Mustang coupe for some friends that looked more like yours! That one took pans, quarters, torque boxes, liners, the ...

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That sucks! I am dreading the day it finally happens to me

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Undated 5101, original Green Sunrise globe. Frame rest stamped on left with slot going upwards, requiring rest to be installed at the same time as the valve during assembly- marks from lower frame show it came from the factory in this orientation. https://i.postimg.cc/qMgY8rN1/20230319-074948.jpg ht...

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Here is a tip on dealing with gasoline fuel tanks ( this DOES NOT apply to heavy fuel oils like kero or diesel). I have welded on literally dozens of gas tanks- automotive, marine, motorcycle, and small engine and this is how I was taught and do them. Drain the tank and allow to air dry, now is a go...

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Very cool!

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Sweet gift!

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Cleared 3 commons off the counter over night, where I had 5 torn down and in stages of cleaning and polishing. L to R, a 5-82 220K, a 12-76 220J, and a 5-71 228F. The 228F is the very first bighat to enter my collection, and wierdly one of the last 7 out of 45 that needed to be fettled. I'm kinda gl...

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Nice!

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Hmm, either my Quiklite or my slant, guess I need to fire both of them tonight and see which wins.

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That sucks. My nieghbor is storing 5 vehicles on his property and came home to all having had the cats stolen. The only good side is all 5 had been gutted years ago, as we don't have emmisions in my county, so the thieves got nothing usable AND they must have been disturbed by someone driving down t...

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Ulf, as another noob here and one who is looking to get a mica done, I appreciate your post.

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Thats a good looking bighat!

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My wife doesn't mind cooking on any of the outdoor stoves when we camp, however as for ovens she would recommend anything as long as it is attached to at least 30ft of camper!

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And so it begins.....

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That's a keeper for sure!

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They all look great!

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I still have 10 more to fettle from the 39 I bought back in Oct, so I'm not too upset about it being off season here for searching!

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I have a small pile of those gathering up, I seem to gain another every fettle

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JimL wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:15 pm Isn't HEET just denatured alcohol?

Yup, that is its main ingredient to my knowledge as well.

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Looking great as usual!

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Those look great!

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Address PMed for the 3rd time in 14 days, and it was on the shipping label of the lantern I sent, if you do not get the address this time please post here so the Mods can look into the issue with the forum software.

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Nice score, but Ulf has never camped? You'll have to come down to Orange then, and we can change that- bring the Ulfess and Ulflets. There s 50 acres behind my house of family land, with a campsite area we have used for 45 years on it that backs to my neighbors cattle field. It's about a 1/4 mile hi...

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Lanterns to the rescue! My original lantern, a beater '82 220K has served duty in many an outage here.

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Those are SO tempting, but I promised the finiacial dept no more purchases til April!

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I’m going to guess mid 1950s? I’m still learning about American Gas Machine. I have a kooklight down stairs I need some glass for but, priorities got in the way. I’ve seen AGM as a 220 form before. Was this company giving Coleman a run for their money as a company competitor? MIC 200 globe fits per...

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Kinda looks like my Kooklite minus all the extras for the cooktop, nice find!

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Wow, great score!

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Looks like you had a lot of fun. Ours are still in the shops loft, but I hope to get them out this season. I live right down from Lake Anna in Va, the North Anna river runs thru my property but isn't floatable, and we used to take them down to the OBX and paddle on the sound. Haven't been in them si...

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I live 10 miles from on of Va's largest manade lakes, bring it out and we'll see if my old Scott-Atwater will run

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Nice Major!

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Those look great!

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Wow, great haul!

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Welcome to the ongoing debate! If you happened to notice this thread was started almost a year ago ! Read the first two sentences of ecblanks posting here.... The original "debate" was started well before that and has at some times created a friendly "?" rift between some forum members. Put the let...

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coleman54 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 6:49 pm
Tigerfans2 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 6:45 pm Ok, so which one is my converted to milspec

Can't check the date, I'm sitting in Old Chicago
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I happen to have one of those too stamped 2/11
November 1942.

As do I, so now this debate has my attention

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Nice group shot!

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Very nice! My slant has a hole in one of the mica panels and 2 others panels are cracked, I don't let that keep me from firing it up tho! One of these days I will replace them all...

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The center pin was positive ( the diagram on the supply shows this) so a simple current pass thru test on the snipped off end will comfirm which is which. Most that I have used the stripe is positive tho

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That gives it the old miltitary SNAFU repair for just under FUBAR damage

Normal solder would hold, but silver has a higher tensil strength on the final repair and should hold better under a high fount pressure.

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This is probably more directed to Deanofid or Toby, but has anyone tig welded or silver soldered a cracked fount with any luck? While it may not be cosmetically perfect afterwards, either one properly should be able to be made to look good and save an old fount from that fate worse than hell, the sc...

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That is a beauty, you did a wonderful job on it!

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That is a real nice score!

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Beautiul, love the 242's!

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Very sweet pair!

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That's a tough one, but I think I would want to paint it. I would want to 'antique' the paint tho, and make it match the aged patina of the rest of the components, ie not perfect and shiny

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(mine has the cook top) I need the cooktop for mine, I'm going to replicate one as best I can as they are nowhere to be found used. If you wouldn't mind and have a few spare minutes at some time could you take pictures and measurements of your from all different angles? I know I won't make a perfec...

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You can make your own humidifiers with green floral foam, and the 'special' juice they sell to put in them is simply Propolene glycol and distilled water mixed 50/50. The polyacrilamead pellets used in diapers and for flowers placed in a vented container also work great in a humidor. I've never made...

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Neat! Very nice score.

Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says: " 'Well at least I don't have to wake up any more.' Is what I want my tombstone to say!"

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Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

" 'Well at least I don't have to wake up any more.' Is what I want my tombstone to say!"