Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

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It's a fine condition, scarce machine -- but with the Dvorak keyboard, very rare IMO. I'm an amateur but I can tell a nice machine, and the fact that it's your Dad's makes it unique.

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Thanks! The fount is really a very dark blue — can’t tell in my cheesy photo. The hat is a really nice color, I think.

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The pricker/tip cleaner on this bad boy is not your typical Turner or Coleman with the hook on the bottom that goes into the eccentric block. This one has a tiny, threaded & knurled bottom, which threads into a rod attached to the eccentric mechanism. If someone could figure out how to make one of t...

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Not Coleman, I know, but I think a cool lantern. Worked on this for a while and yesterday got it running strong, but the pricker-needle is gone and so it's a bit erratic. I'm determined to find a cunning machinist who can recreate the pricker for me. With one of those in hand, this would be a beast!...

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Morning at Ulf’s

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i have a blue Canadian 321B, will take any number that's left in the Syndicate. Ulf

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The CajunCook is spot-on, IMO! (And I happen to love Cajun food, so he’s already okay in my book.). Relatives are accidents of birth. Some are happy accidents, others not so much. I’m sure many of mine are as disappointed by my lack of interest in them, their kids’ trophies, whatever, as I am in the...

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Thanks Gents! I’m super happy about it. I really like the 220/228 Slant — so unusual! Ulf.

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I got this really nice 220 Slant for not much dough. It has what looks to be original mica, overall nice condition (I’ve not cleaned it at all. No buffing.). Anyhow, the check valve was bad, wouldn’t hold pressure, and so began two weeks of hell trying to get the bad valve out. I won’t bore you with...

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Hi Duane, you are so right. And while tastes differ, mine are that I have to see a lantern run at least once (!) before it can sit on a shelf. Recently after two weeks of frustration and nearly throwing in the towel, I had a big win with a 220 Slant that I got for not much money. It was really beaut...

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I’m inspired now! I think I’ll get out the Autosol and see if I can polish her up a bit. Though I kinda like the rode-hard-put-up-wet look …

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My Mom was a decent cook, one of 8 kids, learned from her mother. Nothing fancy, stick-to-your-ribs type of cooking. Excellent cookies, blond brownies. But as kids our favorite meals came when one or the other of my parents was out of town. My Dad on a business trip or my Mom visiting her family in ...

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I don’t know why I like the rattiest, most battered old stuff — cars, tools, and lanterns — but I do. I got this QL some time ago for small dollars. Plating nasty, no vent nut, mica globe rusted and battered, mud dauber nests everywhere, on and on. I decided I’d try to make it go without changing an...

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Jason — I’m new around here and so far I’ve found everyone to be extremely helpful and encouraging. Nice group of guys who all got the ‘bug’. I had it years ago and then more recently got bit again and now I’m really having some fun with these old contraptions. Welcome! Ulf.

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Thanks Keith — I thought that area was a join to the body of the fount, but I’m obviously mistaken! I’ll get the check valve out and try the bolt trick. Duane — I’ll clean the area well and maybe use the negative pressure to suck the denatured through or into the defect, too. I’ll want to test to ma...

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Hi Keith, yes, where the pump well/tube ends to the visible eye -- in the circumferential join between the round plate in which the check valve is seated and the cylindrical wall of the tube.

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Ron, Duane, Keith -- here's the latest. Most definitely Ron it's a solder problem, at 3 o'clock as you look down into the pump tube/well. Fizzing, tiny bubbles coming out under pressure where the tube joins the fount. A slow leak, but enough to impair performance and, of course, a mess as the pump t...

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Keith — that’s a really interesting idea. I’ll report back after I remove the pump and fill the well with water. Thanks! Ulf.

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I've used the 220 genny on AGMs without mods, so far worked fine.

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Hi all — a nice lantern of mine has a tiny separation down in the pump-well. Small, but under pressure the pump well fills up with kerosene, not a good look. Anyhow, I’ve never used the Caswell product I read about, but a couple questions. One — would it work to seal up such a small soldering imperf...

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What a great neighbor! I need one like that.

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Hi all, Thanks to Dashwood, yesterday at lunch break I went hunting for Aspen 4 fuel. Found some at a local Stihl store and brought it home. Last evening I drained the CF out of an ancient, really cranky (and much loved) Quick-Lite. This thing must have a zillion hours on it, and looks like it -- sc...

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The singles are terrific, no doubt about it … though tonight I had my 220 going and it’s hard not to be in love with that lantern …

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Is 91% rubbing alcohol banned there? Usually drugstores carry that and should work even better than 70%. Also you can try a little chunk of Sterno — it’s basically jellied alcohol. But as the other guys said about Hasag (I’m a Hasag nutjob!), in the old days they used kero or petrol in the cup. It i...

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Lye or citric should do no harm to the innards … but (as I recently learned the hard way) keep the lye off of any painted surface! Not an issue with this lantern of course. And off your hands — wicked stuff but very effective.

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Great score! The kero Colemans are monsters. Loads of fun to burn!

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Yes, the ol’ needle nose pliers woulda been a better idea … haha. Thanks Dashwood!

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Great comments. I think I'll try to stop worrying about it and just enjoy! I will try the Aspen 4, more for fun than for a scientific trial. Cleaning a generator before each use is an excellent idea, and yes, depending on the lantern. I find with the 242s I almost lose my mind trying to fiddle aroun...

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Question -- I try to run my lanterns for no less than about 30 minutes, on the theory that they'll get hot enough to prevent (unavoidable) carbon buildup in the generators. I do this with both kero and CF lanterns. But -- I'm not quite sure why I settled on 30 minutes. Just made it up, perhaps. So I...

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This is a priceless resource. I love AGM’s and this is like finding the Lost Ark or something. Thanks Bryan WP and Murff.

Ulf.

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Haha, Ken. That 237A is an absolute beast. Just wants to run. Even on the coldest night it takes only half a cup of alcohol to get it blazing away. Seems inside and out that everyone was in a good mood at the Coleman factory the day it was made!

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Wurth exhaust assembly paste, slightly thinned with water, is fantastic in my experience for this application. Fuel and heat resistant and allows easy disassembly.

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i had the very same experience with a 220. Leaky valve gland nut and when I took it apart found a bunch of black, oily junk clogged around the valve stem. I think it was the packing, which had disintegrated over the years. I dug the rest of the old packing out and replaced it with Teflon string (not...

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oh yeah, it really wants to run. quiet and bright and has a 'been there, done that' kind of feel to it. If it could tell stories!!

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Sorry, not Scout — typo — Major.

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236 Major, 237A, 321A, and 275 holding back the night! Ulf

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John -- beautiful lantern and classy shot!

Larry -- yes, it has the white underside.

No stress cracks, thankfully, though I'm a little careful about how much to pump it up. It wants to run, so it doesn't take a lot, fortunately!

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Not Coleman, I know, but I'm sure there are some USFS fans out there just the same! Mica globe by Rob Butts. This lantern is a strong runner, too. -- Ulf.

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Just thought you might enjoy! Ulf.

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Hey guys! I located the problem. The air stem was not seating properly in the check valve. I don’t see any obvious damage to the male piece, but I replaced it with another off a junker and it’s glowing bright now. Pic attached. Thanks Dashwood — I’ll remember that next time (I’m sure there will be a...

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Hi all -- I have a QL Slant, nice condition, that I've been trying to put back in service. I put in new cap gasket (of correct type from OCP), tightened everything, cleaned air tube and burners/mixing chamber, the usual things. Generator is not new but when the lantern is all pumped up it's blazing ...

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Looking for one of these to bridge the gap between my Arc 316 and IL 323. Thanks! Ulf.

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typo. 237

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oh -- by the way -- it's bright, very bright, but it ain't no 327. That's like looking at the sun.

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Interesting! I hadn't heard of 'fount liner', but I am quite new to all of this. I am burning the 321A tonight, in fact -- blinding. It's a screamer!

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This sort of thing happens ... appreciate your amazing service, Rob.

Ulf

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Hey Rob, thanks for taking that step! Very much appreciated. You run a fine operation. Ulf.

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Hey all, I bought a blue Easy Lite from a guy in Canada, seemed like a good idea. When I got it the fount was coated inside with some kind of weird rubbery peachfuzz-like scum, an d a very durable scum at that. Acetone failed. BBs failed. Brake cleaner and carb cleaner, no joy. Finally I mixed up so...

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Thanks gents. Yep, my ‘flamethrower’ repro matches the Mexican one … the orifice is MUCH larger than NOS. I’ll try using the tip from the old generator and see if I can make something usable out of the repro — it’s certainly not usable as it is. (I did try throttling with the cleaning lever, BTW — n...

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Hi all -- I purchased a repro 200A5891 generator from OCP recently, just to give it a try. A little cheaper than NOS as I recall. I have a 242A whose generator was going very bad so I swapped it out for the repro. Holy crap, what a fireball. I never could get it settled down, mantle never took contr...

Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says: "In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency notify:' I put 'Doctor'!"

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Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

"In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency notify:' I put 'Doctor'!"