Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

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Ok, I screwed up. Obviously I'm out of touch with current shipping costs. On a whim I bid on this stuff and won it. Then I got the shipping costs from St Paul to Florida. Yikes! Not worth the freight so now I'm just trying to get costs back. The stuff is in the St. Paul area. Two of the globes are w...

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Contact Tom Hanks, the actor. He's a big typewriter collector.

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Obviously with different brands YMMV. I've got a couple of user 220 that I painted with Rustoleum gloss white that have soldiered along for several years just fine. I've also done some with VHT high heat aluminum, cured at the 250 and 400 degree steps, not the 600 and those have worked as well.

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You don't need high heat paint for a frame. Any rattle can paint will work just fine. Frames don't get anywhere nearly as hot as the vent.

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BillA - Listen to Dean. He made a couple of replacement coils for me, work great.

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Electrolysis will work well to remove rust from a mica frame. It will not damage the mica but it will remove the lettering from a Coleman marked original mica.

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Have a look here https://colemancollectorsforum.com/view ... ing#p53416 This is how I repack the later model cleaner lever. You could use the same process with the old packing still in place.

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I thought the burner support became standard equipment at a certain point. That plus the style of the tag , the label and other small clues may help you narrow it down.

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Zoomkat - you didn't read the OP's post. He says that at 1/4 it won't stay lit. That's an indication the F/A assembly isn't doing its job. At 1/4 turn it should burn, just run out of pressure quickly. I agree with Toby, pull the F/A tube and clean thoroughly.

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Ordinary soft solder is more than sufficient to put the tip back on the air stem. Just clean both parts really well. Once it's back in place, if it gets hot enough to melt 60/40 solder it won't matter, you'll be dealing with other issues at that point.

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Bryan, as people above have explained, the pip needs replaced. The pip can be flush with or just slightly protruding from the cup. The spring should slide easily over the stem on the pump cup with no binding. Your spring is much too strong. I have used the spring from a Coleman F/A rod to make repla...

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That decal is from the GI repair unit that overhauled the lantern. Try to save the decal during your cleanup and restoration. That would explain the later model parts on an early lantern. It was sent back to an army workshop for repair. There it got fixed, but the repair techs weren't at all concern...

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I've had good luck with the Duplicolor clear coat. I normally let it air dry until it's safe to touch (15-30 minutes depending on weather) then oven cure at 170F for 30 minutes. Haven't tried an extended soaking in fuel but certainly haven't had any problems with spills that are wiped off reasonably...

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I don't have any argument with what others have posted here, but I've found that for ordinary rattle can paints 170F for 30 minutes is enough. I turn the oven off and let it cool with the door closed. For high temp paints I follow the directions on the can, but rarely do the 600f cycle.

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I don't know, I got three nearly new lanterns because of overfilling. Junk/antique store I had bought some stuff from had just taken in a bunch of camping gear. I had picked out something else in the shop and he said, "Got 3 lanterns in that bunch of stuff, guy said none of them work. You can have t...

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Toby, take a look at this https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/a ... o15.50472/

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Thirty years ago you could walk into any hardware store and find a selection of leather pump cups in the section with the drawers of o-rings, e-clips, snap rings and all the other bits and pieces of odd fasteners and fittings. Not anymore. There are sources though for those who don't want to make th...

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Toby, don't go by my 458, it isn't the original valve, it's a 500 valve modified by Dean to work. Does the job quite well. You're right though, on closer look, the threaded end of your valves look smaller than the 458 fitting.

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Some measurements on the black-knobbed valve/generator sets would help. Could be for 454 or 458 burners.

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Dates on the tabs didn't start until after the B series of this stove.

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I think since you are the only one who seems to have a problem with this it comes under operator error rather than design flaw. Not trying to be nasty or make fun of you, but the tank is designed to have the air stem closed except when the pump is in use. When used as designed the tank doesn't leak....

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Got more than enough projects to work on one when I already have a good solution in place. If anybody wants it they can have it for shipping costs. Thanks for the education Timm.

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I'm running six on my 24"x18" plastic bin setup. One to each of six lawn mower blade anodes. Works like a champ.

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That's exactly what it is. No data plate at all and nothing on the web I can find. I've got a two-lifetimes supply of laptop power bricks so I guess I'll just junk it. Thanks.

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Dean Williams (deanofid) makes them from 200a lantern valve stems. I think Warren Wright has been collecting stems so Dean can do a batch at a time. Best bet is to message Dean and see if he has one, or when he'll be doing another run of them.

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I've got a '70s vintage Little Giant Starbright transformer with timer. It puts out 13.25v AC on the low voltage side. No idea what amperage as there is now data plate of any kind except the name label. Trying to figure out what to do with it. My electrolysis setup is using DC power supplies so I ca...

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I've had good luck with Duplicolor Gloss Clearcoat engine enamel. Fuel resistant and heat up to 500F.

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Your tank appears to originally have been black. Later models were green.

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Keith Gantt over on The South's Regional Lantern & Stove Collectors facebook page has done some very nice restorations on stoves with similar problems. I think he uses a special high heat variety of JB weld as a filler. You might PM him and ask. Tell him Reese sent you.

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When I've used the 30 gallon garbage can for a stove case I used a piece of field fence, the stuff that's about coat hanger gauge wire and 4" mesh. Cut a piece long enough to wrap around the inside of the garbage can. Works great as an anode, but only lasts one or two uses before it disintegrates.

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I'd recommend several more anodes. Electrolysis is line of sight (more or less) and one anode on one side of the case isn't going to do much for the opposite side. I've found used lawn mower blades make excellent anodes. I use six in my bath for stoves cases, 3 each side.

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Here on the Florida gulf coast I'd be afraid that any fabric wrap would hold moisture and promote rust.

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Here's a thread on the internals. https://www.colemancollectorsforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=188075#p188075 They're very different from Colemans and some of the brass bits can be damaged during disassembly if you're not familiar with how they work. Weak spot is rust on the sealing faces of the valve ste...

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Duane, When I exhaust all the remedies I can work on a joint like this, as I think you have, I send it to Dean and ask him to re-machine the sealing faces. He's working on one now for me. Before shipping it off though, I'd try making a plug for the pipe. A sharpened piece of wooden dowel would work,...

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Kevin, I've had Evaporust take paint off of several different items including an Aladdin thermos bottle. I just assume that the paint will be damaged when I use it. Dan, Not surprising that Ospho stripped the plating, it is just a diluted phosphoric acid. Great for converting rust to a less reactive...

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Here is my 458G with a reproduction label made by ossodiseppia a member here. I don't think the yellow labels came along until the later HGPs. We really need a discussion about the various labels. with label.jpg Mine came without a pressure gauge, just a pipe plug in the fitting so I added a new mad...

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Take a look at this thread https://www.colemancollectorsforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=188075#p188075 before you tear into your PW. They are very different from a Coleman and some of the non-replaceable brass parts can be badly damaged if you don't understand how it works before you tear it apart. The ex...

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The big C&Ls didn't use a tube in the coil. Yours is all there Duane. The piece that usually goes missing is the windscreen, the part the looks like a sheet metal bowl with a hole in the bottom. It locks onto the top by giving it a partial turn so the tabs on the bottom of the windscreen slide under...

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You don't say where in Florida you are, it makes a difference. Also if you are in a house or apartment. Your two options are leave or stay for a storm. The pro of leaving is you will be safe, the con is you may not be able to get back to your stuff for a month or more. If you stay you can take care ...

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If you decide to keep/restore your PW please read this thread I made a couple years ago. https://www.colemancollectorsforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=188075#p188075 PWs are very different from Coleman and other lanterns internally and some of the brass parts are easily damaged if you don't know what you'r...

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I know there have been some reproduction grates made, such as the ones for the Coleman 454. Anyone who has had cast iron grates made or knows someone who has, please let me know. I've got a couple that need reproduced and am looking for a foundry.

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Timm, My experience is similar to yours, platings are only damaged where they have started to come loose. I haven't used electrolysis on a vent. Argentcorvid, I will defer to your training. Mine was based on personal experience and certainly there are a number of factors, like breaks in your skin wh...

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Lynn, Pretty much any coating added over the top of a ferrous part will be subject to coming off during electrolysis to one degree or another. Paint will fall off in sheets. The zinc or tin plating (galvanizing or tinning) will be affected. The zinc and tin were intended to be more reactive that ste...

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There was no special rhyme or reason to who got them, they were just another variation on the issue canteen. There was no distinction between officers and enlisted for gear like this.

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They are out there, uncommon but not rare. Rare is one without chipped enamel. Oddly the British and Commonwealth countries used an enameled steel canteen from before WWI until post WWII. The replacement came out late war but it was well after before all troops used it.

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The lettering was green, the same as early glass globes.

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Timm, electrolysis works great on mica chimneys, except, It took the Coleman green letter stamp off an original I had on a 427. The frame cleaned up great though.

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Timm - gunhippie, posted this very good thread on converting a computer PS https://colemancollectorsforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17140&p=225934&hilit=computer#p225934 The search feature here is your friend. I use laptop PS bricks. They tend to run about 19v 3-4a. The nice thing is you if your workp...

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I've used plain baking soda for years with no problems. Lye is good if you have a lot of organic material on the item, i.e. a grease covered stove. Otherwise it isn't necessary. I've found that using enough anodes is more important than what you add to the water. Since the process is more-or-less li...

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The paint they mixed for me was oil based enamel. I may still have the can on the shelf, if I do I'll post what information I can find about the base.

Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says: "When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room!"

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Uncle Sidney ~~ Prison Philosopher Says:

"When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room!"