I recently picked up this Coleman lamp and I'd like to get it back in operation. It does hold pressure but I'd like to clean everything up and flush out the fount. It all came apart OK until I got down to the fuel tube in the top of the fount. I tried to remove it but it doesn't seem to want to budge. At this point I stopped, I didn't want to break anything. Is it not a good idea to try to remove these when cleaning out the fount? I don't see any model markings on this. I'm assuming it's a CQ, possibly an earlier version. When I removed the handle a sticker with the number 1007 fell out. The handle on it is a bit longer making the lamp a bit taller than my other Coleman lamp, which is actually marked "CQ". I also recently picked that one up and will be attacking it once this one is running. The previous owner said that her father, years ago, tried unsuccessfully to operate it, thus the old unburnt mantles. Thanks in advance for your input and any suggestions.
That fuel tube is a single tube through the handle to the bottom of the fount and is screwed and solder sealed at top and bottom of the fount. In other words it don't come out. ::Neil::
@Mackburner thanks for your reply. I was thinking that may be the case. However I was confused by the double nuts on the bottom of the tube. I thought that I'd be able to at least remove the nuts and the rusty steel cone. Seems that the 2 nuts (circled in the last pic) may both be soldered to the tube. Possibly a repair done at some point?
Likely but if the lamp holds pressure then best left alone. Just run a gun barrel brush down to the bottom to clean any crud out. It's pretty rare to have a feed problem up to the valve anyway so dismantle beyond where you are shouldn't be required. ::Neil::
