Quirks victory wall lamp

Hello fellas this is my Quirks Victory Wall Lamp. It is a beautiful rare piece of Australian lighting history I have bought into service. The lamp is so cool and is in its original condition as acquired,
It didn’t start of exactly like this and like most rare beauties there’s a story.

original condition . There’s no bottom plate just a globe holder that suited a bulge globe.
I set about starting it up with the usual basic checks first , new fuel cap seal everything seems in order.
My first light up

it lit up straight away but was running rich.
Back to basics. Only a few things create this scenario. Over pressure in the tank. Shut down, release pressure, re pressure but only about 10 pumps. Still the same.
Air flow . The air flow adjuster was at its smallest
I opened it up and started again but still had the same rich flare.
Leaving the jet.

I was surprised the pricker was intact as the pricker is wound in and out not a push pull type. I could see the jet orifice looked enlarged.

I used a set of micro drills to find the enlarged jet orifice0.3of a mm fitted.4 didn’t.
I compared it with a jet from a working QVTL. Big difference. The pricker wire was 0.13 of a mm.

the jet orifice original 0.17 of a mm or there about. Thank you @Anthony for diagram and your alway wise advice.
What can be done to service the jet?
Id like to acknowledge @ROBBO55 and @presscall for there due diligence in helping me.
Alternatives. I thought I could hard solder over the jet orifice and re drill a new 0.17mm hole. But drilling with such a fine drill may be futile.
I had read about replacing a jet opening with a hyperdermic needle that put me on to Martin and John, followed their threads and advice. It was plausible. Not practical, needing skills set. The next alternative was to graft a new jet from a Coleman of the similar 0.17 of a mm. To the existing jet. Also plausible. What a dellema, in the end I used the good jet from my QVTL until I either replace the jet with a Coleman jet of you never know what’s coming next.
I thank Anthony,John,Martin and Vic for their helpful advice.

the vaporiser has brass mesh restrictor not needing any attention,
I started to get it all back together.

after a few initial leaks sorted it fired up.
I tried out a few different globes and settled for a wick lantern globe. I thought it suited the lamp.

now as one last part,
I name my lanterns after family and friends and to acknowledge the life long commitment to preserve Australian lighting.
My wall lamp will always be know as the Robert Isdale Quirk Victory Wall lamp. Prosperity for evermore
Thank you to all the lanterneers

 

Darryl, WOW what a nice lamp!
Congrats'

/Conny

 

@Darryl Durdin
It’s a grand survivor sure enough Darryl and it’s great to see those photos of it in its rightful place.

Looking forward to our next discussion on getting that original jet back to spec.

Cheers,

John

 

great job

 

Very interesting and nice

 

Darryl, that's an excellent result. Congratulations

 

Very nice work, Darryl.

That Quirk’s wall lamp is a great find, and it’s good to see it going properly. We’ll all have to keep our eyes open for a Quirk’s or AGM generator with a good jet for you.

The generator on your lamp is the AGM generator, but fitted with the “screw-in” pricker.

Thanks for getting it going and showing it to us.


Cheers

Tony

 

OMG Darryl, what a beauty! That deserves to hang in the best room in your house and not in the bathroom. I am truly jealous.

 

A lucky find!

 

Good to see such a lovely lamp running so well.

 

Good to see another one. There don't seem to be many around.

Could you take a photo of the back of the tank? Mine has had some serious repairs done to it, so it would be good to know if yours is similar to Neil's or something different again.

 

@Nils Stephenson , hello there,I’ve taken a few pictures, the back of my lamp looks in very good condition.

 

Correct jet:








Cheers

Tony