TL11?

First post here so go easy please.
Just purchased this from the bay. New to all this so here goes!
Tank is in good condition just dirty and clean inside.
There’s two types of control cock apparently, not sure which one this is.
The springs are on the inside of the gallery bit, 1940’s? The pricker works fine.
There’s no mantle yet but there seems to be the remnants of something in the upper mantle groove?
The globe is aftermarket with no markings and there isn’t any kind of pressure release on the tank anywhere.
The pump seems to work ok.
I’m waiting for a service kit to replace seals etc and I’ll oil the pump leather.
Can’t see anything wrong as yet but I haven’t stripped the pump yet!
I bow to you more knowledgeable folk.
Any info is extremely appreciated.

 

GF control tap

the steel ring is the remains of a tilley ‘happy mantle’ a type of mantle with a steel ring that you pressed onto the burner by hand

happy days

cheers
pb

 

Welcome, @Dave Gidman.

The ring in the mantle groove is the remnants of a Tilley “Happy” mantle and should be removed.

Cheers

Tony

Ha! Crossed with the Pod.

 

Oh great, haven’t heard of those, have now. Thanks.
So I’m ok to remove it.

 

@Dave Gidman

A few things to come back on:

1. The control cock is a GF cock (1940 onwards). Check the riser tube/handle and see how deep the area is that the cock screws into. Would it take the much longer XN cock?

2. Does the bottom rim of the tank have any stampings on it?


Cheers

Tony

 

It looks like there was something stamped there but I can’t tell what it used to say.

 

Dave

That is the Registered design stamp.

The next thing to check is that the tank is brass, not steel (a war time economy).

Cheers

Tony

 

Welcome aboard!

 

Hmm.. worth checking the tank first for leaks ?

 

@podbros
i want to service it first. The tank looks to be in good nick so fingers crossed.

 

@Tony Press Definitely brass, I gave it a quick polish earlier.
I can’t see anything else stamped around there. I’ve just been on the Terry-Marsh site and I think this is mine on the left. Perhaps it is a TL10 without the shade?
I read the Neil McRae piece about the different TL’s so I don’t suppose it matters what it is really. Lovely thing whatever’s on top.

 

@Tony Press @JEFF JOHNSON @podbross
Thank you Everybody for the replies. I’m getting my head around this lamp now. (It only got delivered this morning) GF Control cock, brass, 1940’s TL10 with an aftermarket glass globe instead of its original glass shade by the looks of things. Sound about right?