Hi friends! I'm rebuilding a Coleman 200J and have the tip-cleaner assembly apart. (That's basically the retaining nut and brass retaining ring that holds the graphite packing around the brass control rod). I removed the old graphite packing, cap, and retaining ring, then had to basically scrape out all the packed graphite, but I cannot get the brass control rod out of the tip-cleaner body. The eccentric block/cleaning arm still moves up and down so the arm is still attached. Does the eccentric block need to be in the upper or lower position to remove the brass rod? Is there a particular technique for disengaging and removing it? Thanks in advance for any advice.
Heat, lots of force, likely destroy it. The end which has a little wiggle in its shape, fits in a horizontal slot on the e-block. That slot faces the rod end. When reassembled, the rod has to line up with the slot on the e-block. I hold the lever while screwing in the packing nut so the rods end matches up with the slot on the e-block so it doesn’t bind and bend the levers tip. Duane
For all of the 220 models with a black square on the collar (i.e. any after the F model) if you're smart you don't remove the tip cleaner lever. There is normally no need to and removing it will almost certainly damage it. In the earlier models the tip cleaner was easily removed. In the later models with the one-piece valve housing the rod is held in place by the packing. You either destroy the packing (no easy replacement available) or you bugger the wire. Either way you lose.
