A coworker gave me a Coleman 228H lantern that needed a little TLC. In all, not bad shape mostly cleaning. After dumping the old fuel most of the attention went into cleaning the generator. I wasn't sure if it wanted to "quick light" but after giving the cleaning level some action it straightened out and took off. Part of the fussiness starting could have been some residual solvent in the generator. I'm currently burning out a few ounces of fuel and may let it set dry until called for. AR
Air/fuel quick start still acting up, perhaps that I'm trying to light it up with minimal fuel? I added a little SeaFoam cleaner and very little fuel to restart. I found that the storage parts tray that I got so long ago fits this model well. Never be without a few extra mantels and spares. As a side note, picking up a few mantels noticed that the local Walmart has switched from Coleman fuel to Crown. The price is much cheaper $8 per gallon. Anyone know if it has the corrosion protection(green tint) like Coleman?? Andy
Unless your direction disc on the fuel knob is mis-aligned it looks like the valve is full open in both pictures. That would be the problem with the instant light. Follow the directions on the disc. Open fuel cap to make sure you're starting at zero pressure. Close cap, 30-35 pumps. Open fuel valve 1/4 turn. Hold match under mantle (it will take a few seconds until you hear fuel sputtering into the manifold). Once mantles are burning brightly open fuel valve all the way. On cold days you may have to add a few pumps after things are burning brightly. The 220/228 series are virtually fool-proof and are great daily user lanterns.
In the pic the vaporizer was sitting on the bench. I put the globe and hood on for the photo op and suspect that the knob was positioned to removal of the genny, nothing outwardly amiss in normal operations. I suspect that the minimal fuel load was the primary culprit. Harder to siphon when nearly rock bottom empty. AR
