I thought the same but I already tried 3 jets. Two were 350CP and one 500CP, it does pretty much the same thing.
Thanks for the advice. Indeed it looks delicate enough to break. So far the lamp definitely needs a new leather pump gasket as the old one came...
This is the best photo I could manage using the phone. Third number is actually a clearly inscribed 4 but it only shows if seen on a certain...
Thanks eiremax, you were correct. I just didn't knew what to look for, but after finding this topic Petromax Rapid 828 300 HK - 1940 and looking...
Thanks George. At some point I read somewhere (can't remember where) that the on-off pre-heater (with the red knob) was used up to 1939. But my...
Ah, one more thing, the bottom of the fount had been cleaned up to the brass, so if there was a date stamp there (as in paint not engraved) it's...
Wim, the lamp doesn't behave abnormally during preheating. It does the pulsation and Darth Vader breathing when operating, if the control wheel is...
Thanks, I will try to use a thicker copper wire around the rod (to try and somehow block the backflow) and will test again.
Just got this old lamp - I was shopping for spares on a local classifieds website and this just showed up. Condition was too good to pass even if...
Thanks for the suggestion. I just ran the lamp to empty and it turns out that it needed less then 4 hours to go trough 0.8 Liters of fuel. Not...
Btw, is the upper generator in your Anchor clone slightly bent towards the center of the lamp? Mine certainly is.
I placed a coil above the constricted area of the upper generator, just above the jet. There were no improvements. Will also try to put a coil...
Things tried this evening: installed a coil of 1mm gauge wire just under the jet and replaced the jet with a 350CP. Lamp acts exactly the same,...
Colin, where exactly did you installed the wire? I was thinking to make a coil that will just fit on the inner wall of the upper gen and install...
I'm very sure that I put it in correctly (it engages and disengages the valve correctly and it doesn't "jump" when disengaging) but I was...
The foil is installed on the rod in the area between the lower and upper parts of the Preston loop. The idea was to force more fuel trough the...
Not really smooth but it's a very slight friction on some points. I blame it on the fact that the slight bend of the rod isn't perfectly aligned...
Thanks Colin. Have you experienced any heavy pulsation/breathing sound with your Anchor?
The pricker rod is definitely adjusted correctly as the needle just barely sticks out when the control wheel is in the 12 o'clock position. The...
I have vernier calipers but old style so anything below 1mm is just a guess. Plus there's no way to measure the dimension of the back drilling...
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