Problem solved! I've been stupid, some of the old steel needle was left in the thread which took some fiddling to clean it out but it's done now....
They weren't in the original capsules so I can't be sure they are the correct ones. The one I removed was an old steel one and was very corroded...
Well after a few months of occasional fettling i've got it lit and producing a good light. I do have a small query though, I bought a cleaning...
I think for certain it is because of my impatience cleaning the jet. Thanks for all your advice
I did find the correct lighting procedure and it starts a lot better but I still get flames around the mantle before I get a good white glow....
Cleaned the jet with a wire brush bristle but now I can't stop the mantle producing flames
I've got it lit! I've used epdm rubber to make temporary gaskets and finally got the scruffy little thing going. Only thing is i'm not sure of the...
Well i ignored it for the best part of a week and soaked it in wd40 and it's out albeit a bit malformed. I can decide what it's meant to have in...
So fill pump tube with paraffin? The wd40 I put in drained straight into the lamp quite quickly
Yeah I made one from some 12mm steel rod with a 5mm slot but it is so tight the bras has begun to deform so I left is soaking in wd 40 and I was...
Primus 991
It's stuck tight and it's beginning to round off, any tips?
Thank you very much, will soon have a working lamp for my shepherds hut.
I presume I will have to sacrifice the mantle too in order to submerge it
So how is the non return valve replaced should it be at fault, I can't see how it's got to. Thanks again
Thanks that is such an obvious solution now you've told me. One other thing, the pump on mine has no seals bar the leather and I can't see how it...
A in the title really, I can't get it to light and it seems it's not holding pressure. How can I identify where is being lost? I wondered about...
Yeah not far from a runner! The enamel is pretty poor on the top unfortunately. Do I need a 164 mantle? Pics to come soon, how are they uploaded...
Yeah I had that of too, just a good wiggle and a soak in acetone worked
Done it! It was the control knob shaft that was gummed up.
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