Yes I can see that too - but I suppose it really a matter of the relationship of the pump and control, which is where we came in. We would both...
Hmmm. As a right handed person I would instinctively use that hand both for the pump and the pricker. I wouldn't be doing both at the same...
I have no doubt that Neil is correct - but did Tilley use a special rebated modern burner on the late table lamps, such as TL120A? If not it...
I did find 5 or 6 drab-green Vapalux M320, new in boxes at Rainbow Farm. Good value at £7 each too - so I bought the lot. But it was 12 years back.
I bunked off work (well mostly) for almost 3 years whilst we cruised all the reasonably connected canals and rivers. It was brilliant.
[ATTACH] BMA in this context means bronze metal antique - but I'm not sure it refers to a specific process. It used to be found on upholstery...
Not sure what that map is meant to be showing. Initially, I thought it might be taking a restricted view of what amounts to a canal rather than...
Nils will run out of time before he runs out of canal, but even disregarding the more detached canals such as the Caledonian, you can reach Ripon...
It needn't be a rich man's game but it takes more time and effort to avoid paying top pricee. Current prices on ebay, which is the easiest...
The rubber seal is the most common cause, but the pump cylinder can develop a split. Examine it carefully and/or put the lower end in a bucket...
The finish seems to be more akin to BMA (bronze metal antique) rather than Japanning, which is usually black lacquer. Who knows, though.
Good work. Brown hoods are seen on X246As often enough to question whether there was a short revival of that colour in the early 1960's.
It might not be too hard to find a NOS Tilley X246B in a shop - I think I know where there is at least one. But the price is likely to be around...
Neil Is it possible that both non-enamelled parts (i.e. the ring as well as the hinged bit) have been fitted to a cut-down Tilley hood? I did...
Much the same as Trojandog. The best items could be individually listed on ebay and posted. The routine lamps could be batched in suitable...
What a fantastic heater! From what I can see, apart from the hot end and possibly some pump parts, it doesn't seem to share parts or even styling...
Well, one man's junk is another man's treasure. The tank and pump are not standard items and would take some reasonable effort to create from...
I'm reasonably sure that the AL21 handle is also the same as the 1940's R1 Heater - which might be easier to find than an SL61.
I think its an early-ish X246 Guardsman absent its brown, standard hood but with a X359 (sometime BR49) hood. The X359 hood must be missing it...
Having just moved to a house with oil central heating, I now know that 28 second oil (described as Kerosene on the ticket) is just under 50p per...
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