Has this ever happened to you with the lamp in operation? Did it flame out on you like mine did? I just received three new needles from Petromax...
Job completed :p I ended up removing the frame just to reduce the chances of knackering something with spanners. I’m glad to have done so just...
My replacement parts have finally arrived and I’m ready to install the new needle and adjust the height properly. I've read and studied pages 7-8...
Yes, I spent time checking things over before taking the lamp into use. I checked that the jet and needle were tight, operated the fuel shutoff to...
Almost seems like it would be easier to clip the excess wire from the freshly installed needle to leave the specified 0.5–1 mm above the jet...
Oh my, I guess you posted a helpful reply about the same subject I was just writing about. Sorry for the awkward timing. I can add photos of both...
After giving this a lot more thought, my guess is that the needle height adjustment was way too high. Would burning the lamp with such a setting...
I’ve got a beautiful NOS Hipólito H 202 that I decided to take into use for the first time a couple of days ago. The lamp lit up just fine and...
I took the burner out to the garage and thoroughly brushed it out through all orifices with a pipe cleaner, then blasted it for a solid 5 minutes...
I’ve just sacrificed the mantle to have a better look at the burner. The difference between this (2015) burner and the other (2006) one is that it...
With a mantle in place I’m not sure how much I can do. As I wrote earlier I swabbed each of the three inlet tubes with a cotton bud from the...
Thank you for asking about this. Yes and no. The pump is working fine, but only because I’ve left the old spring and washer in it. In the meantime...
A bit more testing and, sure enough, the good lamp morphed into a flamethrower with the newer burner from the flamethrower lamp. Then, leaving...
I’ve just made some progress with the troubleshooting. I’ve switched the vapouriser and hood/burner from the flamethrower lamp over to the good...
Maybe we’re on to something with the hood/burner. I have actually tried several times since I bought these lamps to swap the hood/burner...
I’m back to working on this lamp. If one were to take a gamble, would the problem more likely be with the pricker or the vapouriser body/jet? I do...
What I meant to ask is whether the old style brass cup and seal can be directly used to update the new style pump. In other words, can I just...
That sounds like something worth doing. Will those parts simply “drop in” to a modern pump?
OK, here are some pictures of two #155 seals included in a recently purchased Tilley Service Pack 1. There is a difference of 0,5–1 mm difference...
I am indeed in the process of putting together an order with Fettlebox. I’ve sent them a message to ask for a bit of help figuring out exactly...
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