@Loe. Sounds like good advice. "Leave well alone." as the older and wiser people always told me. Thanks.
Thanks @Valkyrie. I have done all the seals now. Lead joints, gland packing, base valve assembly (same as Petromax) and preheater seal, (all from...
Hi again. Replaced all the seals and the rubber valves. It works again, but…. I replaced the mantle yesterday as it was damaged, and noticed that...
Thanks both. I will try Basecamp Spares.
Hi everyone. I recently bought an Anchor 950. It pumped and held pressure for a while, but the preheater was not working. It seemed to work fine...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Thanks Robin. I managed to remove the jet after a bit of heat from a small blowtorch, then removed the upper part of...
@Reinhard Hi, I just bought a used Anchor 950 (not Sea Anchor) from FleaBay and the control knob can be rotated 360 degrees. At the 12 o'clock...
Thanks Everyone. I re-asembeld it last night and the sealer seems to be fine, no dribbles under pressure in a bucket of water, and a cautiously...
Hi I have a Willis & Bates (Bialaddin) bowl heater that was an off-whie and also a Bialaddin 315 of a similar colour and age approx 1965. Does...
@winchman The nut on that lamp looks like nylock or maybe a simmonds nut, not the lovely knurled one that should be there. Can't really see the...
Hi Thomas 1. I had a similar issue with my Coleman and needed to replace the generator (Vapouriser). Before you get to that stage and since it...
Hi Gin Tonic. A nice lamp! From my elemntary schoolboy French of about 60 years ago, the French name for what we English call "paraffin" is...
Yes! Been there done that. Bakers fluid in a cut makes lemon juice seem like a calming balm! The sellers tell me that Slosh Sealant is OK with...
So the latest toy arrived today. See picture. Sadly the glass is cracked and even more sadly, it is Durosil long bottom type and probably...
Bit of a disaster on the Aladdin front. I noticed that it was weeping fuel, only a drip but not a great idea on a heater. I found a tiny crack on...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Just to add a bit more to my already growing collection I aquired a scruffy Bi-Alddin bowl fire the other day from...
Has anyone every dismantled the fount on the early X246s. I have the necessary soldering skills to dismantle and re-assemble it (having just had...
Sorry for the delay - it's been a hectic week. Pictures attached at last. The X246 with the bowed bottom is dated 361. It is about 1/8" below the...
Thanks everyone. Re the X246B. The control cock is full of orange corrosion and is solid. Not sure what was in the fount. As another of the batch...
Hi, I just bought a batch of 10 Tilleys mainly X246A/B and 1 Willis & Bates (as a Bialladin 315). There was a Tilley R1 in the mix as well and...
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