I love Coleman and all gas pressured appliances. The designs are robust and built to last...if you maintain them. Here we go through all of the appliances and find out what makes them tick, or why they aren't ticking. Repairing these old trusty items is a lot of fun, and with care, they can be handed down for generations.
I usually aim to publish videos every other week on Monday. If I miss a Monday, don't fret, I'll be back!
Just got into the Peak series of Coleman products, do you have any in your collection? And good God man, install a mini split in your work shop. Texas is hot...
Just fired mine up today, had not been lit for 40 plus years. New mantle, oil the leather pump and fired right up. Love these old lanterns. So old said leaded gasoline. Good times.
Came here after seeing your video on shorts and I gotta say dude I love your style. I had no idea those even existed until yesterday and today I found out just how cool they are. Please keep doing what you’re doing so that young guys like me can learn as much as we can about a life and art lost to us. God bless you brother and you definitely got yourself a new subscriber.
That's because it's not a lamp, it's a Coleman Hot Ray heater. If you want to learn more about them, check out the video I did on one that's operational: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CCgMfWcU3Wo.html
@@gasunderpressure9131 just watched it and dude your pretty freaking good. I like how you talk to your audience like we’re really there and you even show extra parts what they can be compared to and how much they cost. And the messy work bench is a sign of a man who is wholeheartedly dedicated to his craft. I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my original comment. God bless you sir ,you do a good job.
I believe it may be mainly aluminum oxide. Old coleman parts has a replacement element made out of stainless steel, since the original ceramic ones are no longer available. I've got one on my other hot ray and it works great.
Pre-burning a new mantle is easy with the pre-heater torch, you just turn on the torch 1 or 2 seconds to ignite the mantle and turn it off,then you let the mantle slowly burn by itself.
Excellent video! I recently acquired a 1965 german made Petromax 829/500 rapid with a military metal case and i like it. The rapid torch is fun to use. the lantern was working already but i had parts kit with it so i overhauled it. Petromax are so bright,almost need to wear sunglasses 🤣 They work well once you get to know them,the pump system is the main annoying thing,they need lots of pump even with a full tank of fuel but they work. The tank is quite big to pressurize too i must say. I ordered a valve adapter to replace the pump so will be much easier to pressurize. I will get a compact bike pump that i can store in the lantern case. Imagine how awesome a petromax would be with a Coleman style pump/checkvalve.
That's challenging on a couple of fronts. First, to get it out, you'll need to chip out all of the graphite packing inside the valve body. That'll release the tip cleaner. Then you'll have to find a tip cleaner that has the graphite packing on it. Old Coleman Parts may have what you need. The other way to go at it is to pull the entire valve out of the fount and replace the whole valve assembly with one from a 200a. They're the same part. Again, OCP may have what you need, just depends how much you want to keep original.
So you bring up a really interesting point. For most appliances built in the 1920s and 30s, the year is shown as a single digit, which is what I'm seeing. Around 1941 they went to double digit numbers for the year. C's were made '41-'50. So maybe it's 1938 instead of 1928? That puts it in the 242b years of manufacture; maybe the collar was swapped at one point? I need to look at a reference of valves/burners to see if it's a B or a C.
Got an SMP from the 80's that is pain in the a**. Could you recommend someone on the upper Texas coast that could troubleshoot or repair it to running condition?
Not too much to work on with those. Replacing the generator should fix just about any issue. Only other thing would be a stuck fuel/air rod. What's the problem you're having?
Cool to put some faces to the groups on Facebook! Something about the nickel on a 202 just seems to shine brighter than the rest of the collection! Hope to meet you guys at some point in the future myself!
I found out the hard way that the founts are lined with some kind of rust inhibitor. The internet said I could us carb. cleaner to clean the check valve. The internet also said a water and citric acid solution would remove varnish from inside the tank. One of those 2 stripped away the protective coating. It's a huge mess in there now and I'm trying to get it out.
Use carburetor cleaner. I do not think that vinegar can work as a solvent for deposits left by gasoline. If it does, I'm certain that it's not harsh enough to work quickly
If I was to covert my 335 to kerosene would I have to use the 339 generator,or what other generator should i use. And any other tips would be appreciated,Cheers buddy.
I found your video after doing a quick search on where these sparkers should be installed. I just received a 220J today with a busted globe & blame it on the sparker location - it seemed to be too tight to the glass. I was right! Thanks for showing me the "light" place to install one 😊
Very well made units mine is a S681U Equator II. Easy to change wick just rotate Counter-clockwise until tab up from latch then pull knob out to release wick holder collapse wick inwardly from pins reverse with new wick. It took me 2 tries to adjust wick height corectly 3/8inch exposed when fully to right knob
Glad you enjoyed it! They were a bit nervous about being on camera, but they all relaxed and had a really good time. I'll be looking to do more of these in the future.
I still have my first lantern, a 200-A, bought new in 1979. It still works perfect and puts out more light than the 220’s. That’s when I caught the Coleman disease!
