I scored a 220K a few days ago. I ordered another generator and mantels for it and cleaned the fuel pick up tube. It works great but the frame assembly (the part that encloses the glass) is pretty rusted. This was just the kind of information I needed. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for posting these. There seems to be a lot of hate from snobby collectors on "common greens" and not a lot of help or info on them, but hey, for those of us new to lanterns or who have a personal or emotional connection to them, it's most appreciated. The newer ones like this are a much more simple setup than the ones built 50 years before these ones. Thank you!
As a pressure lantern lover it was wonderful to see you expertly restore the 220. It got the royal treatment. Editing this to say I pulled my 220J out of the attic and leisurely restored it. The rust on the frame and brass parts I soaked off in hot water and citric acid and scrubbed with steel wool wiped down with Ballistol hopefully as a rust prevention. Too lazy to repaint the fount so I just used Turtle wax to shine it up. I have experience with lanterns but your great videos really inspired me to clean up mine and I'm glad .
8/16/2022 I have two of these lanterns, one identical to the one shown and one with the wide "rain hood". The wide hood lantern I found and the clean out is bound up, Now I know how to fix it. The bound up clean out is likely why it was discarded too/ I know replacement parts can be very hard to find, so hopefully I can fix them both . Thanks again for a great PAIR of videos. ;-)
This is so satisfying. I want to get into restoration for these. I want to know how to restore the porcelain top. Thank you so much! I am born and raised in Kansas and so I’ve always been proud of this history. Fond memories on Boy Scout camping trips and family camping trips.
Great restoration video. I found one of these in a junk pile recently and it was made the same year I was born 75'. So I will give it a clean up like you did using your advice. only thing I wont do is repaint it. Just a clean. It needs a new glass and mantels of course.
Came across your channel while looking for some Coleman rebuild information. Good stuff you've got here, and a lot of you other videos I plan to take a look at. As a kid, we had the family Coleman lantern and stove, and I've always had a fond memory of those. I recently picked up a stove, 220F lantern, and a 511A catalytic heater. I had to rebuild the pumps in the stove and lantern, and both work nicely. I didn't realize it before I lit it, but the 511A had never been used. I thought based on the condition it might have been used a little, but the mesh on top still had factory paint. Well, now it doesn't, and I'm a little annoyed at myself for that. Something about the shape of the heater just says art deco and stylish design. The stove is probably the worst of the three, and now I'm planning on stripping and powder coating it. On the lantern, I may strip and repaint the brightwork, but the tank is in pretty good shape. The top could use refinishing, and I'm wondering if Cerakote would hold up to the heat. Something to look into, at any rate. Thanks for the three enjoyable videos on the stove and lantern!
Good information I have just got my Dad's 220J from my brother, he never used it. I'm going to get it in top mechanical shape and clean up best I can. Although I admire the job you did I'm only going for function at this point.
What I did on this one is in fact for function, that it helped cosmetically was a nice touch. Preservation and conservation lends itself to good function and dependability
We’ll done ✅ I’m having a day with my old lantern 220K from the mid 80’s, it was finicky then. Currently I can’t get it to light, the pump seems good, I think the problem lies inside the tank/font, I’ll try your method of inverting the unit and a vice. Any tips you can provide would be great. Thanks
Very Nice Work! I watched the video a couple times to try to hear if you said a specific color for the green powder coat but you basically said you found a color close the the original green. Is it a standard RAL color or a special mixed green color?
Good video. Only a few things I would have done differently: Blasted and painted the whole burner cage. thread sealer on the valve & bung and pre-burned the mantles before lighting. Correction: he did burn in the mantles.
He actually did pre-burn the mantles. And my own experience rebuilding Coleman lanterns is that they don’t need thread sealer. The pipe treads do the job
@@revolutioninthespiri Sorry yes he did burn in the mantles. I stand by what I said about the thread sealer though. Coleman used thread sealer in the factory, and if you screw the valve down tight, it will not be clocked correctly. When you have it clocked right, It will still be a bit loose and will probably leak air.
Your Powder Coat looks better than Factory! What color powder was that? I am hoping I can take my Fount to a local powder coater and have them use the same color you did. Thanks!
