@teckguy_58 Thank you, I then found this.... My original Soto Muka is still NIB. Does that maximizer come with it? Ken in NC
@snwcmpr Hi Ken, To be truthful I don't really know. I purchased my Soto Muka used without box or instructions. It is possible it is been added for the newer Muka stoves. Sorry I can't give you any better information. Cheers, Norman
My Muka, which I purchased NIB a year or so ago, did not come with the maximizer, nor do its instructions mention such a beast. ....Arch
Thanks. Still searching for more info, I see it's a efficiency product. http://www.sotooutdoors.com/products/item/OD-WH.html
The maximizer may now come with the stove, but it didn't when the Muka was first introduced here in the US. HJ
FOOTNOTE ABOUT THE SOTO MUKA PUMP Not in a hurry, but it was something I eventually got around to to carry out an essential repair on another Muka pump - fuel seepage from the pump on shutting down. Details here:- Soto Muka pump dismantled John
Hi Folks, does the new Stormbreaker gas adapter fit to the older Muka stove, to use it with gas canisters? If so, where it is sold separately?
@presscall I bought a SOTO Muka stove, not new, in a good deal. I was happy and I didn't check the stove... Last weekend flame turns down while I cooked rice pudding.... Jon and I took apart the burner and cleaned it a little bit. It run again! I just cleaned the burner again at home. 1.- I took apart the spring and the brass mesh. The spring is very dirty. The Arquimede's screw is dirty too. I cleaned all in a utrasonic bath. But the jet was clean! A lot of obstacles prevent jet cloged After an ultrasonic bath ans some elbow grease... 2.- SOTO ennterprise suggest you don't clean the spring and nozzle. Only exchange generator set. Even this notice burning perfomance is better when you clean generator unit. 3.- There is a influencer who doesn't know where the jet is...
I have a Soto Muka NIB, at a sale price when they discontinued them, and I ordered the spare parts and generator kits also. It is still in the box, unused. In 50 years it might be worth something.
Interesting, the Muka has that little tiny piece of mesh before the nozzle. The Stormbreaker has a similar filter mesh but it is mounted on the post that is on the other side of the jet that is unscrewed for cleaning. I'm still surprised Soto claims that the generator is uncleanable... Meanwhile on the Stormbreaker there's no claim of the generator being a consumable part even if it looks like on the Muka it is a completely serviceable unit.
I imagine that Svea did not intend to have the SRV pip, on the filler cap, serviced by the user. Maybe the same thinking. A disposable world we live in.
@snwcmpr, if we don't up the game of vaccine production there may not be anyone left to buy it in 50 years time. Better off selling it now.
My Muka purchased new in 2019 came complete with the maximiser and foil shield with cut away to allow use of the maximiser. Much as I admire the extraordinary engineering that has gone into this stove I'd be nervous taking it on a long trip and depending solely on it simply because of how complex it is and how tiny some of the serviceable parts are. With my eyes, even focusing on some of those O rings is a challenge.
Hi all, Thanks to this forum I had the courage to take the generator apart- it was running at 50% output, after only about 10 hours of use on Australian petrol. Half an hour in an ultrasound bath made no difference. There was a big lump of fluffy carbon in the cavity before the jet, and the archimedes screw was so seized that I had to drill it out. Interestingly, it still runs OK without the screw and without one of the screens that got damaged in disassembly, and now is a much simpler setup. I have nonetheless ordered a new generator which I think I will take apart periodically to clean it out. Again my thanks to the pundits on this forum!