Recently acquired above stove, it has a round aluminium container and pan support.
I cannot see any stamped number on base but there is a very faint number scratched on base which seems to read 238/103.
It has no burner adjuster (so not sure if instructions posted for that type of burner apply, no key for on/off control, or flame spreader.
Not a stove collector so any help in dating item, instructions for use, fuel to be used and source of spares would be much appreciated.

Ross the site owner will know more, but there us usualy a letter or letters stamped on the base, and this is what you use to date the stove (see FAQ on site).

The stove burns petrol/white gas/ coleman fuel.

Spares are readily available from this sites sponsor

www.base-camp.co.uk

The lads there stock just about any spares you can think of.

They are a great stove

Rik

re. Base Camp:

"They are a great stove"

Ian

Don't be pedantic Ian, you know what I meant, i.e. the 71 is great.

TTFN

Rik

I'm sure they are. I got one the other week but haven't had time to give it much more than a trial run yet. Certainly a compact package.

A great little stove. I am not drawn to petrol burners are a rule, but the 71 is one stove I will break that rule for.

Rik

Hi John,
This sounds like an early 71. These came out in 1931. If your's has the smaller 0.18L tank (approx 4.5cm high) it is 1931-1937/8. In 1938 the tank size was increased to 0.25L & in 1954 the "safety pin" was replaced by a safety valve in the filler cap.
Early models & later Bahco models were not date stamped. The earliest date stamp I've seen is AB & the latest is AX (even though this convention appears to have been dropped by AU on paraffin models.
The instructions you mention will apply to your model, just ignore the bit about the adjuster. White gas is probably your best option for fuel. See the links page for spare part sources.

has anyone tryed putting a svea 123r stem-valve-burner
on the 71??..i have a 71 in a blue can and i like the
"oversized" fuel tank. that tank with a cleaning
needle from the 123r climber would make for a better
combo that each stove is alone..by the way,did they make the can with that rounded front to fit a typical
rucksack side pouch??

Got my Primus 71L in about 1959 and my spouse got here Svea 123 (pre-123R by a few years) in 1964. The stems are interchangeable, per my personal experience. About 1993, I wanted to do some overhaul on the 71L, including replacing the wick. Unfortunately, the stem was frozen in place, and I ended up breaking it in the struggle to remove it. I ended up sending it to A&H in the Los Angeles area, which is the best US source for spares for most backpacking stoves I have found. They successfully removed the old stem and replaced it with a rather different-looking stem (has some circumferential rings just below the burner, rather than being smooth), but it works just as well as new. After I got it back, I removed the replacement stem (easy to do now) and tried the spare Svea 123 stem I had bought some years back - perfect fit, but I decided to use the replacement and save the Svea spare, just in case Barbara's Svea needed it.

And, yes, we do use both these stoves regularly on backpacking trips, although I tend to use my Primus MFS more. We also have a much newer Svea 123R that has only been fired up once, bought as a spare. And we have an old, well-used Sigg cookset for the Svea, plus a much newer one we bought about 1996 (and have as a spare in storage).