I’m visiting my parents and bought a battered Primus 96 at a local market today (Sadly it turns out to be beyond my ability to repair). I have a couple of other 96s including a nickel plated example which I happen to have with me. The brass one I found today is date stamped for 1935 and my nickel version is from 1936 so the stoves are a similar set up. My nickel 96 has yellow tips to its flames even after servicing. I suspected a worn aperture on the lipstick vaporiser so I decided to take the opportunity to try out the burner assembly from the other stove. Lo and behold it worked much better! However when dismantling the stove I noticed the lipstick vaporisers are different from one another: The one on the right is the one that came with my nickel stove. I know the nut was usually plated on these so I’m not sure if it has worn off or if it’s a replacement. The one on the left is from the stove I found today. both are stamped ‘Primus Sweden’ and the rest of the burner assembly on each stove is identical. The brass nuts are quite different shapes, they also each have different stamped codes on the rear. Does anyone have information about eras of each of these? Is one likely to be a replacement as the stoves are only a year apart in age? I’m sorry if this has been covered elsewhere on here but I couldn’t find it.
Correct for the stoves, I have one or two with that vaporizer. Too many 96's to narrow down which ones, could check dates you have. Duane PS: neither of mine from those dates have that style vaporizer.
I also have one of the vapourisers on the right. I did post it here along with the stove. There was however no feedback on the vapouriser itself so questions are always welcome to get as much feedback on stoves or parts thereof as possible. The vapouriser is on a 1928 Primus 96 Sport.
Good Morning, I think the markings on the nut correspond to the date markings on the tanks of the stove. Z (N) means 1935 and AA (1) means 1936, so the tubes are probably original.
Hi @optiben80 I have a 96 dating from 1931(v) and mine has the burner as shown on the left. My burner too is in a similar condition to yours and requires repairs to the orifice to make it smaller. I guess that so many of these stoves were produced that there are bound to be variations in what comes with them when acquired, and parts that are swapped out for damaged or missing pieces
I think this type with the flat top to the nut appears to be the more common of the two. It’s interesting that the time was taken to machine a different shape in the first place as it seems both types may have been produced over the same period
That is what I found. All marked "PRIMUS SWEDEN" except the 1957, which is marked "BURMOS". The 1935 is marked ZN. One 1936 (the flat one) marked AA1, the other 1936 marked XS The first (two) letter(s) is probably the year of production, according to the PRIMUS dating chart. All the others without date codes.
