Hello @presscall, @Doc Mark and others I have just received my SIGG Firejet with original pump and a 1 ltr. stainless bottle. The pump seems a bit worn out and is leaking at the seals, so before I start to buy spares etc - can I just buy another bottle and pump and use with the same "stove feeding hose"? If yes - which pump and bottle can you recommend. I have no preferences for platic or metal. Would something around 0.6 litre or so (+/-). It came with no pricker, but I guess, I can use it without the pricker in its seating? Any recommendations on how to obtain a pricker are warmly welcomed.
@Harder D. Soerensen Basecamp has the spring-type cleaning needle in stock (or they did in 2017). Part#FJ10. They also have a spares kit. These prickers are incredibly easy to lose! ....Arch
@ArchMc Thanks - I have an order ready for Basecamp/UK, but I wont push the "SEND-button", before I know, if it is better to just buy another pump. Where is that pricker supposed to be stored? Can you recommend a good and affordable fuel pump which corresponds with the thread on my SIGG fuel hose/pipe?
this is an issue I have considered myself - the sigg pump is a bit of an oddity with the limited assortment of pumps I have the closest to fitting is the bulin multi fuel pump the threads are different and the thread in the pump would need to be changed to fit the sigg fuel line I have concluded that the only satisfactory way to change the pump is to fit a different pump connector onto the sigg fuel line I did try an msr firefly fuel line on the sigg - it sort of fits I don't recommend this arrangement - the cleaning wire needs to be removed to fit this fuel line so not really practical
Thanks @Rickybob Hmmm - odd - I would have thought it to be easy, to get maybe an MSR compatible pump which should fit the SIGG threading for reasonable money? (I am actually amazed how expensive these small plastic pumps seems to be ) Would it be possible to change the fitting at the bottle end for a mainstream fitting, and still keep the wire inside? - and if yes - to which fitting? I wonder if there are there places, where they can "tailor-make" your fuel-line? This is my first bottle-fed stove, and I really like it, so my endstate is to get it running - one way or the other, so any help here is appreciated.
@Harder D. Soerensen I used a Primus Himalaya fuel line "Here", you would also need an ergo pump, and the correct tap. Mike
@HunterStovie Thanks a lot. Interesting how you fixed your problem. Especially the fuel line. Looks like it is running quite hot on propane/butane. I would like to run it on Kero/Coleman though. I have now ordered some spares for pump and stove. Depending on the outcome I might get back to you for a bit more help - I hope that is OK?
Not quite ‘off topic’ I thought it about time to regenerate the earlier reference links to the band Sigue Sigue Sputnik. John
@shagratork Not at all Trevor. It’s not as though I was contemplating a ‘new look’ for me in my role at fire grounds! I’ll stick with the bunker pants, T-shirt or shirt, hi-viz jacket when it’s not so hot.
John, I enjoyed your commentary and large number of photos of the tragic event on the moors. It hit home more because when I was younger I walked those same moors.
@shagratork When I was up there a couple of days ago Steve of Mountain Rescue pointed out early shoots of new growth. Today, after some rain (not enough to finally put underground peat fire spots out) this was the picture in one of the burnt areas. ‘Life springs eternal’ is the saying I suppose - but it’s top growth and the peat burnt has gone for good. John
Hi folks... just got into this topic which seems to have died off a couple of years ago. I might just bring it back to a certain degree of life. I have this Tatonka multi fuel stove that has being sitting around for a couple of years, since the fuel line hose ended breaking after something that is probably close to 15 years of intermittent use but definitely more permanent storage. I bought this stove on discount, those same 15 (or maybe more) years ago while on summer vacation on lake Villarrica, here on the Chilean South... what we call The Lake District, and entry door to the start of the Chilean Patagonia. The thing is that, even though I bought everything together at the same time, it is sort of a Frankenstein set; the stove is the said brand Tatonka (I googled and could not find absolutely anything close to a multi fuel stove made by them; they only seem to be making alcohol and wood burning stoves nowadays); the fuel bottle is Primus, and.... surprise surprise!, the Fuel pump, which I just disassembled a couple of minutes ago is no other brand than a Sigg, model Fire Jet. Yes, I WAS able to read the microscopic lettering on the neck pf the pump, not without the help of my newly acquired 1.5x reading glasses (hey, I am 48 after all! I don't think my 11 year old youngest son would be able to read that bare eyed!). As you may (or may not) imagine, the whole thing is almost ready to operate. I just need to replace the washer that seals the pump against the bottle, which leaks pressure terribly, and replace the said hose. I am including images just for your pleasure and curiosity-satisfying-sakes... I am suspecting the stove itself may have been made by a third party (maybe even Sigg?) and branded by Tatonka... I am finding it very similar to the Sigg I see posted here... I am including a shot of the hose; I know some of you already mentioned the proceedings you went through to replace or fix it, but I would appreciate it if the ones who already thought and produced a solution could suggest, in hindsight, which one is the best considering ease of the repair, quality of the result, and expense incurred in the fix. Thanks so much for the shared love and enthusiasm on tinkering our brains out to keep our little machines, tools and whatchamacallits operational throughout the years. Let me tell you guys that just as of yesterday, I was able to bring back to life my Bosch Benvenuto coffee machine after sourcing for original replacement parts in a dedicated business in Germany that keeps EVERY spare part for my machine in stock... I replaced several mechanical and electrical parts that had given up after -also- more than 15 faithful, tasty, and outstanding years of service. There are little more fulfilling and satisfactory things than buying quality items that either stand to the test of time -and intensive use- or give you the possibility of fixing them and bringing them to "as new" condition. If I fixed the Bosch Machine, I'm telling you, that skimpy fuel line is not going to defeat me. Thanks for your help, best regards from Chile.
Yeah... well... I could not upload the images... any one want to enlighten me why could that be? JPG files, 800kb size... just won't upload, says they are not the expected image file.... go figure
Why? It was intended as a reference post for a Sigg Firejet. True, I helped it stray way off topic later on, but it deserves laying to rest don’t you think? If you’re intending to feature a stove you’ve made, or are making there’s a forum for that - Frankies, Mods and Hybrids. Regarding your unsuccessful attempt to upload photos, the file type needs to be jpeg, png and a few others. A post in the Forum Feedback and Problems forum will get it sorted.
@presscall I've just found a pair of these stoves and I'm trying to figure out how to get the handle apart to I can free the ball in the top so it can breath on the up stroke (as one of them is not breathing right now). Are there pictures somewhere or instructions... I'd really rather not break it trying to get this apart. If I had to guess the pair of notches in the bit holding onto the shaft of handle looks like a tool or pair of tools would go in there and turn? squeeze? I can't tell from your images (thank you so much for posting them). I'm off to get some seals for these to get them running again. They both leak...
Mine’s not to hand right now to confirm but I recall that it’s a click-fit on the shaft. I’ve brightened-up one of my under-exposed original photos to illustrate the arrangement. The check valve in the handle doesn’t do that, it simply releases excess pressure on the pump stroke when the fuel bottle is sufficiently pressurised.
Thank you for that, I have to admit I zoomed in on that picture several times trying to figure this out. Do you know where it gets air in on the up stroke? cause wherever that is, is stuck or sticky and I need to get it unstuck...
