This 2D has been my go-to camping stove for the last nine or ten years. When I got it (last photo) it had been repainted with three or four different types of black paint. The tank was glossy, the bottom box looked like primer, and the oven panels looked to be painted with a combination of gloss and hight temp grill paint. I coated it with boiled linseed oil to give it a uniform look (which worked and held up extremely well) and I've been using it ever since. I decided it was time to do a complete restoration. I'm happy with how the paint work turned out. Since it's my daily driver I splurged for Duplicolor semi-gloss engine enamel. The downer is that somewhere in the restoration process the pump tube has developed a small leak where the pump tube wall/cylinder meets the bottom. Since the check valve sits at least 1/8" high, I'm thinking about dropping a small amount of Caswell epoxy down there and rolling it around the seam. I decided to wait on a fix to see if any other ideas come to me. In the meantime, I've borrowed the tank from my 9D, which is a bit glossier.
Bill, I am pleased to see you post this on your 2D. Its Gorgeous! I was lucky enough to just find one and am looking at restoring, stripping and repainting. I just posted about needing the Coleman Camp Stove Sticker for after I redo it. I was happy to find the Tank pressurizes and generator is functional. I'm not sure if this is what you are referring too - One thing I noticed is that there is a Separate Threaded ring on the pump below the pumps threaded Collar. It looks like it is a Tube Nut. I unthreaded it in the one picture but see it seated in the next. Could this be something on yours maybe loose or other?
@Bill Klock , I replied to your FB post, forgot to mention this place as a source of help. I blame too many birthdays. Given the age of your stove, the tank is probably assembled with soft solder. I don't have direct experience with a Coleman of that age, but have done several Turner and Prentiss Wabers from the same period. All of those tanks were soft soldered. If yours is also then it would be pretty east to remove the pump tube, repair the pump and re-solder it in place. At worst you might have to repaint the tank. In my view that would be a much better repair than trying to dump any kind of sealant into the tube. Reese
The ring on the pump threads is interesting. What purpose does it serve? As far as melting solder and pulling the tube out, I think that's above my skill set. I had to do some soldering work like that on a No. 1 and I found that heating one part to resolder a part ended up melting solder somewhere else and causing a new leak. I would have assumed that the pump tube is inserted and soldered in place before the end cap was crimped onto the tank.
