Hi Albert Thanks for that - sounds fairly easy. I shall support it so the tube is vertical when I put it back, so the solder flows evenly round...
Hi folks (probably an Albert question!) Patient is recently a acquired Burmos 21 stove. Bottom end of pump, complete with foot valve, is...
Metaldehyde also has the strange property that if you touch it with a hot iron, it will give off a cloud of what look like snowflakes, that float...
Had a chat with Mike the Stove - it seems mine is a 111t, and the 8R spanner is OE, despite the fact you cannot really use it to remove the jet....
Murray Or one tapered wire, such as a watchmaker's smoothing broach. You stick a slice of cork on it, then insert it as far as it will go, then...
Hi Franco Sounds like mine - control on right and brass tank. I have emailed Mike the Stove with questions as to which model it is. Ross -...
Ross The ring end of the spanner would probably fit the jet, but there is not enough space between the burner tubes to get it in and turn it....
Will do, Ross - will be next week - off to South Wales for the weekend (camping of course) now :D :D
Hi Ross Thanks for the info. Wick - I meant a circular one sitting in the priming cup, not in the fuel pipe. The exploded diagram on the...
Ross, you have a PM While we are talking about Optimus 111s, you have also answered a question I was going to ask. I have just picked this 111...
Yes, where? :o
It looks very good, Ian. I think I will try the same paint and see how it goes. Thanks for the info. Just for interest, where in W Yorks are...
Ah yes - I really meant 'afficionados' but had just spent half an hour on ebay, so I was still talking in ebayese. :wink: My 8R had been painted...
Hi fellow avocados What paint do you use for restoring things like the Optimus cases? It needs to be reasonably heatproof, resistant to petrol...
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