Any one know what happened to the CO@ attachment that let you presurize the coleman white gas stoves and lanterns?
Hi pshaw, These were called PRESH-R-MATIC Fuel Pump and were made by Chuck-Rite MFG. Co. Chicago, ILL and were marketed by Irv Rosen & Associates, Chicago, ILL. I was fortunate enough to find several of these recently from a lantern lot purchase off of Craigslist. 3 NOS...2 still packaged and 1 that had been opened, along with a box of CO2 bullets. I listed the 1 that had been opened on ebay and it netted $31.00 from a generous buyer in Japan. I had seen another just a week prior to this, on ebay which netted $36.00. I believe these vanished from the market in the early 1970's, for reasons unknown to me...maybe liability issues. They are few and far between, but as proof has it, still available from time to time. Original list price on the package is $3.95. I am surprised that another manufacturer has not picked up on this item for marketing. Hope this has helped Glenn
I am sure that this is what you are referring to: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130264384496&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT&ih=003 Oh, I see that I only netted $28.00 Glenn
Has anyone tried them? I thought it would be funny if the CO2 actually extinguished the flame during the warm up when "air" from the font is being mixed with the gas. Probably still enough air mixing though.
reggas, I recall many years ago, actually using them, as a kid, camping with my cousin and uncle. I do not recall any adverse operating issues. But my uncle was in charge of the lantern, then. :frown: Seems we always had the lantern lit. I was going to try the one I sold, just for S&G but thought nah, I'll keep it in unused condition. Myself, I don't find any real issues with pumping. A lantern or stove that is in good working order, runs quite a while on an initial pumping. No big inconvenience. Glenn
i have a couple different kinds.Bark asked about this this a long time ago but i lost-found and lost again the instructions that went with it. on my suitcase Coleman it seems to work fine..on my lamp all i get is Coleman fuel full of bubbles that snuffs out the mantel..i'll dig around again and see what i can find--
I never had one of those models but I bought a CO2 pressurizer about 4-5 years back at a local sporting goods store. It was larger looking than the Colemans you showed. It might even be made by Coleman, I vaguely recall the paper insert being green. I think it is a black plastic tube with CO2 cartridge which screws onto the fill spout of standard colemans. I never got around to using it because after reading the instructions, you have to leave it on the fill spout which meaqns you have about a 6 inch handle sticking out waiting to grab onto passing objects. I didn't like that idea so it is still in the plastic flat pack it came in. Bsides pumping up a Coleman isn't that hard, if your pump leather is in good shape. Don't know how well it works. If anyone must see what it looks like I'll dig trhu my gear and get it. It is in my "ready" box for camping, even though I never use it. Jim Henderson
Sort of along the same lines, I have a kerosene lantern that was missing the pump assembly. I picked it up cheap thinking I would have something that would fit -- not so. I remembered seeing that you can buy a Schrader valve attachment, so the next time I was at the auto parts store I picked up a 2-pack of rubber valve stems. Damn if you couldn't just jam one down the tube and it fit nice and tight. Lantern works great but using a bike pump is pretty awkward -- I guess I could buy one of those CO2 bike tire inflaters.
hi all: there have been many after market automatic pressurizers for colemans made through the years. some years ago i met a fellow that had quite a collection of them. some were co2 powered,others used a tire pump like apparatus .another screwed into the spark plug hole of an automobile sill another used a pressurized can like a "fix -a- flat",there were many more but these came to mind .he told me none of these were approved by coleman. he did demonstrate a number of these for me but said he felt they were unsafe for normal use. mike...
reggas--Dan,one out posters here,did a trade with me awhile back.for my part i got some Coleman items one of which was a fuel cap with a bike stem which i think he got from as Amish hardware store..
If a new CO-2 cartridge is put in place and then it needs removed for some reason,......does the CO-2 leak completely out or is there a retention device to only allow the unit to pressurize when the user wants?
Hi Priest, The PRESH-R-MATIC is such that when you commit (insert CO2 cartridge and pierce the seal) the pressure can not be put on "hold". I would suggest a full tank of fuel, good mantles and many hours of darkness. Stated on the instructions....step 5: one standard size CO2 cartridge will exhaust one tank of fuel. 10-15 hours of bright white light without pumping Glenn
What I just posted....is a bit mis-leading. The appliance can be operated on & off by the main fuel valve. Pressure on "hold" was meant to be that you cannot unscrew the device attached at the fill or unscrew the cap that holds the cylinder in the device. By closing the valve will simply hold the pressure until next light up Glenn
Any idea what kind of pressure the CO2 cartridges put into the fount when first pierced. I'm wondering how much pressure the Coleman lamp and stove tanks are designed to run on, and what they can take beyond that. When the average fellow stops pumping a Coleman due to resistance, how much pressure is likely in the tank?
interesting thread... CO2 devices for bicycling can bring 700x23 tires to 100 (12 gm cartridges) or 120 psi (16 gm cartridges) dunno if i'd want my Coleman tank operating with a high psi though!
