i notice alot of simialarities from the aladin m1942 US military stove and the later model m1950 rogers type (sometimes listed as being made by fiesta?) .... and the m1950 seems to have alot more parts floating around anyone wouldnt have happened to know where a guy would find tech info on the m1942?? also curious if anyone knows where repro military labels could be found if any exist?
Some guy sells labels for the M1950 on ebay, you might contact him and he may know of others. The M1942 is an interesting and fun contraption with the ring and pot supports. It also has a short but interesting history having been developed (or so the story goes) for the 10th Mountain Division. I have never seen a manual for it, but there might be some around at sites that focus on the history of 10th. Also, the M1950 was made by a bunch of different companies including the two you mentioned, Coleman, some prison shop in Tennessee (S.M.P. ?), and others. Parts should be interchangeable but fit and finish seem to vary a lot. I think the M1942 may have been made by both Aladdin and Coleman (not sure about that and there could be others). There use to be some interesting pictures of versions of M1942's on this site, but I am not sure I could find them.
Look here. The M1942s were certainly made by Coleman, Aladdin & Prentiss Wabers, and quite possibly by others. The only manual I've ever seen (and I have a copy of it somewhere) is a maintenance manual for the 'wheel' version linked above.
My main interest was whether or not the pump assembly NRV would be the same as the 1950, but now at least I have some headstart places to look....once again thanks all If I run across anything I'll be sure to post here so anyone else can benefit from it.
I think this has come up before. IIRC the M1950 has a longer pump than the M1942. With luck, someone who has both models will post on the subject.
Very good to know - I figured from my experience working on classic cars that at least something would be the same...or similar enough to work.
I have found that when working on the M - 1950 Akron stoves that proper cleaning of the fuel tanks on stoves of this type can be a problem. Cleaning the tank is problematic as the inlet and outlet extends into the tank itself, creating a ridge like projection that prevents fully draining the tank. As such, to clean these tanks, I drain it as best able, fill it with steel nuts and shake it well. Then remove the nuts with a magnetic tool and flush it well with water. Then after draining it as best able, add a bit of Alcohol and shake and drain. Do this about three times, add alcohol, shake and drain. Use fresh alcohol ( 70% Isopropyl works fine ). After all this, I hook a shop vacuum hose to the center tank hole and turn on the vacuum cleaner. A vacuum cleaner will dry the tank very quickly. A vacuum cleaner seems to me to work as well, if not better than compressed air for tank drying. Ken H.
sounds pretty much the same as ive done restoring old car gas tanks....although thats on a much bigger scale =)
Nice find canon Joe 3 dollars per label is fair. Fred has these labels for sale too http://www.mikenchell.com/images/Fred_Kuntz_Catalog.pdf Jeff
