No problem, Trojandog. I will post pics. I happen to work out of town. I am sorry that I don't have a home and workshop where I live with my stove and family, but I have to work. I only get home on the weekends and it just so happens that I didn't have access to my camera last weekend and NOW I know what I have to do. If you don't want to follow the post, Please excuse yourself. I have been trying to do what I can to assist in figuring out my stove. If this is the general consensus of the site, Moderators, please delete this post and my account. Thank you for your time. Bryan G. Hunt
Bryan, I work away from home all week too. It's tough to be away from all my stoves during the week and work with suggestions given, then only being able to work on the stoves on the weekend. Duane
here is a photo of the stove...and before anyone starts accusing me of contradicting myself. I asked my wife to take a photo and email it to. Yonadav,I have also asked her to email me a picture of the puppies, which you requested. Here they are Woodsy
Ray, there are 11. Kinda reminds me of the Army...away from home when all the excitement happens. Cheers, Woodsy
Ray, there are 11. Kinda reminds me of the Army...away from home when all the excitement happens. Cheers, Woodsy
If you had told us that you work away from home and had no access to the stove it would have made things a whole lot easier from the start. I have no wish to see the thread deleted or for you to leave the forum. However, in order for us to help you, and to prevent frustration and confusion, you need to help us a little.
I work away from home so I take at least one stove with me at the start of the week and use it for cookouts whenever I have good weather at lunchtime. That way all my stoves get used and I am learning new tricks all the time. For instance, this week I ran out of meths for my Primus 210 so I am using strips of tissue dipped into the fuel tank as my preheat. It is smoky and smelly, but it works and if I should ever need this in the field, I have already done it.
Morning, Woodsy, yep, that's a 123R, alright, and it looks like it's been used a good bit during it's lifetime. I'd say to replace the wick, fuel cap gasket, and do a deep cleaning inside the burner/vaporizer, making sure the jet is not enlarged, then trying again. Even though it's had a hard life, I am certain it will live again very soon, and offer you many, many years of faithful service! Part of the huge appeal and charm of the 123 family of stoves lies in it's rugged simplicity, it's reliability, and ability to service easily. Many here at CCS say it's the "perfect stove", and in truth, I'd be hard-put to disagree with them, as, with the exception of being a multifuel offering, the 123 and 123R can just about "do it all", and they will keep doing it long after other stoves have gone to Stove Heaven.... or, the land-fill!! 8) Keep at it, and eventually, your 123R will be working just as it was intended to do! Your Mom and pups are looking splendid, and WOW, what a family you have there!!! How many males and how many females? I love both, but most profess a certain tenderness to the female pups, as they certainly know how to give love and affection and also protection, when needed! Sometimes the males of many breeds can be a bit more of a handful, especially in "pretend dogs", like my Mother-In-Law likes! Bred to fit into your pocket, the little males tend towards being biters, and nasty little pieces of work!! No.... I'll take a larger, REAL dog, like your pup family, any day, and be as happy as a clam!!! Congrats, "Dad"!! Thanks for sharing, both stove and dogs! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
Hi Doc, Let me express a slight disagreement. Being true to "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", my order of things would be to first carefully test the stove, before rushing to replace the wick and clean the vaporizer. It could very well be that in spite of its heavy use appearance, those 2 parts are in good shape. Anyway, even if they are not, it's a good practice to compare the stove performance "before" and "after" the overhaul. BTW, thanks again for you help on that Dragonfly - I fixed it and it works like a charm. Now I'm looking for a K jet for it. Best regards, Yonadav
Morning, Yonadav, You are very welcome for the small help on your new DF. Glad to do it, and very happy it worked out well for you. As to the replacement issues, I just replace ALL fuel cap gaskets, on the stoves I find, as a matter of course and safety. Too many times in the past, a gasket has "felt", or looked OK, only to really be past it's prime and cause problems soon thereafter. So, at least for me, all fuel cap gaskets get changed, and I usually at least inspect the wicks of stoves that use them, having found that too many are showing the signs of charring at the very top, and if that is present, I just put in a new wick, thereby insuring that all is well on that front, and that I won't be having to deal with it later. Just what I do, but others can certainly do otherwise, which is good. In any case, I'm certainly that Woodsy's 123R can live again, when he gets time to work on it. Great little stoves, that's for sure!! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
Doc, I have already decided to replace the wick when I determined that I was using the wrong fuel. No need to have any issues there, not that it would, but I already fought that battle. As for the pups, there are 6 females and 5 males. They are going to new homes in October. If anyone is interested, PT me and we will get connected out of forum. Yonadav, I am also an advocate of "if it aint broke..." But I have already disassembled the stove and have possibly "broke" it. Rather than cause further mayhem, I am going to follow BernieDawg's videos and tear it down, replace the wick and put it back together. Trojandog, I guess I just assumed that when I could post pics, that would be sufficient. But as the old saying goes, "you know what happens when you assume?". I really didn't think about posting my work schedule on here, obviously an oversight. I am online a lot more than I am home. I am able to correspond, but there are a lot of limitations when you live 100 miles from home. I hope to have this stove up and running this weekend for a hike next week into the Strawberry Wilderness. If not, I still have an operable 8R that will go with me. I will post pics of the stove running, right or wrong this weekend. Once I am back from my hike, I will then post pics of that. Cheers, Woodsy
Hey, Woodsy, Sounds like you've got 'er down pat, and doing what you can when the schedule you have. I'm in the same boat. We work here at home, and my wife travels a good bit in our job. I stay home to take and send our daily orders, make inventory, and take phone calls in the office. My work station is just steps from this computer, hence, I have more time to post, often, than I have for actually doing anything with my "several" stoves! In any case, we do what we can do, right?! Someday, we'd love to have a nice pup as part of our family, but we don't have the wherewithal to make that happen until we no longer work as we do. Too much traveling, and too little time to spend with a nice dog, which would not be fair to the dog, for sure. Still, someday we'll have a dog, maybe a cat, and possibly a horse, or two, God Willing. Have a great time on your hike, and I wish you great success with your 123R! Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
To keep this forum from going on any longer, I am posting the pictures of the SVEA 123R in the Photo gallery under a new thread. If you wish to follow along, Please do. Woodsy
