Just bought this stove and did the spit gas across the yard test and no gas came out the nozzle. It holds pressure just fine and the valve moves freely. Here is a pic.
Sounds like the fuel pickup is clogged. Either that or the tip of the generator is blocked, but I doubt that.
Hi, campcase, Welcome to CCS!! Your JC Higgins stove was actually made by the Poloron Company, for JC Higgins, and tomorrow I should be able to find some info for you on when it was made. Nice stoves, actually, and some of them came with asbestos simmering rings. Did you find two of them inside the case? You have a nice one, and whilst not super sought after, those Poloron stoves seem to work very well, indeed, and also were made for Sears, Roebuck, & Co., and several other large chain stores like that. Congrats, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc
I also got a 502 from febuary of 1966. I think all it needs is pump work and a cap gasket replacement, anybody know where/how i can get a good gasket.
Oiled the pump leather on the 502 but using the cap off a coleman suitcase. Sorry for the low quality of the images they were taken in my overcrowded garage. Forgot to mention boiled two cups of water in 6 minutes 1.9 seconds
Basically, where the red knob is on your fuel tank. You would have to remove the valve from the tank. Underneath that, if I'm knot mistaken, is where the fuel pickup is located. Usually, the fuel gets picked up at the bottom of the tube inside the fuel tank. If the stove has been sitting a long time and some fuel was left at the bottom, the fuel would most likely gum up and in turn gum up the fuel pickup tube. Sometimes, it is just a matter of pulling the fuel tank off, grabbing a wrench (spanner) and removing it. If it is on tight, putting the valve in a vice and then turning the tank will remove it as well. Once off, clean the fuel pickup tube by removing it, if possible, and then cleaning it inside and out, until the all of the parts move freely. You will have to be careful, not to break the smaller parts inside of it. Usually, there is a long rod that comes down from the main valve all the way to the bottom of the fuel pickup. If you try to remove the pickup and things are really stuck together, it can damage the small rod that's in there. You may want to spray carb cleaner in and out of the pickup and/or soak it in a solvent that will remove the gunk if any. Well, I hope that helps. Nice 502, by the way, one of my favorites! sam
Old Coleman parts should have the 502 gasket, if not, most people just punch their own. If you get stuck, I can make you one.
Hi, campcase, Here is the first of the Poloron information that I can easily lay hands upon. I started a page in part of the Reference Library today, in which I'll add more info as I can dig it out of my files. https://classiccampstoves.com/posts/31743 I have at least two Poloron-made stoves, currently, and "might" have a third, somewhere in the Hobbit Hole. I'll post photos to the Reference Gallery when I can get to the stoves. Hope that helps you date your stoves a bit. Take care, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc P.S. I have a set of instructions for this stove, too, when I can find it.
Thanks doc already had a quick look at the page in the reference Gallery. Just tried to get at the fuel pick up and it seems there's loctite or some other similar thread lock. unfortunately i don't own a vice, but have friends that do .
anybody know a way to remove the gunk in the fuel pickup without removing it. or easily loosening the thread lock. (i already cleaned the jet)
