I've had this MSR Rapid Fire for some time and it's led a faithful life of service, but it's starting to look a bit neglected so I thought I'd see what I could do to freshen up the appearance. As far as I know this is the only canister stove where the valve was designed to be taken apart and rebuilt. The fuel line was the worst. So I loaded the parts into my sonic cleaner, doing the steel parts first, followed by the brass parts. In case anyone is wondering I did not completely submerge the fuel line only the exterior. After the bath and going over the parts with 0000 steel wool this is how it looked. As anyone who has disassembled one of these or the Whisperlite will tell you getting the legs back on and in the right order can be a trying experience. Luckily I had an assembled stove nearby for reference. I should have included a shot of the valve components but I was in a hurry to get it all back together. Sorry no flame shots, I just cleaned it. Mike
I have mine packed up for a long weekend at http://www.roadamerica.com/buy-tick...an-redman-presented-by-hawk-vintage-cars.html I have examples of many MSR single burner stoves, the Rapidfire boils the fastest and retains it's great simmering! Keeping a correctly assembled Whisperlite really shortens the re-assembly. KM
I love this stove I don't love the stiff braiding around the hose have to fuss with the direction of the valve so it won't flip over. Have to readjust for inverted fueling in cold weather.
