I found my old two burner Coleman Camp stove from when I was a teenager in the 70's! It was in my dad's basement. He passed away and left me the house. I keep finding cool stuff! So my Coleman stove was neglected and needed cleaned up. I emptied out the old fuel and pulled out the pump and stuff. I cleaned up the burners and ran a small flexible brush thru the manifold and all that, pretty soon all that was left was the tank and valve assembly. SO I went to pull it out of the red tank...and POP! The tank cracked at the collar where the valve screws into it. I didn't even tighten it! It popped anyway. Is there a way to braze or epoxy the tank collar so I could use it again? Whats best for this? JB Weld? 2 part epoxy? braze it? Please advise! It has to be repairable, it's pretty low pressure so I'm guessing it can be done. But don't know for sure.
Two burner Coleman’s are fairly common and very inexpensive at garage sales. I would look for a “donor” tank. Although the tank does not hold high pressure a failure of any repair while the stove is going could cause a significant fire and risk. Just my thoughts.
Go to Old Coleman Parts and buy a new one. Probably less than $10. As Marty said, 425s are extremely common. It's not worth the effort or potential risk to spend any time on a compromised 425 tank.
Measure the distance center to center of the tabs. Also the distance from the left tab to the valve to make sure you get a tank that will fit if you don’t get a tank that you know is a 425e tank. But they are common tanks so you shouldn’t have any trouble finding one. If Old Coleman parts doesn’t have one go on the forum and post a wtb in the classified area. Good luck and congrats on finding your old stove.
@Edward429451 I do understand that you want to fix the stove that was your fathers. It may be 'doable'. To do that will take a lot of research and knowledge that is unusual. Most of those old Coleman stove parts are replaced. If you are still serious about repairing it.... Start this way. Post detailed photos of the area to be repaired. Arrive at a plan. Then decide if you still want to do it.
Anything can be repaired, but.....at what cost, hassle, and risk?? Replace it. I might have one at the shop, can look today.
Coleman didn't skimp on the metal in those tanks. If the tank failed, assume the rest of it is severely compromised. The same if you found a single pinhole, it would just be the first to rear its ugly head. Good advice above on replacing it, and Keith has a replacement available for you now. If this were a kero stove, I wouldn't feel so strongly about it. Being a naphtha stove, it's just not worth the risk.
@Jim Lukowski, you hit that spot on! No amount of sentiment is worth your safety! @Edward429451 , get the replacement tank, and pull all the parts off the old one you can - pump parts, fuel cap, valve and generator assembly, and the check valve at the bottom of the pump tube! Murph
Coleman replacement parts. yep just swap the parts into new tank. https://www.ereplacementparts.com/tank-p-1738852.html https://www.ereplacementparts.com/c...-camp-stove-parts-c-161242_161816_260783.html
I still have the same broom I bought 30 years ago, I've only changed the head 6 times and the handle twice. If it is a stove you want to use, make sure it's useable.
