The 106 is a very nice stove, frugal on the kero, and pretty on the eye 8) Its a toss up between taking a 106 or a 221 on my next camp on 4th May, as Luke is coming, I can afford the extra weight Plus, it will be nice to show a couple of younger people coming along, that the stove world does not stop with a Nova
Of course it is, Keith!!! Forgive me, I am a little slow tonight. Let me guess . . . . . I bet you still want my mint Hipolito burner for your stove!!! You can have it as soon as someone supplies me with a Primus No 2 roarer burner in reasonable condition. Can anyone out there please help???? |imgRemoved|
Greetings friends, I found a SVEA 106 in an antique store that is calling to me. There is no flame ring, but the pump moves smoothly and creates pressure (!) and all else seems in OK shape. Probably needs a cleaning and I don't know if it will fire up or not. Haven't got it yet, as I wanted to find out what I might be in for before I added yet another stove to the collection. Some questions: 1. As my only experience has been with Optimus stoves using white gas (111B, 111 Multifuel, 8R), can you tell me more about how to work this stove. Any tips would be appreciated. 2. Can this stove run on white gas? If so, would it just be a matter of changing the nipple/jet? 3. What is the "air screw"? is that the little air relief screw that is part of the fuel tank cap?[/list:u] Many thanks, Griz
This is a classic Swedish kerosene pressure stove. Don't burn petrol in it. It is designed to burn kerosene. The air release is how you shut the stove off- you release the air pressure. There is no shutoff valve. Thus, if you burn petrol, the distinct possibility exists that volatile gasoline vapor will ignite from the burner flame when you open the pressure release. This site contains an enormous amount of material about these stoves, including instructions as to use.
Griz, further to the 106, we have a very recent thread (unlike this oldie) discussing this stove in particular, with some great photos: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/8906 The stove itself is the equivalent to the Optimus 45 and other 1 3/4 pint models from other Swedish, British, and other manufacturers. It operates by the same principles of all of the classic brass 3-legged keroburners, of whatever size, the instructions for which are generic and are on the site. Definitely get a brass keroburner!
Thanks for the tip. I see the new thread. Makes sense to me now why the engineering is only for kerosene. I also found some of the instruction pages on this site that should apply here they are. If anyone has a link to the YouTube video, would you please send me the URL? Thanks.
