Hi guys, I am mainly a backpacker and camper, I used a MSR XGK for years, replaced it with a Dragonfly. When I was still a scout I had a Coleman Multi-fuel. Last year I up and got married. While my wife has hiked picketwire canyon in SE CO with me, and just did 30 miles in Shenandoah, she is hinting we need to do more car camping. One of those hints is a 70s-80s Primus Streamliner II that she picked up from a client who was going to put it on craigslist. It is kind of a cool stove. I picked it apart, replaced the o rings and all, it looks like it uses pressurized propane (horror to a multi-fuel guy like me) anyone use one of these, and tell me their good and bad points? I feel like after servicing the o-rings and cleaning out the jets, I can just hook up a canister (well two each burner has a seperate canister hookup) and let her rip? Also, I have never used a pressurized propane stove. I usually use white gas (or diesel, Avgas, Unleaded, etc...) anything I need to know? I'd thank you for your time. Nice to meet you. TBS
Welcome to CCS! Get a dual burner kero/white gas stove so do not need to worry about propane leaks. Then you also would be able to use same fuels for all stoves.
I would go a head hook up the propane tanks, do a sniff test, test the valves, then light it. I don't know that stove specifically, but there is not much to go wrong other than clogs and leaks. Some just like the ease of gas and don't understand the fun of liquid fuels like the rest of us.
Yeah, I figure I'll just hook it up and let her rip. It is a pretty cool stove, looks rugged. And we got it rather cheap, so there is that. I did take it apart, replaced all the o-rings, and there are no clogs, so seems good to go. It is a fairly unsophisticated stove, compared to my liquid fuel stoves, so looks like it should go just fine. I do think that propane is rather inelegant, but hey, for car camping this is going to be a good stove. Propane just seems too EASY, and plus how can I trust a stove that won't explode if you treat it poorly? I still miss my old Coleman Multi-Fuel. We used to call them 'grenades' on the trail, well, for obvious reasons. Thanks for the info guys, I'll see if I can get some pictures up once I get this thing burning. Cheers!
If your wife is anything like mine you will be able to get her to do a lot more cooking on gas. Then theres the fact that a gas cylinder gets tested every now and then including a pressure test. When was a pressure test on a liquid fuel tank ever anything more than pump it up and check for puddles? I like my liquid stoves but often if theres room the gas wins
What size did you figure out the bottle valve o-rings and flat washer were? I have looked everywhere and cannot find anything close.
Welcome.to CCS @MichaelB. I'm afraid it looks.like you're on your own with this as the OP's last visit here was in 2015 and didn't say where he sourced his seals from. It didn't look like other members owned the same model propane stove either I'm afraid. I'd be very surprised if they were a unique size given manufacturers tended to use standard dimensions with gas fittings.
@MichaelB I am not familiar with the stove, but the old seals are likely to be out of shape. The last gas stove I serviced had flat orings, but they may have just compressed over time. I took it to a specialist shop who measured the stove fittings ( not the old orings) and supplied round orings that were perfect.
