Meva 2140

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  1. presscall

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    I'd some fettling work to do to get to the point where I could take this Meva on an outing but here it is in the great outdoors

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    I took along a Svea 123 and Juwel 34 for a comparison photo

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    The Meva got the honour of brewing up - silicone kettle

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    Missing from the Meva was the spanner (wrench) control lever extension. The stove has a spindle valve control along the axis of the burner riser and not at right-angles to it (as the Svea or Juwel have). The photo sequence below illustrates

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    I made the control spanner using a piece of steel tubing flattened at one end to fit the end of the control lever on the stove and silbrazed it to a bargain-basket purchase open-ended spanner. A refinement was to cut a jet nipple section shaped hole in its middle to remove and replace a jet

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    Here it is in use

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    Next job to do was to make a flame ring. Here's the burner without it

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    ... and with it

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    I think the component parts were from a kitchen stove flame ring in stainless steel (been in the oddments drawer for years so can't remember where it originated) and I'd to silbraze the flared portion to a flange to fit the burner basket

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    The most noticeable difference in using the stove without the flame ring - which a previous owner obviously had - was the scorching of the top of the windshield where the flame (more flat than with the flame ring in place) impacted on it

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    Flame ring directs the flame away from the windshield and more usefully at the pot base

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    Without flame ring ...

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    ... and with it

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    Simmer control's good

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    Having that 'proper' spanner/wrench/control as opposed to one stamped out of plate makes it a functional tool for dismantling/reassembly - done here during my walk, just because I could!

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    Some details - the on and off markings on the windshield (in Czech)

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    Good definition to the engraving

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    Number at the centre of the base. It's been suggested in another post on this stove type in the Forum that this signifies a year of manufacture of 1959. Plausible

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    Stove tank is a clip fit in the windshield - not too tight a fit fortunately

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    Fuel cap sealing arrangement, the raised lip ensuring that the nitrile seal isn't squashed out of position when the cap is screwed tight - but hand tight is sufficient, though the spanner's useful to break the seal to undo it

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    I changed the pip (which was rock-hard) in the fuel cap safety release valve.

    Curious thing, the cap seal is an identical size to that for a 3-piece Coleman fuel cap, which I had in stock from this source - "The recollection of quality remains long after the price is forgotten." - well said

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    I could add 'Meva 2140' to that list.

    Fuel cap popped back on the Coleman 500A

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    John
     
  3. gieorgijewski

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    Original tank lid was lead...
    some - most - examples has missing flame ring
    that stove w/o flames ring is hm... "to hot to shut off"
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    first - meva
     
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    How much CC fuel are you using?
     
  5. Tony Press

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    Great job and post, John.

    Cheers

    Tony

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    CC fuel? You mean the white benzine (Aspen 4 brand) the Meva is fuelled on? And the amount I use annually!!!???
     
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    I have a similar Meva - And I can positively beyond any doubts confirm that the lever should not be touched while the stove is running ](*,)
     
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    What an interesting alternative to the more usual fare at that size. A new one on me, and that valve arrangement is very different to most. Thanks for sharing John.

    Rob.