Primus 210 Fettle

Back in April, the 12th to be exact, I started to fettle my 1932 Primus 210. The NRV was leaking fuel, and the pump tube was full of it. I tried to extract the NRV, but it had plans to stay. I oiled it up, and fettled my 00 instead: Optimus 00 Fettle And Boil Test


After soaking in oil for over a month, last night decided to give it a go again. Again, the NRV didn't want to budge. I remembered reading where sometimes if you tighten it a bit before trying to loosen it, it will work. So, that's what I did, and it came out much easier, Still tough, but it came out.

Here's a photo with the NRV out. Cruddy down there:



Cleaned up. Can you see why it was leaking? There was no washer in it, unless it was something other than lead, and disintegrated:



NRV:




My mess thus far:



Apart:




Spring broke in half:


Old and new pip:



New spring:


Back in:


Fuel cap had a cork gasket. Replaced it:





Reserve cap gasket replaced:





Okay, now the fun part. Lead burner gasket:



Got it right out, but that wasn't the problem:


By the way, these little Craftsman needle nose pliers come in handy:



After I removed the lead gasket, there was another asbestos gasket below it. I put on a mask, as I have them readily available because of the virus, to remove the asbestos:


As I was cleaning the asbestos out, there was yet another lead washer below it:


Got the asbestos out, and what was left of the lead washer:


Much better:


You can see the pieces of lead and asbestos:


After a cleaning:


New lead washer seated:


Removed the burner gaskets. They looked newish to me, but they were a bit on the brittle side. Also, whoever changed them didn't do a great job, in the sense that the spirit cup was crooked:


Had to clean the ends up:


My mess grew, haha:


Cleaned:





Back together:


Pump cup was in rough shape:



I bought this T ratchet just for this. Worked very well:


Apart:



Together, and soaking in Neatsfoot oil:


The flame ring was bent up upon receiving it:



Photos a little blurry, but it looks much better after a little work. Not perfect, but better:




All back together, and priming her up:


Pilot light kicking in:


Flame on:


Although a nice windscreen, I don't believe it originally came on this stove. It's too big to fit correctly, and sits a little on the wonky side:



Flame shots:


















I didn't realize until I looked through my photos last night, and on this last photo, that I didn't have the legs extended. Dang rookie:


Back in the case:





A little more work than the other's I've fettled, but, as always, had a blast doing it. Works very well now. Nice to have yet another stove in usable condition. Look forward to cooking on it.

Thanks for looking.

 

Very nice,,, inspiring...

Pondering now ordering in the bits to fettle those brassies of mine that could likely do with it... Not much else to do whilst quarantined...

 

Thanks Haggis, appreciate it. Very therapeutic for me, fettling the stoves. I have another kit ordered, for my Radius No. 21. Been a long time coming.

 

Good job and great pics (as always ) well done. Next time you encounter asbestos washers keep a spray bottle of water handy. Keep everything moist it will help keep it from becoming airborne. Very nice stove it burns well for its age.

 

Cork gaskets are pretty typical of a stove that was put away a long time ago. Way to bring yours back to life . Well done all around, Jerry

 

Well done! Great work!

My 210 windscreen fits the same way, a bit loose and falls down on one side.

 

Nicely done. You're one of the Big Kids now, having crossed the line over into Kerosene-istan.

 

Good job, but why don't you use its feet?
Enjoy your 210, they are the best of the paraffin 3-leggers, IMHO; compact & capable.

 

Thanks man. I did do that the last time under running water. Towards the end, I sprayed carb cleaner on it. It came out much easier.

Thanks man. The cork gasket sure was a lot easier to remove than the rubber ones.

Thanks man. When I purchased this stove, the ad showed the windscreen sitting on top of the fount, rather than hanging off the burner edge, then the pilot light came through the gap. They even had the pilot light on upside down. I put it through the hole in the photo, as it's supposed to be, but then it hangs off that, and the other side sorta dangles.

I have a few kero stoves. At 6'2", 285lbs, I considered myself a big kid anywhos, haha.

Thanks man. I said before the last photo, that I simply forgot to fold them down. I didn't noticed until I saw the last photo, and I wasn't about to get it all out, put it together, just to take a few photos with them down, haha. Not sure why I didn't notice it. Old age I guess...

 

Looking good. It's always nice to see a 210 put back into service. The 210 is possibly my favorite stove.

 

Thanks Cookie, appreciate it. Really nice stove. My oldest too, at 1932.

 

My 210 was a gift from Sunni's father. Quite a lot of meaning behind it.

 

Who is Sunni's father? Who is Sunni, for that matter?

 

Sunni = girlfriend.

 

Sweet man, so the stove definitely has a connection.

 

Yep! Important to me but wouldn't mean jack doodly nothing to anyone else.

 

The 3 vintage stoves my fil gifted to me mean everything to me. That's what got me started on this journey...

 

WoW, good job
Really
Bravo

 

What do you think of the black NRV tool?

 

Thanks man.

I like it okay. I only have two, that one, and the one from Juliands. The black one doesn't fit the NRV extremely tight, there's a little play, but I haven't had any problems with it. I like the Juliand tool for putting the NRV back in. It seems I can get a feel for it a little better. The opposite end of the black tool is for jets.