Well I've become addicted to swedish auctions and this one came in a few days ago. Smelled heavy of gasoline and had a near frozen nrv but used hot water to break it free. Here are the photos of how it was listed...I would have just left it alone but I could see light through the bottom of the box and the rust was really active so decided to stop the rust and cancel it. After 3 days in electrolysis....and some brass brushes on my Dremel the damage was extensive in just a palm sized area. Surprise to me was though the pitting was bad and the holes deep or through the box it was firm and strong so decided to leave it and not fill it with lead and just went to cancel the rust and prime/paint Used a plastic tooth brush and some citric acid to clean up the tank but left the stains in the brass and pot stand. I like the rough look this has. After three baked coats of rust cancelling primer and 3 coats of "Old Ford Blue" I just tested the stove remotely.... Didn't take photos but it ran green for a second then ice blue on aviation fuel. Here is the final product. I'm really happy with it. I'm looking for a chain for the key but everything else is there. Sent a photo to the seller and he was surprised it even worked haha. Thanks for looking!
So the PO was burning Gasoline in it? Looks like a kerosene burner. You state you're burning ''aviation fuel'' -- do you mean Jet A or JP-8 [which are much like kerosene] or AVGAS which is high test leaded gasoline? Nice job on the case restore.
@Remus1956 - You have rescued and brought this 43E back to life. Well done on the thoughtful restoration. I like the burner’s silver slip-way… Yep…this powerful little number runs on kerosene/paraffin.
Hello @SveaSizzler Yeah....the PO used gas. Dont know why but who knows...maybe they thought it was a multi fuel stove. You are correct I am burning Jet-A. Its pretty cheap at a small sesna type airport here and is basically kero without the weird smell. You can use BBQ lighter fluid from Kingsford to get it the same...the MSDS sheet says its Jet-A. Always thought it was funny to grill burgers on aviation fueled charcoals.
@Pharael thanks man! The silver slip is actually done after the paint. Its (.5mm I think) aluminum tape actually. High heat and the bonding doesn't affect the paint and keeps the burner from rubbing a path in the paint. The gasoline that was in it was just trash auto gas...and it separated and left jelly like stuff in the tank. It took a lot of washing to get it all out but the tank was clean. I am glad it was not steel haha.
@ajvuik thanks man! I just found a chain for the key so I am all set. I am surprised at how hot they can get, but it definitely will brew coffee all day haha
@Remus1956 Thanks for clarifying. I thought an MSR Whisperlite I got recently [early model from Antarctic Surplus] was also multifuel, but from what I've read on this site, they really only burn White Gas. Maybe convertible to Kerosene with a jet change, but not Alcohol. I found my local Hot Rod Shop sells Racing Methanol for $5/US Gallon. A lot cheaper than Home Depot's price of $25/Gallon for KleenStrip camp fuel [denatured alcohol]. Burns about like Yellow Heet in a Trangia. Funny, I always have been a BBQ purist and refuse to use charcoal lighter fluid on my cooks. I used to build a triangular fire with pine needles, juniper splits for kindling and mesquite coals as the main burn. And my habit of midnight BBQ-ing has sometimes had the neighbors calling 9-1-1 since they thought they smelled a brushfire. More recently, I use a charcoal chimney, which is surprisingly effective. Three balls of crumpled newspaper [or greasy old paper towels and plates] with 13 Kingsford briquettes for a starter stage, then mesquite chunks over that. I find they ignite the coals well, if you leave them alone. It usually takes the time to consume one beer casually for the coals to be a roaring tower of flame and ripe for spilling into the grill. I know I can taste the petrochemicals in my steak, if the ignition is not natural.
@SveaSizzler now that's a response. Well to your first statement I agree with you on the standard whisperlite. The international has a brass tube over the feed pipe...I think it's to help vaporize the kerosene. A note about kerosene is that I don't care for the smell of it at all. It's a sulphur oil like smell that just puts me off. Once I figured out Kingsford is jet-a i can at least close my eyes and believe it's BBQ versus the other smell. The BBQ lighter fluid is a lot more pleasant in my honest opinion. I too use racing fuel as well. I get mine from Isky Racing Cams... They get it cheap for the shop. I'm like you...I use an offset smoker or a chimney but I'm lazy and use a propane torch to start my charcoal...I can taste the fuel too. Wife bought me one of those traegers with the pellets... It's like I'm cheating hahahaha... You turn it on and walk. Funny about the BBQ lighter fluid.... When the wife and I go to Yosemite or wherever... There's a small bulletin board at the entrance that tells you if there's bears... weather... phone numbers... But on a table is a bunch of "free" stuff....half used propane bottles...isobutane cans...camp fuel...and BBQ lighter fluid...I guess the weekend campers buy what they need and leave the rest rather than go home with it. Always end up using the bbq fluid for my kerosene stoves and lanterns. It actually burns cleaner. A kero stove with sooting will not soot as bad or at all on Jet-A.
I've been getting the Crown brand Kero at Malwart. It's half the price of scented lamp oil from Ace Hardware. The Crown Kerosene burns brighter in my Feuerhand Baby hurricane lamp than the ''lamp oils'' -- although Citronella is a good choice in the summer with mosquitos around. Lamp oil is sootier. I have no source for JP-5 or any jet fuel. With the wick turned up, on Kero the Baby will get as bright as a 60 watt incandescent. I don't have any Coleman Kerosene lanterns. I bought a couple of Coleman White Gas lanterns and a 413 and 425 for $50 from union brother who as since passed on. A one mantle and a two mantle. I have not messed with the lanterns. Used to do it in Boy Scouts, but not currently. As for Offset Side Barrel smokers, I have the Char Griller 2525 with side fire box. I've modified it with a pot warmer shelf on the firebox door, and a propane ring burner on the other end. I often use my deep dish wok on that. In Tucson, I have natural mesquite on the property. When a branch gets too long and gets in the way of the carport or whatever, I cut it off and drag it to somewhere out of the way for a year. When its cured, I will use a DeWalt 18volt circular saw to cut off 2 or 3 inch chunks, and add that to the coals. Mostly I buy a Mexican brand of commercially burned charcoal in chunks, ..El Diablo.'' A 40# bag is $17 on the South Side, in the Barrio. Pellets... Ha. Ripoff.
@Ed Winskill I dont know if its soot but its the best I can describe it. Case in example was a radius 17 roarer. I did a gasket change on all the pips/seals/whatever. I clean the inside of the tank with denatured alcohol to wash out anything until it comes out clear. First burn test will be standard kero on a really shiny stainless steel kettle. Once the water boils I take a damp cloth and wipe the bottom of the kettle. If I get black and black soot on it I run it one more time. If it does it again and I get yellow tips I change to jetA. A lot of times the black will be gone at this point but if I switch back to kero it returns to black. If I change the jet then it works clean on both fuels.
@Ed Winskill have a read here...and on the pressure lamp forum Primus No. 5 containing lamp oil Stupid question about BBQ charcoal fluid
@Remus1956 Excellent transformation and restoration, i agree you have made the right decision to de rust and repaint the stove case
@mr optimus appreciate that and thank you! Yeah I like to keep them rustic and not to remove the memory or patina... But the rust was super active and thick. It was flaky and lifting the paint...and small holes appeared after getting it off. A few years it would be a hole.
