After seeing a Primus Atle stove get hammered on YouTube, I decided to see if it deserved this treatment. I found a used one on a local classifieds site and since it wasn't very clean, I took it apart for now. No accessories were included, and to test it before dismantling it, I purchased the tube and an adapter, to transform the Swedish bottle input into a German bottle input. I'm starting to clean, updates as soon as possible.
They used to say ''if your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a Nail. '' The dude was obviously not a Stovie. I would have dissected the Burners first, but a YouTube commenter thought it might be a regulator problem. Don't know, Not my Circus, not my Monkee. I'm happy enough with my Coleman 425.
I'm sure the Coleman 425 is better than the Primus Atle, @SveaSizzler. I have to say that the person hammering the Primus Atle stove on YouTube was partly right. The screws that attach the cooking plate to the base aren't stainless steel and rust, the plate itself stains easily, and the orange paint peels off at the slightest impact. Let's just say, I've had better stoves for less. In any case, I've completed the partial restoration so I can use it as an everyday stove. The original plastic knobs break after a few uses, even when new. I purchased metal knobs compatible with the 6mm rod. As for the fuel tube, I found an alternative that I ordered online, which I'll try when it arrives.
I used a Stansport propane adapter for my Coleman 413G. Original tank was rusty, and the generator missing. Worked fine for a while, then the Spring snapped loose one day taking the control knob with it. I got a new knob from Ace hardware, and fabbed a replacement spring, but some vinyl from a baggie melted over the jet hole and plumb don't work anymore. I was running it off a 20 lb propane tank. Both burners got HOT. Great with a Wok. I twisted some safety wire on the grate to hold the Wok Ring in place.
Occasionally there are stoves like yours for sale in my area, and I had searched Amazon for a propane adapter. I found and saved in my favorites this Stansport Propane Converter (185) (ASIN B004RDQT92 - $ 27.00), that you are using, but which in Europe costs 120.00 euros. For the adaptations you made, you deserve the "master fettler" medal.
You are too kind. I'm an Apprentice Fettler compared to some of the Genii on this channel. Yes $27 USD @ Amazon is the price that comes up on my Wish List. Do I buy a new one or try to poke any melted plastic out of the nozzle? Why so expensive in the EU? I found the supplied spring fits the 413 better. I had to make a cheater loop of aviation safety wire from one of the RH side air holes to get the spring at the right spot for the 425. Or was it the other way round? If that last picture is from your own Coleman 424 Dual Fuel, I would strongly caution you to take the gasoline [Benzina bianca(?)] tank out of the case before firing up the propane. There's a lot of heat down there and a semi-full Coleman fuel tank could explode. If it's an internet pic, never mind. Ciao
I'm not an expert on Coleman stoves @SveaSizzler, because they're hard and expensive to find in Europe, and we're traditionally more attached to using butane or LPG. And I fear they'll be even more expensive for us in the future, if things continue as they are. The photo of the Coleman stove with the adapter is taken from internet. What you say is true: turning on the stove with the tank inside is very dangerous. In fact, this photo is "misleading", but the following photo is even worse: Perhaps it would be better to convince those who use these photographs to delete them.
Yeah. The wonderful world of Advertizing. A fantasy world where the laws of physics don't apply. If the silver gas tank is empty, it would only scorch the paint on the side closest to the operating burner. Maybe distort the seal in the cap if on tight. Coleman products are pretty robust. But still, not a good practice, and an unsafe example. It's too bad they're too expensive for the rest of the World. Really a good product. They are gas hogs, compared to the Svea 123. In 1970 a gallon can of Coleman Fuel was $1 USD. Pump gas was 25 cents a gallon for premium [91 Octane] at the ARCO station off the 101 freeway in Hollywood. I remember we had them in my Boy Scout troop in the early '60s. Too big and heavy for backpacking. I bought one for $9.95 at a thriftstore. It was greasy and oily, and had ancient caked-on pancake batter inside. But after I degreased it and shot it with a pressure washer, it started right up and burned perfectly. Coleman stoves are great for cooking.
In Italy, we first encountered these beautiful Coleman stoves during and after World War II, when they were abandoned or given away to the population. Especially those housed inside two aluminum shells with a single burner, like this one. The photo is from the internet, mine is in the shed in a vacuum-sealed bag.
Coleman makes good products. As far as I know, still American made in Wichita, Kansas. I almost bought the civilian 530 model of the 520 GI Pocket Stove The difference is the 530 had no stabilizing feet, and was shiny nickel-plated brass [not stainless steel] instead of olive drab painted metal. He wanted $50 for it, and that was a fair price even then, but my truck needed engine work and I couldn't spend money on hobbies. He was amazed at my Svea 123. It was so much lighter. A couple of years ago, one of my best friends from our Marine Corps days sent me an M1950 [Coleman design, built by Aladdin or Rogers -- one of the subcontractors]] along with an old rusty-cased Optimus 8R. They were his late uncle's who was an avid hunter in Washington state. The two piece aluminum case is called an ''F-Can'' because of the slots in the locking cans can accomodate either stove, the stubby ''Mountain Stoves'' or the taller 520 [M1942]. The bump on the lower can fits into one of the ends of the [ backwards] ' F' .
