Pump Tube Removal Tool

Hi All

Are you suffering from perplexing personal primus pump problems, then this could be the answer

I have just made these pump tube removal tools for the fettlers amongst you , these are made with good quality wooden handles & make it much easier to remove the Primus-type tubes of stoves with either size bore when the NRV cannot be removed any other way

If you'd like one they are £4.99 + postage please PT me if you do. Here are some pics of the tools in action.



First use the nuts to secure the pump tube lid to the tool.



Screw the pump tube lid back on tightly.



Lay plenty of sopping wet kitchen paper or rag around the stove to act as a heat sink, don't want the legs to fall off or the tank solder to melt.



Heat up the solder all around the tube & wiggle gently until the tube comes away & there you have it.



Replacement is just the reverse, carefully re-tin the solder line on the tube (with electricians solder & use plumbers flux on the tube & hole edges this will make the solder flow much easier leaving a neater job) before you place it back in the hole, then use the solder line around the tube to re-align it, heat gently & wiggle back into place. Good quality plumbers flux & electricians cored solder are essential, not plumbers solder as this is too pasty.

Best regards, Stu

 

Looks great Stu, Good idea, Your NRV tools are fantastic by the way. But you already knew that

 

Hi Stu very well made and yet simple in design and highly practicle/universal,i have got round to removing the pump tube by taking of the leather pump cup and using the pump rod and having to hold the pump rod with a wet rag as the rod gets to hot to handle,with one of your tools with the lengnth and the wooden handle there is no chance of it getting hot.
Another addition to be added to my fettling box

 

very nice ilustrations and real nice work.
Thanks for posting that

 

That is really interesting, Thanks for posting.

Agostino

 

Wishing you were just over the hill Stu....I'd bring an old Primus over with a bag of fresh doughnuts and watch you pull the pump tube out....and eat doughnuts. You like 'em just glazed or with nuts and sprinkles? piper

 

I'm off the doughnuts after Christmas but if you want to pop round i'd be happy to oblige , kettles on & a lamps lit

Stu

 

hi stu.
do you have a decent nrv removal tool for sale i need it for a primus 3 stove

 

Not sure if Sru is arould anymore , he do not reply reg. his element NRV tools

 

He was online a few days ago.

 

@james charles bennett
James,
If you are trying to direct a message to a particular individual, then you want that person to see it.
Try putting @ followed immediately (without any spaces) by their site user name. So if you want Stu to be alerted by email to a post you have written @loco7stove would do that. Oops, I have just done it for you!
Otherwise, you are dependent on the person logging onto the forum and reading all the posts to discover one that might be aimed at them. Think of it like putting someones name on the envelope containing a letter, as opposed to having to wade through hundreds of unnamed letters in case one refers to them.

 

Thank you Ken, I had already seen that.
So we know Stu was still around 8 days ago, but even logging in to the forum is no guarantee that he would read all the new posts since his last visit. I tend to skim through the list to see what might interest me.
James' post addressing Stu was dated today, so Stu will not have read it or even necessarily been aware of it for next time he visits.