Pack cook 235 question?

My question is can I put the fuel cap from a svea 123 stove onto my PACK COOK 235 stove? This is why I ask. My PACK COOK 235 Needs a new fuel cap seal and I found that the cap from my SVEA 123 will fit the PACK COOK 235 and I plan to order a new fuel cap for my SVEA 123 and figure that since I cant find a new cap for my PACK COOK why not use a SVEA cap on it? I plan on ordering my parts for my Svea through A&H ENTERPRISE. As I found their site from reading all sorts of threads on this fourum!! In closing I have found moore info about stove since I joined this fourom than I thought possiable any question that I have asked has been answered and that is appriciated!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ON THIS SITE !!!!! Thanks Eric Shipley.

 

If it fits well, why not ???
IIRC, the 235 is a 123 clone...

 

Hi, this may be a stupid question.....But;

If it is just the seal which has failed on your Pak Cook stove, why not just cut a new washer from some 1.5-2 mm thick nitrile rubber? It will be a lot cheaper that replacing the whole cap.

Regards,
Kerophile

 

I cant find any nitrile rubber anywhere.

 

maybe they call it someting else in Maine..??a auto supply store should have
gas proof rubber of some sort..

 

I had the same problem here in Italy, until one day, I spotted a sheet of rubber described as 'oil resistant'. When I asked about it's properties I discovered that it was also resistant to highish temps.
It looked like nitrile, smelled like nitrile and worked like nitrile!
I think it is nitrile, just that the local pastafolk call it 'oil resistant rubber'.

Best of luck with the search

 

Nitrile is called 'Viton' in the USA, isn't it..?

 

Well considering I am not a native mainer the way they pronounce things in this part of the country is alot different than my home state of Pennsylvainia. I am just a "HILLBILLY TRANSPLANT" hear. They might call it by another name will take all of your advice and check under other names. By the way they call lobsters..... "LOBSTAS" hear it seems they do not say their "R's" Thank You Eric Shipley.

 

I went to 3 different auto parts stores and called 3 others. Only one person I talked to had a clue what "nitrile rubber" is. Auto Zone, Checkers Auto, Naapa Auto. All acted gobsmacked when asked if they had nitrile rubber washers or sheets or O rings made from it. Duh........I looked it up on Wikipedia and the names there weren't much help either. "Buna_N"?????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrile_rubber

Colorado isn't doing any better in the "find the nitrile" department......

 

I tried a dozen times to post this last night, but just kept getting an 'Invalid session' error message:-

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Sorry, I was incorrect there. Nitrile is also called Buna-N.

As it happens, Viton is superior to nitrile/Buna-N for hydrocarbon resistance, so it would also be very suitable for our purposes, given its heat resistance up to 200 degrees Celsius (about 400 degrees Fahrenheit)..." Hope that clarifies things...

Failing a local supplier, in the USA, McMaster-Carr supplies Buna-N and Viton in sheets - see the 'Raw Materials' section, then 'Rubber and Foam Rubber'. The general index to the types of rubber they supply is on page 3428 of their catalogue, Buna-N is on pages 3434-3438 and Viton is on page 3458. There are also sections on O-rings, although I use those only as a last resort, much preferring to cut my own seals from sheet material. How's that...

 

Hi David, I believed that Viton "rubber" was a superior, but more expensive, product than Nitrile.....but you got there yourself.

I remembered that the German Company IG Farben was prosecuted after WW2 for the use of slave labour in its factories, including those making synthetic rubber ( The blockade of Germany making natural rubber almost unobtainable for the war effort).

I found this interesting link about the introduction of Buna N (Nitrile rubber) to the USA;

http://pslc.ws/macrog/exp/rubber/synth/bunan.htm

Aren't rubbers fascinating?
Best Regards,
Kerophile.

 

. . .ah, those were the days !

 

Hi, in March this year I was in the Pub adjacent to the King's Theatre in Edinburgh. There was a condom machine in the Gents toilet which advertised "Whisky-flavoured Condoms"....That is quite unusual, but what amused me was the attached warning:

"Do not use this product whilst driving!"

I am still trying to work it out. I lead a sheltered life so any explanantions would be much appreciated.

Best Regards,
Kerophile

 

As you live in Scotland I'm surprised that you don't know the answer.

It's quite obvious to me.

Just don't use it when teeing off

Of course that doesn't apply to the 19th hole

 

Same problem here... Nitrile / Buna-N is not available at any parts store. Viton is available in online stores, but insanely expensive +- ?800 per m^2
Then on a nice afternoon I walked past a store..in my home town.. of all places. Above the door a sign "Rubber, specialized in oil resistant sheeting and oldtimer profile rubbers"
All kinds of types, strengths, thickness, and colors. So I picked up a 3mm pvc enhanced buta-n in green

 

care to share wuth us where this beauty shop is???

 

I've obtained all my nitrile rubber sheet via eBay from a seller called 'trademarkuk1' (or something very similar to that). He's UK-based and I'd have no problem recommending him to anyone. Unfortunately he doesn't appear to have anything listed at the moment...

 

I get it here from an engeneering supply place. Specficly one that specialises in things like o'rings fan belts and cam belts. Its a couple of dollars for 10cm 2