A bit of diluted washing up liquid dabbed about the area might make pinpointing the leak more accurate than immersing- or easier to see, at least!
Great find Ian, another formerly extinct stove returns!
So often I read that others 'managed to revive the original pump leather'- I reckon I have been lucky in 1% of cases, and then probably the...
What a great piece of 'needs must' repair work. Given the groove in the brass cylinder it must have been the object in the scrap box of the...
I do wonder if it is a 'C' for 1913, it would fit my theory that mine is a 1912 model. Yours is also an export model, and very similar in features...
I came across a large container full of all manner of interesting forceps etc at a boot sale ealrier this year. I started rummaging then...
Likewise. In some situations it is a perfectly valid approach, as impact forces often loosen a component which would be damaged by simply applying...
A very nice find @Sandychrimp, these range type stoves look smart as well as being a very practical design. Excellent flame, too!
Time to cause trouble! The No.401 I am working on came from Norway, and is clearly of the first iteration (which ended before 1922 at the latest),...
Great post @Rodger Willows, I'll never tire of the display of coloured flames as an old burner comes back to life! This KFE must have led a hard...
Berengrave's website states it is premium paraffin, so will be C1, current price £1.92/l. Plenty of people use it in pressure stoves/pressure...
It looks like a bad case of what the manufacturers called 'lighting back', ofte called 'underburn' here, try a search for more info. It would be...
Ultrasonic baths will clean off external soot but won't remove carbon deposits from inside burners unfortunately.
Or leave it in its current beautiful original condition while replacing the consumable service parts to ensure reliability.
You'll need an inner cap for the stove to work. Try Fogas.se?
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