Thanks @OMC . Yes, mine is a non-existent beast. As you suggest, could be a post-1981 shell around a pre-1981 loop/burner. It does have the...
Not "incorrect" at the time! But looking as a user/collector it's a trivial difference. Is an X-GK from 1982 now an XGK-II if it has an updated...
@OMC Thanks for the thanks :-) Unlike MSR I have real trouble declaring a stove to be an "MSR II". Jay Tews' stove is an example. What made it an...
It's an XGK from 1990 (the stamping gives the date- if you check the old MSR literature it will tell you about this era of stamp). The stove is...
Option 1, Tony, per the photo in the original post- quite a nice trivet/stand. I'm impressed by the flame! A serious oldie and it's back alive!...
The sleeved fuel line should simmer better, but really there is nothing in the MSR stoves themselves that stands in the way of simmering. The...
@snwcmpr, the first generation Whisperlite Internationale is not built to an adequate standard to burn kerosene. The later ones (without the...
June 1992 dated. Work back from there. Check your various measurements per @Doc Mark 's for comparison: Why all MSR Internationals are NOT...
I don't know about Japan, but in Australia a lot of people think anything in a jungle-green colour is "Army". In Australia anything at all that is...
I feel the use of butter needs to clarified...
Yes. :-) I'd love to have more to say but am only confident by comparison with similar designs. I'm sure I've seen a similar burner, but the...
There will be genuine experts chiming in when they check their phones. It's an early-ish silent burner missing some parts (including the top cap...
The older style bases - before the hole you want to plug was added in the mid 1980s - had a larger area of small holes. The air access is pretty...
Without answering the question, some info on testing. If the stove has a pressure release valve it will have been sold for Kerosene (Paraffin)...
New pump. But strip everything off this one. Many parts are interchangeable with the new pump including bucket, air hose, stove connection...
Good news is that we now understand "why" @TRA_A had the thought. @Doc Mark , the Trangia has locked windshield and base for 1/2 the life of the...
Maybe I misread some of the earlier posts. If you want your modern Trangia to not be locked, just don't spin it after putting the windshield on....
A @gnome firing up a volcano with a stove, I believe. Though clearly the Baron's descriptive style is involved. It's a pretty powerful stove! (And...
As @hikerduane is suggesting, make sure the o-ring is the correct diameter. Most troubles with MSR pumps are cracked o-rings. Annual replacement...
@snwcmpr , there is a reason to do it, but I haven't done it myself. The clipped base and the old unclipped windshield are incompatible. This is...
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