@Sedgman , the pump-to-bottle match seems to be good with new pumps in old bottles, just not with old pumps in new bottles. The pitch of the...
Of all the weird places for that long-dead story to turn up. Go read the details of that case. I can't imagine a better example of genuine...
Welcome to the tricky world of MSR expedition stoves. That last is a G/K, date as you suggest 31 March 1981. The differences between that and...
@OMC, yes, this is an X-GK II, due to the date. But an isolated stove without pump has afaik only one hard change from a late GK: an X-GK II does...
Firstly, nice stove. There are a few non-standard features (the priming pad will have aged and fallen off). The naming of pre-shaker X-GKs is...
The 111 was initially advertised as kerosene or gasoline (paraffin or petrol). Then the 111b was made and the story became specific for each. I...
As @Firestarter said, alcohol (methanol, ethanol) will absorb moisture from the air. We had some 99.9% pure ethanol at work quite a few years ago:...
MSR ceramic fuel filter cleaning? Like @PWDolkas , I suspect some incompatible mixture of fuel in the filter, with gelling of an additive. Could...
Trangia extras You can DIY a straightforward leg replacement for a Whisperlite by making 3 shorter "legs" that sit on the top of the Trangia...
True. And this because the Dragonfly is a modified pre-shaker XGK. The fuel vapouriser loop has been removed and a large heat sink used under the...
Simmering was described in early MSR XGK instructions. Turn off the stove, then immediately turn back on by 1/6 of a turn, give or take. You know...
A Whisperlite International pump? The link goes to a Dragonfly pump. So your pump is fairly new? Same shape as the linked pump? And you have...
I wonder, Christina, if it is "Ersatz Petroleum": artificial kerosene? Made in Germany during WW2, from coal. Not that that alters the overall...
@PatrickMurphy We can talk you through getting this pump working, but it is the most fragile and dangerous of the MSR pumps. That said, I own one...
The WLU has other bits that increase damage risk (e.g. use of different pump and gas canister attachments that get swapped). The burner design...
Ok, I had missed the desire for The One Stove to Rule Them All. Running on an automobile fuel and running on butane are opposite ends of a...
You have already mentioned MSR. Any of the expedition stoves will reliably run on petrol, with cleaning. The M1950 is cleanable and designed for...
@gieorgijewski Ahhhh So what IS it for?
@gieorgijewski If you have a look at the top picture, there is a hex head bolt in a sleeve braised to the edge of the tank (left in that photo)....
Just a few thoughts... Trust @gieorgijewski on this. And look for the ID plates he shows. This is a German WW2 stove, so likely to have some...
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