Full credit for all of that! I have been travelling and not keeping up with this thread. All those pics look great. All I would add is for the...
Absolutely John - thank you! Misery is over.
while the tank is bare (nude?) I might treat the external rust with some inhibitor. Trying to remember what that was called - sold for rusty...
Definitely! <<See Avatar! That fuel pick up has a thin O ring around the base of the threads - leaks there cause all sorts of bad running. On...
At about 4 minutes there is even a cylinder sitting on a trestle with LUX clearly written on the side. Just a small clue perhaps?
Nice one. I was trying to find what a podgier was.... sounds like it should be French. Up here we have a Podger - that is a spanner with a round...
Get it to burn well, and wipe off what sticky crud melts on the tank while it is in use. Then gradually the patina which develops becomes part...
Buy cheap 3 legged cake stands and sit them over the MSRs to put your pots on. Chop the legs to adjust height. Add corks as feet to stop them...
@Billyboy - I agree, and if I hadn't lit it how would I know that my fixes on the broken pump leather and the hard NRV pip were any good? It had...
Did I see what I think i saw? :shock: I peeped again...and it's still there.... Somehow the 8R was not too much of a shock. The 123 >>> Franky...
Your friend considered you a fit and proper guardian for it so, in your place, I wouldn't be able to sell it. I'd count my blessings I already...
sounds like wick stuck to the tank bottom - most probably by rust. Wim is right put some paraffin in and soak it. Maybe you can reach the wick...
I assumed it was that cardboard you find as a seal in screw on bottle caps. It can be prised out with care. The best ones have a thin aluminium...
I love that first start in years aurora in green. Beautiful. I won't look that good at 95 no matter how much fettling I receive.
Laboratory wash squeeze bottle is just fine for kero and OK for filling meths preheaters too. Just open the hole in the swan neck to allow filling...
I suggest the taper is a bad idea. It will have little contact area and will try to split the brass at the top corners - exactly the weakest...
I use leather sleeve patches for this. Available from most haberdashers. You have to cut away the holes they (sometimes) punch for sewing them...
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A bit extreme Murph! But then I had a cell phone drove me to put it in the microwave at full power. No more troubles after that - definitely...
You might have found a burner cleaning apparatus? The burner is fitted at the swan neck and heated with a blow torch while air is blown through...
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