How do you get the wick wrapped in wirecloth small enough to get back in?
I knew that the wick transfers the fuel. Is there any consensus on whether the screen is really needed? Anybody sell wicks with screen?
My Optimus 80 project is going well; I replaced the filler cap seal, cleaned up the valve and burner, replaced the wick and the orfice, and it...
[ATTACH] Odd that there are no replies. I found some information in a climber's magazine article on this site. According to the article,...
I am refurbing an Optimus 80 gasoline stove, and while I love the utility, it's easy to see that an overpressure condition could ruin your day....
Kerosene.
Conflagration. Right. Like what happened when I fired up an India "original" stove and discovered it leaked from the tank / riser junction ...
I was asking about liquid "white" gas like coleman fuel. My Optimus 80 doesn't have a pump and works fine. I guess the only way to tell the...
Is it correct that only kerosene stoves have pumps, and gas stoves do not?
OK, I fashioned sort of one; a photo shows burning - a bit better - no smoke puffs, about 75% blue.[ATTACH]
Are these available anywhere or do I have to make one?
Right - no flame spreader. It would be hard to catch the intermittent yellow with a puff of white smoke with a still image. What typically...
OK, still trying to get the Optimus 45 burner to burn clean blue. I replaced the jet with a new one with a .33 mm opening. It will burn 90 %...
OK, some success, but more questions... I replaced the jet (the hole is now so small that the wire tool for cleaning it will not go through) and...
I'll clean the tank (kinda green in there) burn some more, and then change the jet, Thanks all!
Using the Chrome browser and google name servers, about 40% of the time I can't reach this site or it's companion commercial site: This site...
Hi folks, Chris Scott here in Kentucky. I have obtained a "sea-swing" for my sailboat refit using an Optimus 45 kero stove. I've got it working...
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