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  1. Dave Sherry
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    Optimus 22 Stove

    Thanks so much for your very helpful reply - Lovely shots and great to compare. There's quite an obvious size difference between them. The...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Nov 6, 2022 in forum: Optimus No:22 (all variants)
  2. Dave Sherry
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    Optimus 22 Stove

    Looks a nice unit. Can you tell me what the difference between the 22 and the "campingo is please?
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Nov 6, 2022 in forum: Optimus No:22 (all variants)
  3. Dave Sherry
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    Optimus OO plus strange box and two burners........

    Thanks for the info. I havn't yet fired the stove up as it doesn't hold presurre. In the process of sorting out a service kit - bit painful as I...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Nov 6, 2022 in forum: Optimus No:00
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    Optimus OO plus strange box and two burners........

    Thanks for the help with this and apolgies for my tardy reply!
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Oct 31, 2022 in forum: Optimus No:00
  5. Dave Sherry
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    Optimus OO plus strange box and two burners........

    Thanks for that info. Which is which as they both have Optimus marked on it. Is there a reason why there are two burners or is one just an...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Oct 31, 2022 in forum: Optimus No:00
  6. Dave Sherry
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    Optimus OO plus strange box and two burners........

    Thanks for the tips! I've been in touch with C&C guys in CHCH. It's just a matter of hunting through their catalogue as they don't have anything...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Oct 31, 2022 in forum: Optimus No:00
  7. Dave Sherry
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    Campingo 2 info please

    Ok great info thanks!
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 29, 2022 in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
  8. Dave Sherry
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    Campingo 2 info please

    Thanks, yes, I think I was quite lucky with this baby. It's got good bones so a nice place to start a refurb. Usually I start with a bolt and it's...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 29, 2022 in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
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    Campingo 2 info please

    Thanks mate, Appreciate the advice. I am keen to refurb the unit so once I get started I don't like stopping and waiting for bits. They tend to...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 29, 2022 in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
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    Campingo 2 info please

    Thanks very much for the comprehensive reply. Is there a reliable source for jets for these somewhere and do they use a jet common to to other...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 29, 2022 in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
  11. Dave Sherry
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    Shinabro 340

    Thanks for the info. Shame. I do like the original item. If the stoves are hard to find, I would imagine the boxes are evn harder. Will keep a...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 29, 2022 in forum: Shin A Ind. Co
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    Campingo 2 info please

    Hello all, Appreciate any help in restoring my newly acquired Campingo 2 here in New Zealand. Although this forum has been instrumental in my...
    Thread by: Dave Sherry, Sep 28, 2022, 8 replies, in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
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    Shinabro 340

    Was it a clone or under license? I recently got a 340 box with a primus OO in it. it had two burners but both are optimus/primus marked.
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 24, 2022 in forum: Shin A Ind. Co
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    Optimus OO plus strange box and two burners........

    Hello All, I recently acquired an Optimus OO in good used nick fitted in a strange box with a couple of burners one slightly larger than the...
    Thread by: Dave Sherry, Sep 24, 2022, 10 replies, in forum: Optimus No:00
  15. Dave Sherry
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    Optimus No.80 from late '50s -early '60s

    Lovely stove and fond memeories of using one in when I was with the Royal Hong Kong Regiment's J Sqn in the early 1970's. I've been trying to...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 19, 2022 in forum: Optimus No:80
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    Campingo 2

    Thanks! I had an optimus camp stove years ago and I used white spirits from the tool shop in it for years. Never heard of the trade names until...
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 13, 2022 in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
  17. Dave Sherry
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    Campingo 2

    Appreciate your info. Thanks very much!
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 12, 2022 in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
  18. Dave Sherry
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    Campingo 2

    Great! Thanks very much for the reply! I also have an optimus OO so that one is Kero/Parafine I udnerstand.
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 12, 2022 in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
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    Campingo 2

    Lovely stove! Can you expalin what "coleman fuel" is please? I wonder fi ti white spirits / petrol rather than Parrafin/Kero?
    Post by: Dave Sherry, Sep 12, 2022 in forum: Optimus Campingo No:2 (laterly No:20)
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