From earliest childhood I was warned about the danger of wild mushrooms. This was because an elementary school classmate of my mother died after...
"Custard must be watched carefully on the fierce heat of the picnic set or it will burn." This is good and timely advice since I am going on a...
Thanks for the information, everyone. Being lazy by nature, I let the reserve cap and filler cap soak in a small container of acetone for about 36...
I'm trying the acetone soak suggested by Duane in #2. The seal is really hard--my hook and pick set barely scratches it. I hesitate to use heat,...
I have a set of replacement reserve-cap and filler-cap seals for my Svea 106, but I'm at a loss for how to remove the old ones. I had thought I...
Yes, it appears to me that the leakage is coming from the reserve cap, although I base that on the "trail" of the kerosene on the tank, and have...
Thanks, hikerduane and Ed, useful to know.
I know I must seem like an ignoramus, but is the takeaway here that a certain amount of leakage around seals is normal, expected, and can't always...
A stove can leak kerosene but not air?
Some new and useful information for me, thanks. I assume that loosening the cap and/or air bleed as suggested above allows the pressure to...
A year or so back, I acquired a Svea 106 in very good condition--I did nothing to it but add fuel and it ran perfectly right away. The pump...
Thanks--I guess I can wait until he gets back on the 20th.
I've tried and so far failed to find a new set of gaskets for my Svea 106. The Fettle Box is closed for the next couple of weeks, Juliands appears...
Yes, "Make one, get one free!" But you have to make one to get the free one....
I have passed through the various stages of grief, accepted the need to make a replacement leg, and ordered some 15/64 drill rod and a length of...
When I was young and asked my mother if she knew the whereabouts of one of my possessions, she invariably replied "wherever you left it." She was...
Excitable, ain't he?
I have mislaid one of the legs to my Svea 106. After many hours of searching through the house while cursing under my breath, I have run out of...
Good idea!
That is a thing of beauty! It's a classic New England food that not many people even know about anymore. It is great with a little vanilla ice...
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