@haknuts did you cold bend the aluminum bar?
I had the stove on our deck, my wife asked “what is that loud racket”, made me smile...told her “that is the sweet sound of Swedish Engineering.”
Thanks guys, it is fun to be back. This stove was roaring. My 7 pint Sigg pot had flames licking up the sides full-on. I had to throttle it...
My last post here was about 5 years ago...how time flies. About a week ago I had an hour to kill, so I wandered into the local used outdoor...
Looks like an old Purcell Trench Grill...still made in Addy WA. [ATTACH] Great grills, once made for REI and now just available straight away...
Sadly it was only gold plate...
Everyone with a 123 NEEDs a Sigg Tourist...known fact. [ATTACH] I spent the last several years looking and finally snagged this one.
Excellent. Arne really did do a wonder job on that cap post. Super stove. Looks like new.
A dithering Doc, On the clock, Not in the dock.
Fettling fantastic flamers is more than fun. Fettling to fully functional is fundamentally A joy.
Incurable fever... The 123 infection burns.
Well the fettling addiction hit… Where once I had one Svea 123 now I have 4. Where once I had zero 99’s now I have one. And all Fettled to...
I think I will try grinding a hex to penta...as I agree, reworking the SRV and NRV is a more prudent than betting on a 3+decade 'new' seal....
Yes, John that is an excellent post. So does anyone actually know the age of "NEW" pump caps? It seems that refitting the seals in these old...
I can remember many times we would go out fishing...my Grandfather, Uncle, Dad and me. We would take off in the early morning, usually Grandpa...
That is a good video. I have one of those suitcase stoves that my Dad bought before I was born. I have many great memories of that green box...
Took some more digging but I believe I have found a very good thread about this topic... https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/10615
Aktopp back in 2007 has about the clearest info I have found on the internal workings of the Optimus Pump Cap. These two images were like a beam...
I have added an example of a slightly different pump style. Given that it has a "patent applied for" I am assuming it is an earlier varient....
Text on the worn label... Optimus Mini Pump Caution For Optimus Svea Stove Only Pre-heat Stove Normally Over Pressure May Cause Surging Flame...
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