Hmm, using the spindle is a thought too. Sort of bed one into the other. Being brass it should not take much. Great ideas !
Might just try a piece of steel rod, drill rod or heavy music wire and grind a matching cone and go with that after trying the bluing to see what...
I will try the bluing and see what it shows me. If I still owned a lathe I could make a steel shaft, tapered like the spindle and just large...
Has some time today so removed the cleaning needle completely and fired the stove. It still leaks from the jet just like before. I did have the...
Great photos! I guess what I did not understand was the setting the of the needle and the 5 click thing, not so much the relationship between...
I used a large, well made adjustable wrench and got the jet removed without damage. Played around with the needle, examined the spindle and the...
Kerophile, sounds like a good plan. I have a really good quality one with no free play in the jaw and will try that.
Thanks everyone. I was guessing a damaged regulator taper as well since I do have full movement of the cleaning needle (the link to the service...
Okay, just checked it again. I have almost a half turn between right and left stops with the key. When fully left the cleaning needle projects...
The burner does not look very gummed up at all. The jet just seems extremely tight. I will try and work with it more during the week.
Finally found an Optimus 99 and just fired it up today. I noticed that you cannot turn it fully off. Even with the key tight to the right fuel...
My SVEA 123 [ATTACH]
With threaded holes and spindles it seems like there would have to be variation. It is a tapered thread as mentioned so exactly where in it's...
Back in the 70's when I got into backpacking I read about the little Svea 123 in the Complete Walker. I also saw an Optimus 8R in the local...
Okay, fitted the new fuel filler gasket and got a much better looking flame today. Blue and full but with orange tips. Still much better than she...
Having received my first and only NRV tool in the post today, a replica I guess of an original, I can see why the need for a better tool. While it...
Doc, Glad I was of help. While new to stoves I have been restoring old farm engines, motorcycles and mainly old Land Rovers for 30 years so get...
In your second photo it almost looks like a bead of solder between the nut and threads.
In the angled photo it looks like it does say Primus on top of the silent burner cap
Wim and SGL70, Thanks. When I got the stove it was dry as a bone. I looked through the fuel filler port and the wicks were very fluffy and white...
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