Found this morning on my desk a Coleman 527 stove, that a friend found in some private junk. Not shining new but intact and even with some fuel in the tank. Found a pic of this thing in a japanese site showing that it only needs a frame over the burner to hold the pot. There is a label on the tank with using instructions I don't know nothing more about this stove. Any tips and stories? I plan to fire it up ASAP Thanks David
Hi, David, Welcome to the Spiritburner Site! How about some photos of your Coleman? It's always nice to see, exactly, what someone has. Thanks, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc Mark
Useless junk David best send it to me for my motley collection. 8) Don't sent it to that Evil fella as he will only dump the fuel out and then use the tank for some wiered frankenstove idea he might have. lance Not really, this is a great stove and check out the Olde Town Yucca site for more info on your stove. lp
I still have to fire it up. Maybe it is not as good as my trusty CCCP made Primus Turitski which served ne very well in my service years. And no, I don't keep just any junk here-only good usefull things. :o) David
Where are you evil see you not bidding on this one why broke http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8728927510&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
Fired it up. It is a bit noisy and doesn't burn very smooth, but I guess that some maintenance is needed there . Turning that thing on was really easy and was roaring in no time. I attach a link to a pic of my russian made "primus"- Still in great shape despite the years in the field, and even with that easy to lose plastic funnel http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d160/dBu24/coleman527.jpg David B.
So you don't bite you say. I cannot think of any argument against that. ok, then Many thanks for your kind invitation. In fact, I am not much into stoves these days, but sometimes I look back fondly at those days when I was a teenager and roamed the country with a true primus in my back. Then came the days of service, including half year in the desert cooking and warming upour frozen feet with Primus stoves and later with that russian clone of the optimus. What now? oh, I see for the maintenance of our own diecasting shop, where we have multimillion Kcal/hr things www.omendiecasting.com Justdisregard the sales b/s Without asking for any permission, I already printed out some those naive Primus adds from this site, Thanks again & best regards David
If they are for your own enjoyment by all means do so, but if you intend to use them elswhere you should heed the page footer and act accordingly.
Oops, Trust me, it is in my cross hairs. Yes Dave, join, the promptly send me your stoves. I am into them and as most can attest I will frankenstove it. I think that you might find that after you hang out here for a while you might find that your days of yore will again be knocking on your door. You will be back in the swing of things before your wife knows what came over you. Welcome aboard. Evil
Thanks folks I never thought that a humble "primus" will make so many waves. Ok- I see the natives are friendly Ian, re those Primus adds, I just printed them out for my own amusement and they were pinned up in the walls of my office. Thanks toall regards David
Hi David, You'll find a lot of info at the next link: www.qvist.nl/OCMEMORABILIA%20Branders.htm Keep the pressure high! Peter
Many thanks Peter. Now I have the complete picture with manuals and all. I am curious to see if this thing will run on kerosene. David
Welcome aboard, David. You'll start looking for other stoves now, it's an insidious disease believe me. I started with a Swedish Army stove, then an 8R fell into my lap, then the NZ made meths powered QwikCook.....I'm up to about a dozen or more now in one form or other with no end in sight....The REAL dilemma kicks in when you actually go camping, which to take? The Trangia is hell damn practical, but the 8R is so cute and wonderfully rowdy, on the other hand the Turm-Sport is built in the best traditions of German engineering, silent with the perfect pot rack for my espresso maker but the 123R is the most photogenic of the lot.....see the problem? It never ends.....
Sam here i get 2 to 3 in the mail a day have not fired them all up yet to cold but my best ones is the jiffy heat & turm sport had these for over 20 years till now got lot 123 optimus prinus etc.
I started with this thing when as a teenager at school, with another fellow we'd care for all the camping gear we had , lots of "primus" stoves to mind. Back then I became a master repair guy, where I was able to completely dismantle and rebuild those stoves, soldering included. Next time I met those stoves was in service, when in late 1973- early 1974 I spent half a year in the desert and cooking on kerosene stoves. Later I got hold of a russian gasoline stove which served me well for some 12 years- easy to refuel with the gas from a Jeep or those old british tanks (they'd consume one liter per 100 meters.....) These days, I am not a dedicated collector but keep my interest alive, and every stove that shows up gets my attention. In my scarce spare time, I make custom knives. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d160/dBu24/6c048db5.jpg So, you see, I am not quite new in this biz Cheerz, David
