There are some great posts on the Monitor 17 and 127 so I'll keep mine fairly minimal. There were only two bids on this stove on ebay and it's probably not difficult to see why. These are not my pictures, these are from the ebay listing. I replaced the home-made heavy duty keeper cap with one from a 17B that I had spare. Then all the rubber washers and pips were replaced, along with a new pump leather and a new lead tank washer. The jet had become horribly over sized with a 0.32mm pricker rattling around in it, so I set about peening it. I thought my method might be worth sharing. This is what I use, a size 14 dapping tool to sit inside the lipstick burner and provide support for the end whilst peening with a small peening hammer. I keep a 0.23mm (or smaller) pricker to hand to check progress. Results were satisfactory You've probably noticed it came with a Burmos burner plate not a Monitor one but I can live with that. I thought the fabulous tin was worth sharing even if others have before me... Finally it was just a case of tackling the cosmetics. End result.... Rob.
Great work, what a transformation! The Monitor tins are very eye catching, the bold and striking combination of yellow, red and black would have really set them off against the greens, browns and greys of rucksacks and picnic hampers of the day. Inspired match with the foliage in the background, a close match to those instantly recognisable Monitor colours!
@Blackdog ha ha, my wife put that Coleus there this weekend and I thought well that will do nicely for a backdrop.
Hi @Robert Radcliffe Well done Robert on a great fettle on enlarged jet orifice, you bought back a very good well made stove back to good working order well done there
Thanks @mr optimus, always an element of luck with peening but this worked pretty well. I wish I'd videoed the disaster it was before peening. Yellow flames followed by flooding and a lot more flames.
It's a shame You didn't video the disaster it would have shown us how enlarged the jet orifice was, and it would have been a good tutorial video for any new collectors and users of pressure stove's, that it best to light a vintage stove out of doors for the first time
