Doesnt matter. I have new jets ( though additional spares never sucks) swapped out the jet, threaded nicely, no issues till the end, stripped out. Just never seated. I have had the worst luck this year with ebay stoves. The one that runs perfectly? The Enders I got on Etsy, go figure
no... not yet. wrap it around threads of jet I take it? I just posted in the wanted sec. for another burner, but, this is tempting too. Do tell...
Yep, copper foil/tape wrapped around the threads is a good "temporary" fix, that will last a lifetime. I got the tape at a boat shop, It's used to make a ground for radar and radios. The Permatex copper is a hi-temp sealant, from the auto-parts store. A small amount on the threads, screw it in, and wipe the excess off. I have used both methods, and they're still burning!
I used the latter on the burner/riser tube join on another stove. May hunt that down seeings as it's alot easier to track down.
good news! X 2!!! the seat was NOT blown out... I was just being too careful and had not turned it enough. I don't care, it means my jet seat is just fine. AND, #2, That Link Stu posted for jets, They just sent me the invoice. I shld have 5 new jets soon as a result.
Hi everyone! This is my first post, but I have lurked on and off for years. I guess I really like stoves and such because I just went through all 14 pages of this thread, and found it very enjoyable! The stoves pictured here are amazing! I didn’t think I could possibly add anything, but come to think of it, maybe I can…. You want flame shots? OK, I can do that! Cooking over a twig fire - The pot is ballanced on the tin can that I just emptied into the pot, a trick I learned from making alcohol stoves! Cooking oatmeal for everyone over a campfire one moring while camping Another nice campfire shot - A winters campfire And what we cooked under it wrapped in foil - A tiered wife and a campfire on a five day backpacking trip up high. The fre is for warmth, the MSR Wisperlight is for cooking! This is how we heat our straw bale cottage, it's a woodstock soapstone stove. Uh, those are buckets of snow we're melting for water next to it, we live up in the hills and didn't have a well for ten years. Still haven't bothered to pipe water to the cottage, but we got it in the garden and barn! OK OK, enough wood fires. This is supposed to be about stoves, right? I think I can add a little of that. Here are six identical home-made soda can alcohol stoves being fired for the first time. Crazy thing is, no matter how precisely I make 'em, every one burns differently! One more and I'll stop! I do have one "old fashioned" stove, and optimus 8R. This stove has traveled hundreds of miles in a bike pannier, across the interior of Iceland! I took it because it runs OK on automotive gasoline, unlike my MSR Whisperlite and I didn't think I'd find white gas in Iceland.
Welcome aboard the Ship of Pyros(Tm), Bob. Your camp fire photos could have come straight from the "This is how you organise a camp fire" manual. Your spread sounds interesting.
Uh, actually, that's an old photo. It looks more like this now - That stove traveled all the way to the Arctic Circle with me, it's got a few miles on it under rough conditions, operating on God only knows what kind of fuels. I guess I do have a fair amount of practice cooking over a camp fire, I've been doing it all my life it seems. But I do mostly use a stove when backpacking. I've plumb wore out my original mid-80's vintage MSR, went through two rebuild kits over the years and finally had to replace it. But ya know, I am looking at alcohol stoves to reduce pack weight. I'm turing 50 this summer and getting ready for my first truly ultralight backpacking trip. I guess i don't like humping the boonies with 40 pounds anymore! Gonna see how low my wife and I can get our base weights. That, and the Trangia looks to nify to pass up, with it's cute brass burner and fancy pot sets... Hehe, “Ship of pyros” yeah, I like that.
John, You have a great looking stove there. Here's a bit of a twist on things. This is the US Military's new field stove that replaced the M2A. It is the MBU-V3 and it will run JP8, diesel, and kerosene. The draw back is it requires a 24 volt power supply, so no power no fire for cooking and then very upset soldiers because they have to eat MRE's. The positive side of things it is very easy to fire up. Just a push of a button and she fires right up. I'm still trying to figure out who came up with this lame brain idea of high heat and electronics working together, because they don't. Cheers, Norman
We need a full write up on that one complete with strip down to component parts. Also a picture with the 1 litre billy on it for the tea test.
Probably the same person who decided it was feasible to prime a generator approximately 18" long and 2" in diameter by placing a 520 burner at it's proximal end. Scroll down a bit...
Hi David, Well said indeed. I was a MASH unit nurse and our cook would heat the generator on the M2A with a Propane weed burner. It was fast and worked well for the preheating. The best part about the M2A is it doesn't require electricity to run it just some patients and a little common sense. And, yes, I know common sense isn't common in this modern age. Cheers, Norman
Hi geeves, I won't be taking this apart. This field stove is owned by someone else. He was demonstrating it and showing the ease of operation and yes he was trying to sell it to me, but I wasn't interested just curious. It does have a very different flame pattern and this is why I posted it on the flame shot area. Cheers, Norman
Welcome, EtdBob! Where ya at? Here's a campfire/stove setup last summer in the Glacier View wilderness (posted a few months ago): I do love the campfire/stove combo pix!
"Hi geeves, I won't be taking this apart. This field stove is owned by someone else. He was demonstrating it and showing the ease of operation and yes he was trying to sell it to me, but I wasn't interested just curious. It does have a very different flame pattern and this is why I posted it on the flame shot area. Cheers, Norman " this was a attempt at humour sorry. Generaly Im of the opinion that the following two rules apply. 1 If its working fine dont mess with it 2 If it looks complicated it probably is. Then the more complicated it is the less chance you have of making it work after messing with it. Still want the tea test though
