Stove buying gone wrong

Discussion in 'Stove Forum' started by Garth, Jul 14, 2019.

  1. Marc

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    Happy to check when I'm home from work.
     
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    Crikey Marc! What a haul.
     
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    Not nearly the haul it looks like, all the stoves are parts and almost all of the lanterns.
     
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    @goldwinger11 Tried sending you a PM, got an "unable to send PM to this member" message.

    If you can use late 70's or early 80's parts, I can help you out. Please get in touch.
     
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    I try not to buy newer 2-burner Coleman stoves, but when I see one in barely used condition, and marked under $5, it’s all but impossible to pass it by,,, A new replacement fuel cap is $5...

    I have an old Coleman 413 Daughter #4 picked up at a yardsale for nigh nothing, it’s my “user” stove,,, the other 50 or so 2-burners are simply gathering dust...

    Giving away working duplicates worked pretty good for a while,,, guess I need more friends.

    It’d be difficult for me to pass on a truck load of old lanterns and stoves for $50, even if they were only useful as parts...
     
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    I would have given in also and bought it all. No shame in it :)
     
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    So far both of these have taken only a few minutes to get running and the only parts I've contributed myself thus far have been mantles for one of them. The other came with mantles tied on but unburned and so weathered that the green was completely faded off the sun-side of them. I thought the mantles would be trash but having nothing to lose I gave it a shot and they burned in and lit up just fine.

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    Edit: Apologies Garth, didn't mean to hijack your thread.