That's what I keep telling myself Pop!

 

I got the 2nd Sears for the fount, but now it's together, seems a shame to part it out.... Where's my POR15?

 

well i pulled the generator out and checked fuel flow, seemed ok... with valve fully open and at least a inch of fuel in the fount i seemed to be getting more air bubbles in the fuel stream than id like to see. but then again i am about as green as these Coleman founts when it comes to lantern workings.

so i proceed to take the cleaning lever out of the body which went fine....then i tryed to removed the Eccentric Block, no dice all jammed up as far as coming out of the body. so i stop put the whole mess back together and re light, i goto spin the cleaning lever and i feel a pop and then no cleaning action is seen in the light output...... i sigh and release a under the breath (!@#@). give up decide to goto bed for the day (still on night shift)

next morning i get home and decide im going to tear this damn thing apart and try and get the stuck Eccentric Block out, with some careful fileing and a breif rummage through my machinist drill bits i get the block out.

while ALLLL apart i did a "bb dance" to knock some of the rust or crud off the bottom of the fount, tried a trick i read about on the Coleman collectors forum of using oven cleaner on nickle to get them to shine up. i think it helped some but Sean still rocks for doing 99.99% of the cleanup on this guy. followed up its oven cleaner and water rince with 3 rounds of mothers mag and aluminum polish with 0000 steel wool and a terry cloth. while i was still at it i cleaned the soot off the burner assemble while it was out and apart, may of not done a super awesome job today but the parts are cleaner then when i started.

took a few pictures, while trying to decide if i want to "borrow" a Eccentric Block from my 228F which is waiting for a tear down, clean up, and rebuild. then just order a new Eccentric Block for the 228F along with the random other parts i need for the 220F im about finished with.

enough of my babbling, hears the pictures and them im off to bed for the day.







Here is a shot of the broken block.

 

Dang, that stinks Justin. Fount does look better! Remove that fuel pick up also ( under the valve body) to make sure there's no gunk in there. Pm me your address and I'll mail you another 220 block. ( I have plenty of spares)

 

i yanked it out once and looked, seemed ok. but i will remove it once more before i put the thing back together and hit it with some carb cleaner. its different than the pickup in the later 220/228F's

 

kind of expensive and far from ya sean but these may interest you.

Vintage Coleman LP Gas Fuel cans

 

I saw them and did some drooling. So far I've been refilling my empties, but it's a probably not the safest thing to do....

 

A 20-pound LP tank, some high-pressure gas hose, and some kind of custom adapter and you'll not have to refill those cans again! Fill directly from the big tank!

Just as an aside, what is to prevent one from over-filling the lantern's tank (font) with LP? That's a concern.

 

Yeah, good question Pop. My biggest issue is the 30 yr old rubber on these is too brittle to insert the needle. I usually break em off even with some lube. Hate to waste 75 bucks on canisters I can't use. I haven't had any luck finding a new source of rubber valve.

 

How do the cans mate to the "font" for filling? That's what I can't understand from the photos.

I wouldn't refill the little Coleman cans, but fill the fonts directly.

Pop

 

Pop, for some reason i want to say you don't fill font with those small LP cans, but its just a coverup for the LP can....

(note bottom of lantern sitting on doctors operating table

 

didn't realize they were just a rubber plug on those cans, i assumed they had a small thread to make a good mechanical connection to the lantern. like a small can of r134 refrigerant you buy at auto part stores, they are close in size but the top is threaded.

 

Sorry for not being clearer, it works similar to this stove, but the male needle on the lantern is pointing down to the top of the canister. That font is nothing more than a skin to hold and hide the canister of LP.

 

Doh one pic per post from an IPad.

 

sure is a funky ole design, simple? yes....for basket *****! lol just strange for a flammable gas.