Ahhhhh,

I envisioned them having a pressurized, LP-filled font.

At least Coleman's propane lanterns use a system that's more secure and leakage-resistant.

Seems that they must have been kind of unstable perched up on that canister. Just what you want in a camp light!

No wonder they're no longer produced!

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Wait!

While I was writing the above, the additional photo came about.

Now it looks like maybe the font WAS pressurized LP.

I think the shot of the can with the rubber piece laying to the side was confusing.

The piece is SUPPOSED to be in the hole in the middle, and is not a separate valve?

I'm still not clear about this one.....

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Welp while cruising eBay looking at lanterns i spotted a nice 237. i put it in my watch list.. asking price was 100 dollars.

one option was make an offer, so i sent a 50 dollar offer in and the seller counter offered at 70. while i was tinkering with the offer thingy i somehow accepted it wanted the lantern.... but was not so fast for paying 70 bux for it....

none the less learned my lesson... sorta and bucked up and now im impatiently waiting for my nickle Coleman 237 to show up seller says its am American model, which im glad because most all the 237's i seen cheep were from Canada.

better go get some kerosene today to feed my wickie and my soon to arive 237

 

One thing about Kero is that it can be pretty stinky. Good stuff, great stuff - however what you might try in lieu of K-1 is a product called Klean-Heat, it's not cheap, but in the quantities used by a lantern now and then it should be OK, and it has virtually no odor.

 

i was thinking of going to the big box store and grabbing some kero there to get me going. but i am trying to think of long term storage ideas. i am thinking a nice metal 5 gallon fuel can would be the ticket.

 

Yes, that rubber piece is the valve (female) into which the brass rod slides for a leakproof seal. The rubber ages and will break (as in my photo) or just leak. You can't see in the photo, but there is a clip to hold the butane bottle steady.

5101 LP Lantern

Can't wait to see the lantern Justin, should be a beaut.

 

OK, so what da' heck is a "fecal herder"?

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Kinda like the brotherhood of Coleman 275 lantern affectionados. We have a syndicate of 'Turd Herders'.

Though of late I've changed my name from Brown to Blue.

 

oooh the 275 "turds" the lantern everyone loves to hate... haha

need to stop buyin lanterns and make a bulk order at OldColemanParts.com, and get this 220F that i did a full tear down and polish and rebuild on going that needs a fuel valve packing, and then a tear down clean up and replace the eccentric block i borrowed from the 228F that i wanted in the first place!

still unsure what to do with the spare 220F once i finish it and maybe fire it.... i would like to fill its spot with a Coleman 202 Professional.... mmmm all nickle brass and stainless lantern.

 

At the next G2G we should have a misfit light off!

 

that Kooklite sure took a beating!

 

Still working on it Justin.

Saw this cool one on CCF.

 

here is my latest Coleman tinkering. (copy n pasted from another forum)

Picked up a pair of lanterns about 4 months ago for 20 dollars off of craigslist and was a mile away from where i was working that day. a 220F and a 228F. since i already have a 220F this one would be my first victim for a tear down and rebuild, a practice run for the 228F's clean up.

tore apart polished waxed cleaned from soup to nuts.... nothing wild just a good cleanup, has a few charter marks but that just makes it look that much better. i just finished it tonight by adding a new fuel valve packing. and currently have it burnin on a set of peerless mantles and a fount full of fresh fuel.

now the delema, what to do with a spare 220F?

im conversation with a good friend of mine he was amazed at my resent purchase a Coleman 237, and mentioned how his son who is 7yrs old LOVES to go camping. BINGO!!! i think my 220F has found a home, but they don't know it yet (i think it will be a good home with lots of love)

im thinking of building a wooden box to hold the lantern, a gallon of fuel, space for a funnel and spare parts, and maybe a older single burner stove.

hopefully i can build something by the time they go camping next and gift it to his 7yr old son.

here is the pictures.

the 220F looked as dirty or maybe a little worse then this 228F when i got it. here you can see how the teardown and polish came out.










and of course the "money shots"

 

on a side note, i bought one of these a week ago at bass pro shop. used it tonight to fuel up the 220F and WOW!!! handy little bugger!

 

so what are these Coleman lanterns worth? like yard sale or auction prices? I bought another one I think it is a 220 a couple weeks ago for $20.00, I need to gather them all up and see how many I have and than start making them look nice and make sure they work.