Finally got around to rebuilding/cleaning the 220F. Great site below to help with the step by step instructions. Great to have a working lantern again runnin' on good ole Coleman camp fuel. Runs for hours on a cup of fuel (I see the price went up to 10.99/gal.

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I picked this one up in Quartzite, AZ for $15.

 

Great link, thanks.

 

I've had one for about 15 years. I don't use it often, but it sure is handy when we go camping!

Jason

 

great now I have more projects. I have 2 of them that don't work. looks like I need to fix em

 

Sean, thanks for the maintenance reminder.

I got out my 220H, only to find the pump inop.

A couple of drops of synthetic turbine oil down the hole and some time for it to soak in, and voila!, it pumps again.

But it has got me to thinking, I don't have any spare mantles for it, and I seem to have misplaced the small funnel with which to fill it without making a mess (or fire hazard), so it looks like I may be off to Big 5 or the like soon.

It couldn't hurt to pick up a spare gallon of fuel, too.

Pop

 

My lantern is 35 years old, rebuilt once or twice. Parts are readily available, and not that expensive. Pump, generator, and mantles. I also have two old camp stoves as well. One was purchased by my parents probably around 1958 ! I guess I'll look at it again and determine if it needs work. Probably will need a new generator and pump. I don't think it has bee used in probably 40 years. My stove is about the same age as my lantern.

 

Getting sick of the mini propane-bottles.......Need to 'upgrade' the colemans to gas......Probably more economical. If you can run the lantern for hours off of a cup, you can run a LOT of hours from a gallon gas can......A cup is 8oz.....A gallon is what? 16 cups?

Hell....You can run a mini prope bottle for hours too.....But only 2 or 3 of THEM cost you the $10 (and change) a gallon of fuel costs......

 

It's amazing what a cleaning (follow the guide online) will do. Try it before throwing $ at parts.

Big 5 sure wants a lot for their mantles. I got a pack of 20 off Ebay for 1/3rd the price. Plus no one at Big 5 ever heard of 'mantles'. They're well hidden by the bottled gas.

 

Anyone investigate the use of a PetroMax-type lantern.

I'm going to look into these, as they will burn diesel fuel, me being a 7.3 driver.

They have a 400-watt equivalent model. Bright for a kerosene lamp!

Pop

 

Pop, you can find plenty of opinons on this Coleman Forum:

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I used unleaded gasoline in mine for years. Used it in my stove too. It is not filtered as well as coleman but it burns just as bright,

 

i have 2 of those lanterns, and a camp stove, all at least 50 years old. still work too.
but i use a propane lantern for emergency light and a propane camp stove for cooking when the power goes out.

 

First off, yes you can burn unleaded fuel in newer Coleman products BUT, unleaded automotive gas has a lot of additives which are often quite different depending where you live and how cold it gets, which means you never really know what you are getting in any particular load. Plus we always hear about tanks getting stirred up and bad gas.

The reason I mention this is that automotive unleaded often generates toxic fumes as it burns. Not enough to kill you or even make you sick unless you are burning it in an enclosed space, but in the long run, not a good thing and usually it stinks. So, even if your Coleman appliance says it will burn unleaded, it will burn cleaner, safer, and will last a lot longer if you ONLY burn Coleman fuel in it. I have a 1920s era Coleman stove that still works, and it is considered just middle aged.

I am a member of a website that discusses all the minutiae(never happens on Ford Trucks) of camp stoves, lanterns etc, in laborious detail. But the people on the website are generally in the know and very well informed. Membership and lurking is free.

If you want to learn how to fix or keep any camp stove, lantern etc running well past 100 years, go to this website....

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Most Colemans will run forever with reasonable care, and the majority of problems are things like pump cup is dry, gasket is old, NRV(non return valve is stuck), or someone burned automotive gas in it.

Worth a visit.

Jim Henderson

 

Thanks Jim, that's a great site - good folks there for sure.

Here's an interesting thread on the unleaded vs. CF debate.

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