my primus looks very much like his - however I don't have the nice cool leather case his seems to have - that's pretty spiffy.
Mine was inside what appeared to be an early 80's vintage "edwards" brand coffee can. No box or anything, just what's in my pictures and the little wrench.
I'm kind of wondering what it would take to pack it down into something sane to take with me somewhere - and what I should do to make sure I don't get smelly kerosene all over my pack from it!
Ah. You found my photos.
If you look at this photo, this is what you need:
This is a "travel cap." For travel, you take down the pot supports, unscrew the riser tube, and install the travel cap. The travel cap prevents the kero from spilling all over. You also need to close the air screw of course.
HJ
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#160875 - 01/22/1206:56 PMRe: Ok. the stove fixated are going to hate me.
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Hikin Jim
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Registered: 12/16/11
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Loc: Orange County, CA, USA
If you look in your photo here:
You can see your travel cap at the top of the photo. You simply unscrew it from the holder. It doesn't actually do anything in its current position. The holder is just a place to park the travel cap so you don't lose it.
HJ
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#160880 - 01/22/1207:35 PMRe: Ok. the stove fixated are going to hate me.
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I'll have to try that and see how it goes. It works pretty good for a 75 year old stove, while all the random pieces aren't there, if it doesn't leak in a bag I might take it out for a ride on my back to somewhere cool.
#160883 - 01/22/1207:55 PMRe: Ok. the stove fixated are going to hate me.
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Howie
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Loc: Canora, SK, Canada
When I was a boyscout in England we used kerosine stoves. The only problem with them I remember is that the jets tended to clog up. The stoves came with picks to clean them with.
#160914 - 01/23/1212:05 AMRe: Ok. the stove fixated are going to hate me.
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Hikin Jim
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Loc: Orange County, CA, USA
Originally Posted By phat
I'll have to try that and see how it goes. It works pretty good for a 75 year old stove, while all the random pieces aren't there, if it doesn't leak in a bag I might take it out for a ride on my back to somewhere cool.
Phat,
If you have the wrench, then your stove is pretty much complete. The only thing you're missing is the instructions, box, pricker (jet cleaner), and the little alcohol bottle that used to come with the stove. But those are all extraneous items. The essentials are all there and all in good shape. YOU SCORED BIG.
HJ
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#160970 - 01/23/1204:14 PMRe: Ok. the stove fixated are going to hate me.
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BZH
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Registered: 01/26/11
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Loc: Madison, AL
Originally Posted By phat
... paid 5 bucks (canadian) for it. I...
I thought since you's (proper plural form of you) guys figured out how to squeeze oil out of rocks the Canadian dollar is flying high. Isn't $5 (Canadian) like a $100 (real money) now days?
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