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Termite wrote:Well, this thread went down hill rather fast...........
It's my fault for amusing myself with the title...
Note to self: Do *not* go camping with Weet.
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Jered wrote:You don't want him cleaning out your small orifices?
No, that's not it. I'm trying *really* hard to come up with a Dutch oven joke. So far, nothing.
Maybe we're just jaded, but your villainy is not particularly impressive. -Ennesby
If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr
It's 11 O'clock, and I can't think of any puns either, so I'll add a bit to the original topic (or is that the second topic?).
Old gasoline in the tanks forms a sort of varnish that is soluble in denatured alcohol, available in the hardware stores. Isopropyl or rubbing alcohol has water in it and won't work. Pour out the gas and pour in the alcohol and let it set for two days (IIRC the Coleman site says one day, but I'm cautious).
Just about anything you need to get these things working again is available online.
Oh, and the brass crank on one side of the lantern operates a cleaning needle in the generator and should be in the down position when you're running the lantern.
I did not know that and the needle on the family lantern finally burned out after 50 years, so I guess it really doesn't matter all that much.
And buy the plastic cases for the lanterns. I finally did and cut the expenditure on mantles to about 10% of before we had the plastic case.
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"I believe in Freedom of Speech, but". . .
"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
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Windy Wilson wrote:Old gasoline in the tanks forms a sort of varnish that is soluble in denatured alcohol, available in the hardware stores. Isopropyl or rubbing alcohol has water in it and won't work. Pour out the gas and pour in the alcohol and let it set for two days (IIRC the Coleman site says one day, but I'm cautious).
Rubbing alcohol has water in it. 99% anhydrous isopropyl alcohol (a common industrial solvent) does not.
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