Andy BB
18-05-2010, 21:38
Well, after digging out my Coleman 533 from a decade of non-use, and finding it worked perfectly on the decade-old unleaded left in the tank, I thought I'd chance my arm and buy a British Army No 2 from ebay.
It seems that the general opinion on here is that they're complete rubbish, so to be fair I was expecting to waste my money (15quid including postage). It arrived tonight, and actually looked very good - a bit of rust around the legs when folded, but apart from that in excellent - almost unused condition. Filled the tank with fresh unleaded, used the needle cleaner by turning the handle, 6 pumps,followed the instructions for priming (which was to use the fuel from the tank), let it burn virtually out, then fired it up.
And its absolutely brilliant! After a couple of minutes burning off old debris and remains of the priming fuel, I got a blue, fully adjustable flame. Lots of power, and it shut off perfectly. No leaks, no yellow flames, just bags of blue heat.
Its obviously better to be born lucky than clever!
It seems that the general opinion on here is that they're complete rubbish, so to be fair I was expecting to waste my money (15quid including postage). It arrived tonight, and actually looked very good - a bit of rust around the legs when folded, but apart from that in excellent - almost unused condition. Filled the tank with fresh unleaded, used the needle cleaner by turning the handle, 6 pumps,followed the instructions for priming (which was to use the fuel from the tank), let it burn virtually out, then fired it up.
And its absolutely brilliant! After a couple of minutes burning off old debris and remains of the priming fuel, I got a blue, fully adjustable flame. Lots of power, and it shut off perfectly. No leaks, no yellow flames, just bags of blue heat.
Its obviously better to be born lucky than clever!