I was *really* bored at work....

[zelph]

It's rock solid for sure!!!! There is one on ebay for sale so just in case you have a beer too many you know where to go

There are many things I don't remember because of the bottled liquid gold.

You might be getting your pair of those tightie whities in the mail tomorrow

[steamjam]

Welp, Looks like I'm taking the PT 2 apart this week. It surges like crazy when lit and loses pressure. Just for the heck of it I tried high octane gas and it made no difference. I'll bet in-tank inlet tube for the burner is clogged with some rust, or cosmoline.

[zelph]

Hit it with a hammer!!! It won't hurt the well built tank Turn it upside down and shake it really good and empty out the gas to do a visual on any gunk that comes out.

[oops56]

you may have to un screw the burner there is a tube into it that has screen at the bottom of pick up tube make sure all gaskets are not hard to clean tank put some bebes or small stones shake it then rinse out till clean 3 or 4 times p. s. if it got a cotton wick it my be burnt at the top end replace it

[zelph]

Thanks for the informative tip oops

[steamjam]

After I took this thing apart and back together like 2 dozen times. It still surges slightly, but it's over all not a bad stove. It burns pretty clean on regular unleaded. You haveto preheat the heck out of it in order for it to do anything... It's not my favorite stove for sure. My Coleman 533 is of similar size, but much lighter and more powerful. Anyways, it took 12 minutes 12 seconds to boil 5 cups of 48 degree water.



Oh yeah.. The problem is the buner "neck" where the vapor tube attaches to never gets quite hot enough to completely vaporize the gazzzzoline so some liquid makes it to the valve and out the needle, hence the "surge". I experimented with preheating the stove in several different ways but as soon as the burner "neck" starts to cool down alittle it starts to surge. annoying.

[zelph]

Try shortening the preheat tube. I looks mighty long. Put a preheat cup on the other side closer to where the fuel goes into the base of the burner? we need oops56's input

[oops56]

sounds like 2 things still a air leak or the tank is to full just fill to 3/4 need air space to burn right

[steamjam]

sounds like 2 things still a air leak or the tank is to full just fill to 3/4 need air space to burn right

Yeah. i though that too. I cannot find a leak anywhere on this stove, and I haven't filled it more then 1/2 tank. I'll keep futzing with it this winter at work since there isn't a whole lot of railroading going here at that time.

[Javis89]

Thx for sharing, this is fantastic.