wagondude wrote:Nice score on the stove. Don't fret about the cap too much. They get put on tight and the rubber gasket turns to glue after 30 or 40 years sealed up. Pad some pliers with a couple of layers of duct tape and you should be able to get it off. A little Liquid Wrench or WD40 will help also.
Wolffarmer wrote:I checked my supply of stoves and I have 413E F and G models. None older. I have had luck removing tight caps by putting a rag around them and then some good pliers usually gets them moving with no damage. But that has always resulted in a leaking gasket. But that is a nice score on a stove.
Monday last week I got a July 1974 413G that had been used very little. It fired right up after I dumped the old car gas out and rinsed most of the floaties out. Oiled the pump leather and a tank of Coleman fuel it boiled up a mess of water. It didn't like to simmer at first but it is coming round after about a gallon of CF through it. If you use car gas do it outside and then flush it out and burn a bit of CF to get it out of the generator.
Randy
davidniebeling wrote:.......................... Next time in the shop I'm going to try a little heat on them to try and loosen them up...................
davidniebeling wrote:KC and Randy, Thanks for the help. Once I knew where to look it was right there. (Any more obvious and it would have shouted it's own name!!!) It is a 413C as you suggested, Randy. I can not find any date on it, however. No date stamps anywhere, and I REALLY looked hard, even on the tank. It is missing the legs and there is one small dent on the bottom, rear. I tried to get the fill cap and the pump off of the tank. NOT HAPPENING!! It's almost like their welded in place. I'm hoping that doesn't mean rust Next time in the shop I'm going to try a little heat on them to try and loosen them up. Any other suggestions? Also, I have looked at the website about old Coleman parts but I don't remember if they had info on rebuilding the stoves. If not, do you know of any sites to show how to rebuild the stoves? Thanks again for all the help, Dave
campmaster-k wrote:davidniebeling wrote:KC and Randy, Thanks for the help. Once I knew where to look it was right there. (Any more obvious and it would have shouted it's own name!!!) It is a 413C as you suggested, Randy. I can not find any date on it, however. No date stamps anywhere, and I REALLY looked hard, even on the tank. It is missing the legs and there is one small dent on the bottom, rear. I tried to get the fill cap and the pump off of the tank. NOT HAPPENING!! It's almost like their welded in place. I'm hoping that doesn't mean rust Next time in the shop I'm going to try a little heat on them to try and loosen them up. Any other suggestions? Also, I have looked at the website about old Coleman parts but I don't remember if they had info on rebuilding the stoves. If not, do you know of any sites to show how to rebuild the stoves? Thanks again for all the help, Dave
Those tanks dont rust. They are brass or copper. The gas cap may have a lead gasket so it may seem hard and worn out but it maybe just fine. I would not flame the gas cap for the same reason you would not do that to your car. The Coleman junkies call those pipe bomb tanks.
campmaster-k wrote:
Those tanks dont rust. They are brass or copper. The gas cap may have a lead gasket so it may seem hard and worn out but it maybe just fine. I would not flame the gas cap for the same reason you would not do that to your car. The Coleman junkies call those pipe bomb tanks.
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