Good Kero

Try coleman dual fuel as it will give a lot cleaner burn or better still buy a dual fuel light and use unleaded petrol, brilliant light and good warmth.

Ahhhh,

You did pre warm the light enough with a good metho fire did you not??

Just in case you had forgotten how.

Cheers

Magnus

Almost forgot,

If you think getting good Kero is hard, just try to buy Carbide for a carbide lamp.

Magnus

Another thing you could try is unleaded, or go to the airport and get, Jet A, BEST kero ya can get.

Baz.

Hi Bill Sounds like they need a service ???
Sands in Melbourne do it so must be some one in Sydney also,
the other thing is only use clear kero, thats what Sands suggested although I think the last lot I used was blue.
I have a copy of the set up if it helps.

Tilley are a great light but noisy in comparison to a versalite.

Cheers

Don't know how it would go with the burner in your lamp but the modern lamps use Shellite or you can pay more and get the coleman branded stuff....same stuff

Good Kero?...doesnt have an after-taste.........

Rays on the ball with the shellite

Bill

A word of caution here. Take note of Bernie's comments. I remember we had kero pressure lamps when I was a large tad younger. My dear old Dad decided to convert to Shellite, but as I recall it he had to make some adjustments to the units for the more volatile fuel.

It may have been as simple as different jets, I don't remember. But I do remember you can't put Shellite in a Kero unit.

Cheers

Billy
Some time ago you were enquiring about joining a 4WD club in Sydney's north, did you find one that suited you ?
Biggus

Billy
Good choice ! Will try and catch up with you at the next AWDC club meeting.
Biggus

Hey Bill, maybe the old lights not as bright as you can remember cos your eyes aren't as bright as they used to be. No offence implied. Just joking

I used a circa 1955 model for a few years. During this time I didn`t have a problem with the quality of the kero. I found they could be hard to get going if it wasn`t properly preheated first using the metho wick ( which came with the lamp ). If the preheating wasn`t sufficient it was a `no go` situation. Once you have preheated properly ( you could see the mantle glowing a bit ) then it was time to screw up the pump plunger into the bottom tank and pump only a couple of times at first -- AFTER turning on the valve on the lamp shaft. If you pump up first and then open the valve usually you will get a flare up. The more pressure the bigger the flare up. When you pump the first couple of times the mantle will start to get it`s white glow , and then continue to pump only at once or twice every time until the mantle is glowing white and you have the hiss you love to hear. After that I would pump the lamp up fully until it was at full pressure as shown on the tank indicator.
If you are following ths method please ignore all that I have posted , but I am suprised to think that the kero is the culprit as the light up proceedure can cause the problem if not done correctly. Happy camping. Regards G.T.

P.S. I forgot to mention to leave the metho wick going under the mantle when you first start to pump up. Only remove once it`s going properly. The wick should starting to show showing signs of going out when you start to pump up. Regards G.T.