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Yea these things definitely predate Safety. I think once I’ve used my model 518 heater, as an adult, in Ardbeg in October. For sure it helped cut the cold, glad I didn’t go up in flames.
More Coleman stuff in the shop over the weekend, picked up a Model 446 three burner stove for $10! An hour of scraping and playing with the generator on the tank, and I was back in business, ready to cook a feast.
This is my second model 446 stove, the first one i curb picked a few years back and still need to de-grease it.
Still in disbelief that after years of trying to buy a triple stove, I now have 3 of them. One free, one $10, one $40. Hopefully by the weeks end all three will be functional. The most expensive of the three has a small crack in the casting that I’m hoping to get brazed or soldered closed. May resort to two-part epoxy.
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Last night in The Shop, I fired up the other two Coleman stoves without drama.
The curb picked stove is still greasy, gonna scrub it at work today. But it runs strong! Might just be the best of the three.
I repaired the crack with JB Stick in The pretty garage sale stove i bought last year. Then that stove fired up really strong as well. Hard to decide which was more powerful, but i think the curb unit wins.
Yesterday in the driveway, I had to put a fuel pump resistor into the Taco. On my way into work Wednesday, Truckee slowly and quietly gave up and coasted to the shoulder. The FPR corroded off a terminal, and left me with a “low speed” fuel pump. $200 and one broken bolt later, Truckee ready to go again.
That greasy curb picked stove turned out pretty good after a lot of Citrusolve degreaser and red scotch brite. Could have used another 10 mins of scrubbing in the corners nooks and crannies, but lunch was over and I was hot in the parking lot.
Today in The Shop, James is putting vanos actuators into his beemer. It’s been chugging a little, finally threw a code it’s time to replace. When I left today, install was done, just putting a dozen covers and fasteners back into place.
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