Parts for these are readily available. Low tech and foolproof for the most part. What a great dumpster dive find. Toss that puppy right into that canoe you restored! Now THAT is outdoors on the cheap.... even better than cheap! You are my hero for the day.
These will even run off of straight kerosene. Done it many times. You just have to preheat the generator a LOT before you try to light it and until it really settles in it's kind of smokey. But it'll run just as good once it's nice and hot.
My dad used one of those on fishing trips and car camping all the time when I was growing up. Great memories. Mom was always a little leery it would blow up somehow, but Dad reassured her that he was teaching me safety procedures and science stuff :)
@@outdoorsonthecheap Hah! Now that you mention it, yeah I can smell it in my head now lol. I'll definitely keep an eye out for a used one, and a Coleman lantern too. It's good to have back-ups for cooking and lighting.
hi Greg. i just came here from your Greenhouse short video. the one I've got is even older copper tank model ~60 years old. works great we use it for camping with our tent trailer- extra burners. I use a barbeque lighter to light it. keeps my fingers away from the flames. one thing I remember is don't keep the lighter in the stove. when I was a kid we did and one time there was a whoof and the lighter went up. too hot in the stove. needless to say after that Mom and Dad went back to matches to light it. parts are easy to find for them. as long as the tank is good, anything else is available. hope yours is still working- I imagine it is.
I recall the Colman lanterns. They were white fiber bags that lit up when you turned them on. It was great fun using these camping tools. Please keep making your videos!
I have an ancient one burner Coleman gasoline stove. It's really great! Some of the more recent ones don't simmer! That's common now--boil water for dehydrated meals. Boring! I also have the old Coleman single mantle gasoline lamp. Great! Don't make them any more! Idiots! I've been looking for a two burner one like yours.
Nice score! I really liked the older ones that had the leather gasket on the pump, the rubber gaskets on the newer ones wear out faster. I still have one of these, and a lantern. Great camping gear. The Coleman stove I have now I got at a yard sale for $5. Free is even better!
Oh this video makes me sad! I’m literally in the process of replacing my camping gear. Long story why I have to replace. This is the kind of stove I had & loved. Love the gas stoves, I cannot find a gas lantern yet! I think I’m going to splurge & get one of these, unless I can find a used one! Aaahhh flammable mist, yes, oh the memories! 🤣😜 Great video!
Absolutely don't keep Naptha in a coke bottle, they are designed to hold in pressure. You should have a pressure releif vessel if you need to take it out of its original can and store it for more then a few hours. Nice find! I can't believe they ran the fuel line across the burner haha.
@@outdoorsonthecheap I understand the fuel line aka "Generator" changes the thin pressurized fuel stream into a vapor after it heats up giving the clean blue flame. The concept looks funky but is simplistic yet brilliant.
This episode starts with lots of FAIL. It's chaotic, and doesn't follow the safe operational rules of the stove. Unless the stove is completely trashed, the starting instructions are there inside the cover. HINT: If it's missing, you can get a replacement decal from COLEMAN. BTW, I prefer white gas stoves. Propane tanks, while convenient, and EXPENSIVE, and you have the tank to get rid of later. WHile a white gas stove needs a funnel to refill the tank 1) ONLY use the approved fuel. Coleman fuel (a.k.a. WHITE GAS) is good in all of their stoves. The stove in the video is an older stove, so WHITE GAS ONLY. DO NOT USE UNLEADED AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE. NEVER EVER! 2) Using a funnel, fill the tank. COLEMAN sells a funnel that also has a little screen in it that keeps crap out of the tank that can clog the burner jet. It also helps to prevent over filling the tank. Do not fill the tank more than 3/4 full, you need space in the tank for air, which get pressurized. 3) Make sure the gas cap seals tightly. It has a gasket, this part is available as a replacement, easy to get. Many camping supply places and sporting goods places have the parts to hand. 4) Install the tank on the stove. The tube that sticks out the side is called the GENERATOR. It heats up and helps vaporize the fuel, making for a better operation. Make sure the tank is fully inserted. 5) CLOSE ALL THE VALVES. This includes the knob on the tank pump. Then twirl the little lever around three or four times, this has a small wire inside that ensures the small fuel port inside is clear. 6) Providing the tank is sealed, unscrew the little chrome knob on the tank ONE TURN ONLY. Then, with your thumb on the end of the knob to close off that little vent hole on it, start pumping it up. It should take about 20-30 pumps MINIMUM, you will start to feel pressure building up under the knob. Keep going until it gets difficult to do. IF THE STOVE DOESN'T PUMP UP, then the little internal flap/cup in the pump is dry. Take a little engine oil or light oil, and place a few drops in the small hole that says OIL. This lubricates a small leather (or sometimes, plastic) flap/cup inside that provides the seal for the pump. OK, now that it pumps up... CLOSE THAT VALVE! It's only one turn open, right? :) 7) Have a flame source available...a butane long-neck lighter is ideal. DO NOT USE A CIGARETTE LIGHTER, it's too short and you WILL get burned. You can use wooden matches, just light the match and place it on the RIGHT side burner. Then FULLY OPEN the red knob, the burner should light after a moment. BE CAREFUL, the flames will start right up. If it blows out the match, turn off the knob, light another match and try again. 8) Once it's lit, OPEN that pump valve ONE TURN ONLY and continue to pump up the tank. Once the stove has heated up that tube/generator, it will smooth out and the flame will become more steady. When it's pumped up, CLOSE THAT KNOB/VALVE. 9) The stove will need pumping up now and then while in use. THERE YA GO! To start up the left-hand burner: 1) First start up the right burner, and make sure the stove is running. 2) Then, pull out the left-hand burner knob. This slides in-and-out for storage. It should already be closed, RIGHT? :) 3) THEN, place a lit match on the left burner. Slowly open the valve, and the burner should light. Or use the long-neck butane lighter. 4) KEEP IN MIND that with two burners going, you will use more fuel, and you will have to pump up the fuel tank more often. REMEMBER, this is a potentially dangerous device in use. Always keep a lit stove attended at ALL times. Keep kids away! I have NEVER had a problem with a COLEMAN stove, and have been using them for over 50 years. I find them all the time at yard sales and flea markets. I have two backpack single-burner versions, 3 two-burner versions, and even the giant and coveted three-burner version. Apart from having to occasionally replace the pump gas cap gasket and pump cup, and the occasional cleaning, I have had completely trouble-free operations of all my stoves and lanterns. Yard sale prices run from $10 and up for a backpack version, to the NEW-IN-BOX(!) three-burner stove I got for $50. Average prices are what you haggle for. CONDITION is important. If all the parts are not there, seriously consider passing it up. Fuel caps etc. are available, but large pieces are EXPENSIVE and sometimes hard to find, even from COLEMAN. For more info, look up COLEMAN STOVE RESTORATION by BRAVE THE WILDS.
I'm pretty sure that I did all those things, and used proper fuel. The point of the video was that I found an old coleman stove in someone's trash, but it still works fine. Anyway, thanks for the essay...
Why didn't you tell them that the tube that comes out of the fuel tank is an atomizer. When you have it on the light setting it comes out pretty much as solid fuel but once the shaft heats up and you turn it to burn cycle the fuel starts to atomizer into a gas instead of solid liquid. This makes it much more efficient burning.
Nice video. Thank you
Glad you liked it!
My uncle has a Coleman stove just like this one that was bought from another family member around 1975, the thing still works.🤪🤪🤪
They are invincible
@@outdoorsonthecheap Yes, they are.❤
On the underside of the small flanges that fit into the stove body on the fuel tank, there should be a date stamp.
Parts for these are readily available. Low tech and foolproof for the most part. What a great dumpster dive find. Toss that puppy right into that canoe you restored! Now THAT is outdoors on the cheap.... even better than cheap! You are my hero for the day.
Thanks man :)
I just found two yesterday! 🎉
There should be a month and year stamped on the bottom of the stove to tell the age of the stove. 👍great video
I'll look
These will even run off of straight kerosene. Done it many times. You just have to preheat the generator a LOT before you try to light it and until it really settles in it's kind of smokey. But it'll run just as good once it's nice and hot.
Thanks - I didn't know that
👍
My dad used one of those on fishing trips and car camping all the time when I was growing up. Great memories. Mom was always a little leery it would blow up somehow, but Dad reassured her that he was teaching me safety procedures and science stuff :)
I even find the smell of the fumes nostalgic!
@@outdoorsonthecheap Hah! Now that you mention it, yeah I can smell it in my head now lol.
I'll definitely keep an eye out for a used one, and a Coleman lantern too. It's good to have back-ups for cooking and lighting.
hi Greg. i just came here from your Greenhouse short video. the one I've got is even older copper tank model ~60 years old. works great we use it for camping with our tent trailer- extra burners. I use a barbeque lighter to light it. keeps my fingers away from the flames. one thing I remember is don't keep the lighter in the stove. when I was a kid we did and one time there was a whoof and the lighter went up. too hot in the stove. needless to say after that Mom and Dad went back to matches to light it. parts are easy to find for them. as long as the tank is good, anything else is available. hope yours is still working- I imagine it is.
Oh yes still running fine!
I recall the Colman lanterns. They were white fiber bags that lit up when you turned them on. It was great fun using these camping tools. Please keep making your videos!
Thanks - will do!
I have an ancient one burner Coleman gasoline stove. It's really great! Some of the more recent ones don't simmer! That's common now--boil water for dehydrated meals. Boring!
I also have the old Coleman single mantle gasoline lamp. Great! Don't make them any more! Idiots!
I've been looking for a two burner one like yours.
Good find. Not sure if the Canadian models mark them the same, but look under the tabs on the tank.
That's gotta be one of the best finds ever, nice one!
I think so too!
I don’t boil water to drink, I just run it thru a sawyer.
Model 431? Amazing to me that Canada has better models than US. We didn't get the single valve.
I guess we were lucky!
That’s the Canadian version without the extra lever on gas tank. Good find a little paint you will have something to give your grandchildren.
Nice score! I really liked the older ones that had the leather gasket on the pump, the rubber gaskets on the newer ones wear out faster. I still have one of these, and a lantern. Great camping gear. The Coleman stove I have now I got at a yard sale for $5. Free is even better!
Right on
Oh this video makes me sad! I’m literally in the process of replacing my camping gear. Long story why I have to replace. This is the kind of stove I had & loved.
Love the gas stoves, I cannot find a gas lantern yet! I think I’m going to splurge & get one of these, unless I can find a used one! Aaahhh flammable mist, yes, oh the memories! 🤣😜
Great video!
Sorry to hear that
Absolutely don't keep Naptha in a coke bottle, they are designed to hold in pressure. You should have a pressure releif vessel if you need to take it out of its original can and store it for more then a few hours. Nice find! I can't believe they ran the fuel line across the burner haha.
That's how they work. Crazy design but effective
@@outdoorsonthecheap I understand the fuel line aka "Generator" changes the thin pressurized fuel stream into a vapor after it heats up giving the clean blue flame. The concept looks funky but is simplistic yet brilliant.
@@p8ryot agreed
This episode starts with lots of FAIL. It's chaotic, and doesn't follow the safe operational rules of the stove.
Unless the stove is completely trashed, the starting instructions are there inside the cover.
HINT: If it's missing, you can get a replacement decal from COLEMAN.
BTW, I prefer white gas stoves. Propane tanks, while convenient, and EXPENSIVE, and you have the tank to get rid of later. WHile a white gas stove needs a funnel to refill the tank
1) ONLY use the approved fuel. Coleman fuel (a.k.a. WHITE GAS) is good in all of their stoves. The stove in the video is an older stove, so WHITE GAS ONLY. DO NOT USE UNLEADED AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE. NEVER EVER!
2) Using a funnel, fill the tank. COLEMAN sells a funnel that also has a little screen in it that keeps crap out of the tank that can clog the burner jet. It also helps to prevent over filling the tank.
Do not fill the tank more than 3/4 full, you need space in the tank for air, which get pressurized.
3) Make sure the gas cap seals tightly. It has a gasket, this part is available as a replacement, easy to get. Many camping supply places and sporting goods places have the parts to hand.
4) Install the tank on the stove. The tube that sticks out the side is called the GENERATOR. It heats up and helps vaporize the fuel, making for a better operation. Make sure the tank is fully inserted.
5) CLOSE ALL THE VALVES. This includes the knob on the tank pump. Then twirl the little lever around three or four times, this has a small wire inside that ensures the small fuel port inside is clear.
6) Providing the tank is sealed, unscrew the little chrome knob on the tank ONE TURN ONLY. Then, with your thumb on the end of the knob to close off that little vent hole on it, start pumping it up. It should take about 20-30 pumps MINIMUM, you will start to feel pressure building up under the knob. Keep going until it gets difficult to do.
IF THE STOVE DOESN'T PUMP UP, then the little internal flap/cup in the pump is dry. Take a little engine oil or light oil, and place a few drops in the small hole that says OIL.
This lubricates a small leather (or sometimes, plastic) flap/cup inside that provides the seal for the pump.
OK, now that it pumps up...
CLOSE THAT VALVE! It's only one turn open, right? :)
7) Have a flame source available...a butane long-neck lighter is ideal. DO NOT USE A CIGARETTE LIGHTER, it's too short and you WILL get burned.
You can use wooden matches, just light the match and place it on the RIGHT side burner. Then FULLY OPEN the red knob, the burner should light after a moment. BE CAREFUL, the flames will start right up. If it blows out the match, turn off the knob, light another match and try again.
8) Once it's lit, OPEN that pump valve ONE TURN ONLY and continue to pump up the tank. Once the stove has heated up that tube/generator, it will smooth out and the flame will become more steady. When it's pumped up, CLOSE THAT KNOB/VALVE.
9) The stove will need pumping up now and then while in use.
THERE YA GO!
To start up the left-hand burner:
1) First start up the right burner, and make sure the stove is running.
2) Then, pull out the left-hand burner knob. This slides in-and-out for storage. It should already be closed, RIGHT? :)
3) THEN, place a lit match on the left burner. Slowly open the valve, and the burner should light. Or use the long-neck butane lighter.
4) KEEP IN MIND that with two burners going, you will use more fuel, and you will have to pump up the fuel tank more often.
REMEMBER, this is a potentially dangerous device in use. Always keep a lit stove attended at ALL times. Keep kids away!
I have NEVER had a problem with a COLEMAN stove, and have been using them for over 50 years. I find them all the time at yard sales and flea markets. I have two backpack single-burner versions, 3 two-burner versions, and even the giant and coveted three-burner version. Apart from having to occasionally replace the pump gas cap gasket and pump cup, and the occasional cleaning, I have had completely trouble-free operations of all my stoves and lanterns.
Yard sale prices run from $10 and up for a backpack version, to the NEW-IN-BOX(!) three-burner stove I got for $50. Average prices are what you haggle for.
CONDITION is important. If all the parts are not there, seriously consider passing it up. Fuel caps etc. are available, but large pieces are EXPENSIVE and sometimes hard to find, even from COLEMAN.
For more info, look up COLEMAN STOVE RESTORATION by BRAVE THE WILDS.
I'm pretty sure that I did all those things, and used proper fuel. The point of the video was that I found an old coleman stove in someone's trash, but it still works fine. Anyway, thanks for the essay...
Why didn't you tell them that the tube that comes out of the fuel tank is an atomizer. When you have it on the light setting it comes out pretty much as solid fuel but once the shaft heats up and you turn it to burn cycle the fuel starts to atomizer into a gas instead of solid liquid. This makes it much more efficient burning.
By the way I bought mine in 1977 for $35.00 brand new.
Awesome! Great value :)
That tube is called the GENERATOR. If it ever burns out (pretty unlikely), they are available as service parts for a few bucks.