Repair leaking lantern
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- I dug out the old Dietz Comet which needed a repair due to a leaky base. I show how to do a simple but effective way of repairing these old lanterns. They are simple but can be nice alternative lighting when you don't have power.
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Nice job. Just so you know for next time, if you use that little wire lever next to the globe you can lift the globe and light the wick much easier. That's actually what that lever is for.
Good job! Sick of seeing video's of people fixing them with glue. This is a repair that will last.
I used it last week at the hunting cabin..still not leaking :)
Thanks bro. Good stuff. I have a tiny lantern that is leaking and I'll give this a try
Good job. Nice little Comet. I have a few. They are the best running of my small lanterns.
This has been a very educational video. You've helped greatly demystify the process for me, should I ever need to do the same.
+Asertix357 Glad to help :)
Thanks sir. I never thought this kind of videos exist in RUclips. I'm just depleting my oil lamp and I'll do this.
Great work, excellent DIY soldering repair. Thanks for sharing.
Not really.
Great job! I have an old hot blast lantern that needs some care. Thanks again for the demo.
P.S. Instead of painting the lantern, clear coat it, then it still looks original.
I use fuel tank sealer to seal my leaking lanterns but it's nice to see that soldering is another option. Looks like you did a good job. You've inspired me to give it a try. Why did you light the lantern from the top? What do you think that globe lift lever on the right side is for? :-)
Fuel tank sealer 👍
Used this tutorial to fix my own storm lantern and I can tell you that your effort was way better than mine! The torch was too hot and my solder was too think. Made a heck of a mess but so far no leaks :)
Just did this myself and it worked like a charm.
You mentioned it is stinky.
These lanterns are made for outdoor use, they don't burn very efficiently causing fumes like all flat Wick lamps and lanterns. The best lantern for indoor use would be a circular Wick Aladdin lamp with a mantle, although these are normally not very inexpensive. There's a reason both companies are still in business, they made the best of what they made.
Kerosene that is old can also cause bad odors. You can try to clean it up and get the water out but new K1 kerosene may be much easier. Kerosene is basically cleaner diesel fuel, lamp oil is basically cleaner kerosene, it seems the cleaner you go the more expensive it gets, but the less fumes you get.
A Coleman kerosene mantle lantern is also very efficient, but it does make a constant hissing noise.
I've brushed JB Weld on the bottoms
Use JB weld, a two part epoxy. I used it on the front mounting tab on the right side gas tank on my bike was weeping. Never did leak again.
so did your solder job solve your leak? Someone had mentioned that if you overfill and tilt the lantern you can splash fuel up onto the joints between the air tubes and the tank and those joints are not air tight so fuel can leak out from there. so don't fill your tank too high, stay about 1/8" below the bottom of the fuel inlet.
Still leak free
@@design2survive excellent to know and thank you for your response. I see that the Chinese lanterns I have are or tend to be loose at the air tube joints at both the fount and the chimney cowl (these lanterns are very thin pressed steel) soldering them will make them solid at the joints and should improve the quantity of air delivered to the burner, not by a lot but in the small tin can woodgas stoves I build I have found every little bit helps and all the things you do to improve things do add up.
If the lantern leaks only from the crimp at the bottom edge, exterior grade marine spar varnish can be used to seal a weeping tank. Use 1 to 2 teaspoons and allow to dry for one week before refilling with oil.
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My Lantern won't fire up..
I will read that link..thx
Very useful, thanks for the video.
I bought a couple new Dietz 80 lanterns and both leak. Soldering is way cheaper than the cleaner & sealer kits.
They give off a lot of light. We had one camping a couple weeks ago, i decided to leave it lit overnight and it was still going in the morning.
Put the heat where you want the solder to flow, capillary action.
I have a couple to the bigger one has small rust holes on the bottom Dietz N.Y.-USA No 2 D-lite is there anything to weld over the rust holes they are real small holes.
Always seal from the inside. Red Kote fuel tank sealer.
you DO know you could've just used the metal tap that raises the globe, instead of lighting it from the top, very simple.
Can you check the upper right air tube for Patent & Production dates, mine is very rusty and i can't see any date stamp...the lanterns were stamped up to 1956.
Hot glue works on bottom it don't get hot
I have three lanterns that I got at an estate sale. They are not old just Chinese junk. Looked brand new filled them with kerosene and they leaked right off.
what type of solder did you use?
luke jones I can’t remember..
No worries thanks anyway. Doing exactly the same thing as you with a British oil lantern that is a bit leaky. Tried with some solder I had lying around but it didn’t melt into the cavity like it did for you it just balled up on the surface. Maybe I’m not using enough flux.... cheers anyways
luke jones oh..60-40 type..and yeah good flux..use plenty..
design2survive
Thanks!
@@NewWorldHoarder what's the vanish method
Too much solder.
There's an inner tank. Him soldering that isn't going to solve the problem. Which I'd bet money is him overfilling the tank. Causing it to weep out there.
The Dietz Comet is a single wall tank.
So many lantern haters lol
Burn olive oil instead of lamp oil.
It's stupid work. It need only one drop of rapid solid glue.
김태구 It still doesn’t leak...works perfect