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<blockquote data-quote="WoodsCraft" data-source="post: 3901833" data-attributes="member: 51836">I have been collecting Coleman Lanterns and others for&nbsp; years ,&nbsp; if you are patient and go to flea markets and search Craigslist you can find really nice condition ones for not much money .&nbsp; There is little that ever goes wrong with these old pressurized lanterns that in most cases can&#039;t be solved with two parts.A new fuel cap and a new pump gasket .&nbsp; Sometimes they need to be fettled if they were left full of gas but I just recently fired up a 242C&nbsp; which had been hanging in a garage using nothing but a little oil in the pump to get the leather supple so it would build pressure and some gas.&nbsp; It fired right up,&nbsp; same for a 425F&nbsp; compact stove . These are pretty simple machines and can be had cheaply , just stock up on white gas so you have it when you need it and keep a few spares around like generators and pump gaskets.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WoodsCraft, post: 3901833, member: 51836"] I have been collecting Coleman Lanterns and others for years , if you are patient and go to flea markets and search Craigslist you can find really nice condition ones for not much money . There is little that ever goes wrong with these old pressurized lanterns that in most cases can't be solved with two parts. A new fuel cap and a new pump gasket . Sometimes they need to be fettled if they were left full of gas but I just recently fired up a 242C which had been hanging in a garage using nothing but a little oil in the pump to get the leather supple so it would build pressure and some gas. It fired right up, same for a 425F compact stove . These are pretty simple machines and can be had cheaply , just stock up on white gas so you have it when you need it and keep a few spares around like generators and pump gaskets. [/QUOTE]

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