Last day before Holiday

Yay! It's the last day at work before we go on holiday!

For those that don't know, we're off to Sweden and Norway for just over two weeks, leaving tomorrow (Thursday 20th) from Newcastle. We're spending the weekend in Gothenburg with family friends, then on Monday, we're travelling up to SAGGA camp and staying there for a week, then for the last week (nearly) we'll travel round southern Norway before heading back home from Kristiansand.

For those that are going, see you on Monday, otherwise normal, sporadic, postings will return at some point in Mid August when I can be bothered again!

Restoration advice required

I've been "appointed" as the Quatermaster for our scout group and I'm currently restoring a pile of things that burn liquid fueld, including Tilley lamps (and similar) and pressure-stoves.

I've got one of the Tilleys working well, but the other one is proving quite difficult. I've cleaned out the burner head, replaced all the seals and washers I can find. The vaporiser has it's pricker up the middle, as it should, which is activated by the valve. Performing a "wet-test" yields a nice jet out of the top of the vaporiser. However, when I put it all together, with a mantle (the correct one, bought direct from Tilley), it does light, but the light given off by it is very, very poor. (think single candle, vs 100W light-bulb!)

A wet-test is pressurising the fount, wih fuel in, valve and vaporiser in place and checking the jet.

I don't know what else to try, and I can't find ANY advice on the internet anywhere. Someone must have published a guide to restoring Tilleys??!!

Anyone got any suggestions?

Also, where do I start with restoring the primus/optimus liquid-fuel stoves? From some research I've done so far, there are some paraffin-burners and some petrol-burners, some pumped-pressure, and some heat-expands-the-fuel-and-pressurises-it-that-way stoves. Advice is also sought on these, at least one of which will come to Sweden in a couple of weeks time.