Old Town Coleman: How to light an old Coleman lantern

Remove the ventilator and globe, then spray the lantern with a household cleaner like Simple Green®. Remove as much coleman sleeping bag dirt and dust as you can and remove the old mantle(s). Coleman made this inverted lantern for military trial.

They are still built in Wichita Kansas (though some parts, such as the globes, are made in China) and are widely available for sale online and in some big box stores. Because millions of them have been sold over coleman sleeping bag the years, they are also widely available, sometimes for as little as 5 or 10 bucks, at garage sales, on Craigslist, and on Facebook Marketplace. Model L227 is a Quick-Lite model with a wide ventilator.

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Make sure that the valve wheel is turned fully clockwise to the closed position. Rotate the pump handle counterclockwise one full turn, place your thumb over the hole in the end and give it a few pumps. If there is no resistance when pressing down on the pump, you will need to repair it before continuing.

Blain’s Farm & Fleet carries Ridgeline, Coghlan’s, Coleman, and other popular brands. Choose from propane and battery operated lanterns. In 1900, William Coffin Coleman was selling high pressure gasoline fueled lamps.

The direction disk on this Coleman 237 is stamped Made in United States of America but hidden by the collar the word CANADA is stamped (upper right image, above the red letter A). As on other nickel plated brass founts made by the Coleman – Toronto factory, the month and year numbers are in small numerals in the lower corners of the side fount stamp (lower image). So far we have only seen coleman sleeping bag the CANADA stamping under the collar on Coleman – Wichita made 237s from the first half of 1954. Coleman only manufactured Model 228C after WWII, from late 1945 until early 1947, with some production overlap with Model 228D (below). Model 228C has the same features as Model 220C above including a green painted brass fount, screw-on pump cap, and yellow lighting instruction decal.