kerosene burner

[mibuwulf]

gasoline burner

Look at what I found in my garage from my dad's days of traveling. I've personally never seen it before, but anxious to put it to use.

 

[nothinghead]

That's an old Army M1950 mountain stove. Nice find! My local surplus shop has. It's and pieces of those but not in such good shape.

 

[Falstaff]

Yep, that was gonna be my guess, an old WWII army stove, standard issue. Can be hard to find in good shape. Most of them were tossed pretty quick in order to save weight.

 

[mibuwulf]

That's an old Army M1950 mountain stove. Nice find! My local surplus shop has. It's and pieces of those but not in such good shape.

Thank you for the info~!

 

[Prof]

Yes, it is an M-1950 Mountain Stove! I used to have one in that same aluminum carrying case. The top section was great for heating water for coffee or to warm an MRE along the trail. It will burn regular unleaded gasoline or white gas.

Mine went bad because the fill opening and cap/pump threads stripped and it was hard to hold pressure.

I backpacked it a lot of miles and it was great. Very reliable and put out a lot of heat.

Hopefully you can get yours working and have some fun with it.

 

[monkeyboy-uk]

wow I really like that, sometimes tho's old bit of kit are the best

 

[mibuwulf]

Yes, it is an M-1950 Mountain Stove! I used to have one in that same aluminum carrying case. The top section was great for heating water for coffee or to warm an MRE along the trail. It will burn regular unleaded gasoline or white gas.

Mine went bad because the fill opening and cap/pump threads stripped and it was hard to hold pressure.

I backpacked it a lot of miles and it was great. Very reliable and put out a lot of heat.

Hopefully you can get yours working and have some fun with it.

ah-ha~! with all knowledge combined I've learned so much about it already. Thank you all! Also now know it's not for use with kerosene.

 

[nothinghead]

It's a Coleman so parts may be able to be sourced through them, if not, let me know what you need and I should be able to get it for you at my local place.

 

[MtnManJoe]

What does that puppy weigh?

 

[Looker]

I have one, but my pump leaks. If you pull out that pump, the end of it screws off. Inside there you should find repair parts, if they're still there. My Dad has a few of those, and they work great.

Looker

 

[THE PUNISHER]

good score....

now lets hope the lights go out for a day to get to use it..

 

[mjh]

Heck...why wait....check any gaskits...maybe a little lub on em or replace...get some white gas and its tea time! Great find.....my not be ultra light but using something your dad used back in the day is well worth the weight on many a day.....

 

[Easy_rider75]

Very cool find

 

[Trailwalker]

My father and I were just talking about those stoves a few weeks ago after seeing one go cheap at an auction.

He said he had one issued to him during the Korean War.... from what I could tell it looks like an early version of the Coleman Feather 400 backpacking stove I have had for ever.

Good luck with it. If you get it going throw some pics up for us.

 

[mibuwulf]

What does that puppy weigh?

Unable to weigh at the moment, but id guess around 1-1.5 lb filled. I put in some gasoline, pumped it up a bit and got it going. Started right up and all parts work great! Leaks air just a teeny bit, but ill fix that with a new gasket. I just arrived at Indian Lake up in the Adirondacks, found an open network, for some ice fishing in the morning (in the next two hours - 4 hour drive). Ill be taking it out for some morning coffee and some instant noodles. Ill have pics and vids for you all.

 

[fratermus]

The subject line could use some tweaking -- the stove was not a kero stove: no preheat cup, no gas tip available for kero, and the gen would quickly hose up even if you did get it running on kero. The m1942/m1950/520/530 were designed for "white gas" which, practically speaking, is no longer available.

Coleman fuel is the best fuel for them nowadays, particularly since IIRC the generators are no longer produced and unleaded will clog/kill them much faster than Coleman fuel. The last NOS gens I saw on fleabay started at $20. Hardcore fettlers fab their own gens to keep old pressure gear running, but that's beyond my level of expertise and interest.

 

[mibuwulf]

here are some pics of me using the burner. it is AWESOME. unfortunately, my brother didnt get a good picture of the flame, but trust me when I say it burns hot! enough for two ramen done in 10 mins. It was just too cold to get complete pics and vids.

the burner heating/priming up.

prepping the stock

delicious smelt

and here's a video that my brother was just messing around with. Again, it was too cold to do a complete video, so he just cut it short and used what he had.
gas burner 1920 - YouTube

 

[fratermus]

Yeah, when the flame settles down and the generator starts hissing there is serious heat. I think these were rated at 5500btu. That's a useful amount of heat in a small package.

I liked the pics (especially of the wee fish) and video.

 

[PDA]

You can use V M & P Naptha as an alternative to Coleman fuel. Less expensive and available at big box DIY stores. In the paint section

 

[Bolexguy]

coleman fuel is the same as naptha - coleman asdds a antirust additive and a slight solvent (toluene?) to it to keep things cleaner and store longer in metal containers

if your in need of seals and info on taking it apart and cleaning and keeping things running great for years PM me i have ha huge collection of military stoves and am very familiar with them - they are super simple great stove you got there enjoy!