Thank you for this Steve! A realistic instruction, all is not easy with these old stoves. But one remark: The flame should be all blue, not so much yellow at the tops. And the new wick need to soak at least an our.
Thank you Thank you Thank you Steve for this beneficial video.. You have a nice personality with a great sense of humour.. I wished we are in same country to be your friend and invite you to a cup of tea made on this nice aladdin stove 🎉❤🎉 Wish you all the best dear steve
We can certainly still be friends ( Please ) 🙏 we need all the kind folks to stick together 😊 🙏 😊 🙏 😊 🙏 😊 thank you for the kind words 😊 and look forward to seeing you around , Happy New Years!!!!!
@@doinsngoins I subscribed to your channel to watch some of your videos and share you your special moments and be in touch with you by some comments.. Thanks for your nice words.. Thanks for your valuable friendship.. I live in Damascus-Syria.. But who knows we may have a cup of tea together one day 🙏💐❤
@@doinsngoins Sorry I forgot to wish you a Happy New Year... so Happy New Year for you and your family.. I wish you a lot of health and happiness this year 💐❤💐
2 gallons of kerosene is $33 Canadian. I just dug out the #37 I bought at a yardsale in 1999. Never touched it until now. I have the other style of wick and it is old and dry, so it is fighting me. More parts in the wick control on mine. Thank you for sharing this information with us, Steve. Stay safe and stay warm
I have one that I got from a fellow GPA collector. I'm actually picking up another pair of them this weekend I'll try to make a good one out of the three
It actually helps if you sit the wick (Tails down) in a tray of kerosene for an hour before fitting it. It makes the job messier, but the wick slides down with a lot less fuss. Also, you shouldn't try to "Speed prime" the wick from above. It causes the wick to burn unevenly as the fuel is trying to wick AWAY from the edge to fill up the dry wick below it. You WILL get an uneven amount of fuel in top edge of the wick, and it WILL burn down the wick unevenly. Due to how the wick material burns differently with different heights of flame, it'll take an alarming amount of the rest of the wick usable length before you'll finally get that imbalance trimmed out through wick cleaning..
That's really good input for the thread I really Appreciate it, I did end End up lubricating the the area that the wick slides onto and that did help I wish I would have completely dunked it like you are saying
Just purchased this exact heater off Facebook marketplace and can't get the brass basket to come off the tank to change the old wick. And yes it was bone dry. Hope pb blaster works it's been two day's. Would love to restore it.
Very well made units mine is a S681U Equator II. Easy to change wick just rotate Counter-clockwise until tab up from latch then pull knob out to release wick holder collapse wick inwardly from pins reverse with new wick. It took me 2 tries to adjust wick height corectly 3/8inch exposed when fully to right knob
I recently got one but i can't get the old wick out, i turned the knob so hard it broke off and the little cog just goes round without lifting or lowering the wick, it's really stuck in there 😢
There is also K1 and K2 both kerosene but K2 is not cracked one more time so it has a little yellow tint to it K one crystal clear looks like water when you ask for kerosene K2 is what they use for mobile home furnaces things of that nature but you can’t run it in a WICK burner❤️🔥🇺🇸
The kerosene used here is very specifically K1? And it is clear , cost me 15 bucks a gallon, which I thought was way high . Thanks for the info. I'm not sure why you are thinking I'm using anything my K1 , but I am certainly not . I won't tell you how I learned this, but you can use your imagination.
I’ve been to service calls where people try to use diesel fuel in these and they say the heater is junk because you can’t stay in the house with it running I said no shit did you read the instructions?
You know I got one and by the time flame gets blue it's going out. How.fo you get that nice blue flame out of your. I have a new.original wick, know how to install, goes up and.down fine.
@Steve Winkelman aka S.L.W Restorations, thanks for the reply. It's a brand new wick. I just got this heater from ebay. Karasen was the clear type. I was wondering is there a secondary ring around your heater's flame basket upper edge. And also when the flame spreader is in place, is the bottom holes of the flame spreader even at the same level with the edge of the flame basket or higher or lower by how much? You see, I noticed that second ring around my heater's flame basket spot welded to its upper edge. I figured it serves as an air vent for the outside of the flame. Well I tried to see if I can pass a very thin shim but could not, I thought, oh, it's clogged. So I took the plumber touch to it. It did not help but doing so I found out flame basker is 2 pieces soldered together the part that hugs the wick and the outer basket. They desordered. I can solder it back but don't know the exact height ... that's why all the questions
@Steve Winkelman aka S.L.W Restorations Take your time no hurry here. Thank you for the reply. Yes, wick is that way all the time. Wick's been soaking for days
Put a few cup of kerosene in there a slosh it around really good , tip itcand roll it around so the oil lubes up the mechanics, take your time , take the wick tube out clean and polish it up as smooth as you can ,
1: Get a proper lid. 2: You should have installed the new wick before filling it with kero. 3: You definitely should have let the wick soak for an hour. 4: That wick is now burned, because you didn't let is soak.
Hi Steve,yes I did get the heater going and I’m quite impressed with it.I also tried mixing kerosene,diesel with isopropyl alcohol and additives with not much change to burn or odour.I’m hoping to get some jetA1 fuel Refined jet kerosene to try next
Thank you, Martin. I appreciate the kindness. I have since learned a few things since this video. In case anybody ever needs extra help. Happy thanksgiving and thank you for the comment
Lucky he hasn't burned down the place yet! He's has spray paint cans, solvents, etc. on the work bench inches away from open flame. And behind him I see cans of paint and white gas. Good lord! really?
@@doinsngoins You are most welcome. As an ex aviator and safety officer; I cringed as I watched your video. At least have a fire extinguisher handy...... :) Oh yeah, if you put the flame spreader back in BEFORE you try to install a new wick it will go on much easier. The inside of the wick won't get caught as easily. We had two (I still have them) of those growing up in Spain and that's what dad did. The actual Aladdin "instructions" even mention that. Don't eat too much this Thursday!
@T FS That I do have , 3 fire extinguishers actually at my immediate reach , yes this was the first time tinkering with a heater like this , I learned a lot and now have it performing very well . I CANT PROMISE LESS TURKEY ....NOW YOU PUSHING IT ! HAAHAAA. Have a great Thanksgiving TFS !
Don’t buy it in the jugs like that you pay five times a ridiculous price look for your local propane and oil fuel oil dealer and ask them where they sell K-1 kerosene go there with your own 5 gallon buckets and pay what is worth not 10 times what it’s worth and right now I’m burning K-1 kerosene with red dye and it seems to burn fine no odors no monoxide just like K one!
We use Heating Oil, it's 70p a litre at the moment, it's not a clean as K1 of Paraffin but it does the job, and it don't stink once the heater flame is blue 🔵
Thank you for this Steve! A realistic instruction, all is not easy with these old stoves.
But one remark: The flame should be all blue, not so much yellow at the tops.
And the new wick need to soak at least an our.
Thank you , and for this tips ,I appreciate the kindness and the share of your knowledge on the channel.
Thank you , ha a good week
Thank you Thank you Thank you Steve for this beneficial video.. You have a nice personality with a great sense of humour.. I wished we are in same country to be your friend and invite you to a cup of tea made on this nice aladdin stove 🎉❤🎉
Wish you all the best dear steve
We can certainly still be friends ( Please ) 🙏 we need all the kind folks to stick together 😊 🙏 😊 🙏 😊 🙏 😊 thank you for the kind words 😊 and look forward to seeing you around , Happy New Years!!!!!
@@doinsngoins I subscribed to your channel to watch some of your videos and share you your special moments and be in touch with you by some comments.. Thanks for your nice words.. Thanks for your valuable friendship.. I live in Damascus-Syria.. But who knows we may have a cup of tea together one day 🙏💐❤
@@doinsngoins Sorry I forgot to wish you a Happy New Year... so
Happy New Year for you and your family.. I wish you a lot of health and happiness this year 💐❤💐
@@khaledatassi3898 I wish the very same for you and your Family Friend! ❤️
@@khaledatassi3898 Thank you so much I will do the sane 😀
2 gallons of kerosene is $33 Canadian. I just dug out the #37 I bought at a yardsale in 1999. Never touched it until now. I have the other style of wick and it is old and dry, so it is fighting me. More parts in the wick control on mine. Thank you for sharing this information with us, Steve. Stay safe and stay warm
Thanks for sharing, yes the fuel is crazy 🤪 $$$$$$ , I saw the one heater, you posting another ???? Thanks Sean
I have one that I got from a fellow GPA collector. I'm actually picking up another pair of them this weekend I'll try to make a good one out of the three
I would really like to see it go Will , are going to post the progress? I wish you and your Family a Merry Christmas
@doinsngoins Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!
@willssmallenginerepairllc5060 please keep me posted
@@doinsngoins Will do buddy
@willssmallenginerepairllc5060 funny , I was recently on your channel! I just subscribed Will
Final result did not show a totally blue flame, that orange flame is what causes the fume does it not?
Great video thou, thank you.
yes , after more trial and error I really got it dialed in to a fine blue flame 💙 , works very well , highly recommended heater . Thank you
A small reddish ring over the blue is fine, yellow is not, according to the manual. It's worth reading the original manual.
It actually helps if you sit the wick (Tails down) in a tray of kerosene for an hour before fitting it. It makes the job messier, but the wick slides down with a lot less fuss. Also, you shouldn't try to "Speed prime" the wick from above. It causes the wick to burn unevenly as the fuel is trying to wick AWAY from the edge to fill up the dry wick below it. You WILL get an uneven amount of fuel in top edge of the wick, and it WILL burn down the wick unevenly. Due to how the wick material burns differently with different heights of flame, it'll take an alarming amount of the rest of the wick usable length before you'll finally get that imbalance trimmed out through wick cleaning..
That's really good input for the thread I really Appreciate it, I did end End up lubricating the the area that the wick slides onto and that did help I wish I would have completely dunked it like you are saying
I also was able to find a top for my heater as I got my heater for free and it had no top
Thank you For the input I really appreciate it happy New Year
Just purchased this exact heater off Facebook marketplace and can't get the brass basket to come off the tank to change the old wick. And yes it was bone dry. Hope pb blaster works it's been two day's. Would love to restore it.
If its still dry , take yout torch or heat gun , heat that area up and let it cool 2 or 3 times
You'll get it
Keep me posted 👍
Very well made units mine is a S681U Equator II. Easy to change wick just rotate Counter-clockwise until tab up from latch then pull knob out to release wick holder collapse wick inwardly from pins reverse with new wick. It took me 2 tries to adjust wick height corectly 3/8inch exposed when fully to right knob
Thank you Otis , I really appreciate the info and the kindness 😊 thank you for sharing
I recently got one but i can't get the old wick out, i turned the knob so hard it broke off and the little cog just goes round without lifting or lowering the wick, it's really stuck in there 😢
Sorry Bill
There is also K1 and K2 both kerosene but K2 is not cracked one more time so it has a little yellow tint to it K one crystal clear looks like water when you ask for kerosene K2 is what they use for mobile home furnaces things of that nature but you can’t run it in a WICK burner❤️🔥🇺🇸
The kerosene used here is very specifically K1? And it is clear , cost me 15 bucks a gallon, which I thought was way high . Thanks for the info. I'm not sure why you are thinking I'm using anything my K1 , but I am certainly not . I won't tell you how I learned this, but you can use your imagination.
I’ve been to service calls where people try to use diesel fuel in these and they say the heater is junk because you can’t stay in the house with it running I said no shit did you read the instructions?
I got a number 61 Aladdin today doing some clean up now Then off to local tractor store to get some kerosene
Haha Genny set me a picture of it Already So you're Secret is blown Can't wait to see it!!!!! Hahahaha
No kerosene to be found😫😫😫. Tomorrow's adventure.....
@jasonwildebrandt2034 I told Genny I paid 15 bucks a gallon of kerosene a couple weeks ago.....
You know I got one and by the time flame gets blue it's going out. How.fo you get that nice blue flame out of your.
I have a new.original wick, know how to install, goes up and.down fine.
Interesting, are you running it 1/8 up for a good long time before you lower it to just above the lip of the tube ?
Do you have the Aladdin wick cleaner tool ? Maybe your wick is full of carbon?
@Steve Winkelman aka S.L.W Restorations, thanks for the reply. It's a brand new wick.
I just got this heater from ebay.
Karasen was the clear type.
I was wondering is there a secondary ring around your heater's flame basket upper edge.
And also when the flame spreader is in place, is the bottom holes of the flame spreader even at the same level with the edge of the flame basket or higher or lower by how much?
You see, I noticed that second ring around my heater's flame basket spot welded to its upper edge. I figured it serves as an air vent for the outside of the flame. Well I tried to see if I can pass a very thin shim but could not, I thought, oh, it's clogged. So I took the plumber touch to it. It did not help but doing so I found out flame basker is 2 pieces soldered together the part that hugs the wick and the outer basket. They desordered.
I can solder it back but don't know the exact height ... that's why all the questions
@A B i will respond later AB im at work , did the wick soak up good before lighting? I failed to do that and charred my wick , 😪
@Steve Winkelman aka S.L.W Restorations Take your time no hurry here. Thank you for the reply.
Yes, wick is that way all the time. Wick's been soaking for days
How did you start the 2 wick lifters moving i bought one today and there absolutely solid
Put a few cup of kerosene in there a slosh it around really good , tip itcand roll it around so the oil lubes up the mechanics, take your time , take the wick tube out clean and polish it up as smooth as you can ,
Let the kerosene soak ove a few days , keep sloshing it around
After a few days apply light pressure, not too hard , it will go
Just be patient and be sure the fluid is getting the mechanics wet , tip it until fluid come out of the base of the wick tube , and roll it
You can hit me up on FB video chat if you want
Working nice that one
Thank you , I learned allot , should have done some research but it was fun and works great ! Merry Christmas!
1: Get a proper lid.
2: You should have installed the new wick before filling it with kero.
3: You definitely should have let the wick soak for an hour.
4: That wick is now burned, because you didn't let is soak.
haahaa , 1. ok thank you 😊 .2 much appreciated. 3 . you are on point . Take care Brian !
And spilled alot of kerosene
Hi Steve,I checked mine and one side if wick was down and one out side a flap in the bowl.which is correct?
Is that a 3 inch wick?
Im not completely tracking, there shoul only be the round top surface of the wick showing
the long strands all go down in the fount
did you get your heater working ???
Hi Steve,yes I did get the heater going and I’m quite impressed with it.I also tried mixing kerosene,diesel with isopropyl alcohol and additives with not much change to burn or odour.I’m hoping to get some jetA1 fuel Refined jet kerosene to try next
@@royallan3717 Oh wow that's a really cool idea experimenting with fuels.
It sounds like a light saber
May the force be with you
Good video!
Thank you, Martin. I appreciate the kindness. I have since learned a few things since this video. In case anybody ever needs extra help. Happy thanksgiving and thank you for the comment
Lucky he hasn't burned down the place yet! He's has spray paint cans, solvents, etc. on the work bench inches away from open flame. And behind him I see cans of paint and white gas. Good lord! really?
Thank you TFC ! appreciate your kindness, I will take note and try to be more careful , have a great week!
@@doinsngoins
You are most welcome. As an ex aviator and safety officer; I cringed as I watched your video. At least have a fire extinguisher handy...... :)
Oh yeah, if you put the flame spreader back in BEFORE you try to install a new wick it will go on much easier. The inside of the wick won't get caught as easily. We had two (I still have them) of those growing up in Spain and that's what dad did. The actual Aladdin "instructions" even mention that.
Don't eat too much this Thursday!
@T FS That I do have , 3 fire extinguishers actually at my immediate reach , yes this was the first time tinkering with a heater like this , I learned a lot and now have it performing very well . I CANT PROMISE LESS TURKEY ....NOW YOU PUSHING IT ! HAAHAAA. Have a great Thanksgiving TFS !
The breathing is very distracting.
Thank you for your kindness and taking the time to share that with me. Have a good day
Don’t buy it in the jugs like that you pay five times a ridiculous price look for your local propane and oil fuel oil dealer and ask them where they sell K-1 kerosene go there with your own 5 gallon buckets and pay what is worth not 10 times what it’s worth and right now I’m burning K-1 kerosene with red dye and it seems to burn fine no odors no monoxide just like K one!
Didn't you just state not to burn anything but K1 ?
We use Heating Oil, it's 70p a litre at the moment, it's not a clean as K1 of Paraffin but it does the job, and it don't stink once the heater flame is blue 🔵