>>2034982>tips carry extra mantles
>stories I have a early 60s Coleman 200a that I got from my uncle. He gave it to me with a bottle of kerosene but I never thought to check what fuel was in the tank, after all my uncle is smart enough not to put kerosene in a Coleman, right?
Sun is going down at the camp site so I pump it up, and go to light it and get a deep red flame with lots of black smoke. Thats strange. pump it more thinking it needs more pressure or just needs to burn off some gunk.
flame starts shooting out of the pump and the dial valve with a strong kerosene smell.
FUCK!
my buddy grabs a bucket of water and dumps it on, and the flames spread.
FUCK FUCK FUCK!!
soak my beach towel and throw it over the lantern and fire in hopes that it smothers it.
Flames shoot out from the sides of the towel for a moment then quell down and we leave it there for a while.
after about 20 min I look under the towel that reeks of kerosene, the lantern went from bright red to black with soot but the globe is in one piece.
later when I got it home I cleaned it all out and filled it with white gas. it works now but the generator is still a little dodgy.
