{"id":1122,"date":"2021-08-09T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:35:07","slug":"50-year-old-colman-stove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/2021\/08\/09\/50-year-old-colman-stove\/","title":{"rendered":"50 year old Colman Stove"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In preparation for my camping trip in the desert, I dug out my old Coleman Stove. This puppy is over 50 years old (like me) and used to be my Dad&#8217;s. It has been storage for over 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192715-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1124\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192715-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192715-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192715-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192715-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192715.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 413G was manufactured between 1965 and 1969<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_092746-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_092746-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_092746-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_092746-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_092746-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_092746-rotated.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I opened it up I discovered an old, abandoned mouse nest, which I cleaned out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1127\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192722-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1127\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192722-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192722-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192722-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192722-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_192722.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1128\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_0927081-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_0927081-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_0927081-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_0927081-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_0927081-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210807_0927081-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I pulled the fuel tank out, filled it with fuel and attempted to pump up the pressure. It wouldn&#8217;t pressurize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1130\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_1929121-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1130\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_1929121-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_1929121-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_1929121-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_1929121-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_1929121.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1129\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_193003-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_193003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_193003-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_193003-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_193003-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_193003.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I pulled the pump and discovered that the leather cup at the end was deformed. I stretched it out some and put it back in. It worked. I could now pressurize the fuel tank.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1131\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103504-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1131\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103504-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103504-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103504-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103504-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103504-rotated.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1132\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103508-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1132\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103508-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103508-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103508-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103508-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210809_103508-rotated.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Opened the valve, lit a match and FIRE!<br>The flame settled down pretty quickly and burned nice and blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1133\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-1-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-1-rotated.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1134\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194002-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194002-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194002-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194002-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194002-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194002-rotated.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next I tested the second burner. Burner two is go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194017-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194017-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194017-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194017-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194017.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for my camping trip in the desert, I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,59,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-burning-man","category-camping-2","category-repair"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-rotated.jpg",1536,2048,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-225x300.jpg",225,300,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-768x1024.jpg",640,853,true],"large":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-768x1024.jpg",640,853,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-1152x1536.jpg",1152,1536,true],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-rotated.jpg",1536,2048,false],"chromenews-featured":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-1024x1365.jpg",1024,1365,true],"chromenews-large":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210808_194246-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"chuckularone","author_link":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/author\/chuckularone\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/category\/burning-man\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Burning Man<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/category\/camping-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Camping<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/category\/repair\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Repair<\/a>","tag_info":"Repair","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1136,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122\/revisions\/1136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}