Say Ken. So I just learned something. I have a spare Dietz burner and learned they can easily be disassembled. All you do is grip the top wick tunnel, hold the base, and pull them apart. Mine clicked right off (that gives full access to the spinner wheels) I am brainstorming a double wick modification to the burner for my Jupiter cooker.

@lotsatrains

5 ай бұрын

I think the double wick would be awesome if you get it going please make a video 👍

The No. 30 is shining bright 👍🏼

As far as repairing the cap I would use gasket materal from an auto parts store and use gasket maker to glue it in. This would make it easy to replace in the future if needed. If the reflector won't polish up, I would just nickle plate it would look cool.

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Great idea on the gasket material but for now this is doing its job and easily removable to exchange it out and I actually was able to get a decent polish on the reflector and is looking quite good now 👍

Yeah I haven’t seen many of the beacons but what I have seen they have been painted. Mirror polished would be very cool. I would polish the entire lantern.

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much I actually just finished polishing up the inside if the shield and rear reflector lens and it’s looking pretty good

DUDE!!! This totally worked for me :). Thank you for posting this solution!

@lotsatrains

9 ай бұрын

Glad to be of help 👍

Thanks for the tip! I would try polishing the reflector.

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony that’s an excellent idea 👍

Awesome tips Ken! Love the Dietz Beacon!!!!!!

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much hope to get it shined up a bit more 👌

Thank you for this video. I enjoy all of them but this one gave me information that may help me in the future. I wouldn’t have known what to do in this instance. I made note of the GFlex. Thanks again.

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much my pleasure for helping 👍

Wow that Deitz is nice! Maybe some mag wheel polish and a drill polisher for mag wheels would shine it up?

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Great idea thanks so much 👍

Valuable information. I will be doing this.

@lotsatrains

5 ай бұрын

Thanks and hope you’re successful 👍

Love the beacon, very cool! I’d try polishing it first, if it doesn’t work out then you can always paint it👍

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob I think that’s an excellent suggestion and that’s what I will do as soon as I can work in the garage again hopefully midweek when the weather warms up just a bit 👍

Very enjoyable, thanks 🔥

Perfect timing! I have an Embury 210 with a half stripped burner, so the wick keeps going crooked up and down. I knew I was going to mess it up if I tried to dissect it - so thanks for the info, I'm going this route.

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Awesome glad I could help I actually tried taking one apart in the past to solder it but ruined the whole thing so I came up with this and seems to work nicely 👍

Good job 👏 congratulations 😊

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and great to hear from you hope all is good to you in Japan 👍

Nice restore & clean up on the Dietz inspector’s lantern! Yup would polish the reflector with some metal polish & will shine nicely! Great repair on the red lantern, so the wick goes up & down nicely! 🙂🙂 Yes cold here in Sudbury too! 🙂 Yup getting a couple of lanterns ready for my camp trip this summer!🙂🙂 Fantastic video!🙂🙂

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff 👍

@Jefflantern483

Жыл бұрын

@@lotsatrains You are welcome Ken! Hopefully warm weather soon to work on the lanterns!🙂🙂

You can use COMET CLEANSER to clean and possibly shine that reflector. Then if you need to, use a polish. You didn't say if the reflector was ceramic coated or not. Shame manufacturers refuse to make those wick adjusters so they do not fail and can be easily fixed/replaced (the adjuster part). Also a shame they refuse to make them out of thick brass, properly soldered too.

@lotsatrains

6 ай бұрын

There was no coating on this reflector it was right down to somewhat rusty metal and actually polished up pretty nicely with some Wenol and Flitz metal polish 👍

@crazysquirrel9425

6 ай бұрын

@@lotsatrains Naval Jelly can remove rust. Just a thought. Jeweler's rouge can polish to a mirror shine too.

Great video and nice repair

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much 👍

Chuck says "Flitz It!"...

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Yes 👍

Love that becan myself. New to lanterns and you're making it an addiction. Bought a few new dietz an a freuhand. I have a few questions. If the font capacity is 31oz can you put 31oz or 80% of 31oz ? Say everything is the same will a cold or hot blast put off any more heat than the other ? I have seen a Rayo lantern cooker at Lehman and curious if it is a far, far cousin to the Rayo you talk about.

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks for watching First answer I never fill up my lanterns more than about half way because the fuel could get sloshed into the air chamber and will leak out of the bottom of the air tubes and make a mess and it has happened to me many moons ago when I was inexperienced in using lanterns Second answer is Cold blast lanterns will give out more heat than hot blast lanterns and are also brighter but can generate more odor as well Lastly the Rayo cooker is something I actually don’t have but have seen a few reviews about it and it really doesn’t seem to perform that well either in my opinion and also not a true Rayo because they were out if business very long ago someone is just using the defunct brand name.

@tilmanvincent7524

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply and advice taken. Alot of rookie questions and glad you are so patient.

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

@@tilmanvincent7524 no problem I like to help 👍

Hi Ken. Is KLEAN HEAT odorless ?? I just burn my lamps indoors using Medallion oil..but I would like to use KLEAN HEAT which is cheaper…Should I expect any odor…Thanks

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

Hello I would say that the Klean Heat does still burn with a mild odor but it’s probably not any worse than the little odor you get from the Medallion oil but it’s been several years since I used the Medallion oil but I know it’s getting very expensive for this stuff and also the Klean Heat has gone up almost $4 a gallon near me at $17 a gallon I actually am going back to 1k kerosene and just burning my lanterns outside however the hot blast lanterns don’t seem to be too bad at all with just the kerosene 👍

there is more than one kind of G Flex epoxy on amazon what kind did you use?

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

West system g flex 650 is what I got. Sorry I had no idea there was more kinds of this 👍

@ThornesGuns

Жыл бұрын

@@lotsatrains ok thanks, stuff isn't cheap but if it works it is worth it.

@lotsatrains

Жыл бұрын

@@ThornesGuns yes its not cheap but fixes all kinds of material and mine is still good sitting in a non climate temperature controlled garage for 5 years now