My father put in 36 years on the railroad. He retired in 1977. Our basement was full of old kerosene "railroad" lanterns with red,green, "white"(clear) and 2 cobolt blue globes. I wish now, that I still had them. Thanks for saving this one and sharing. 👍😁

@averagecamper695

7 ай бұрын

It's too bad you don't still have a few of them. Thank you for the comment.

Good Job. Nice to see see a beat up antique, that most would throw away, brought back to life

@averagecamper695

7 ай бұрын

Thanks. I still have some work to do on it.

Good restore. I used JB on the pot of a perfection heater restore. Looks good.

@averagecamper695

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

The circular shape of the bail handle and the stepped font tank probably puts it in the 1940's. I used to know the traits of every D-Lite from 1913 to 1957. The date and where it was made is stamped on the air tube about half way up from the lift lever side. Sometimes it takes a strong magnifying glass out in the sunlight to see the numbers. It might say S-3-45 for Syracuse March 1945. It's nice to see it running again. Good job!

@averagecamper695

Ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I just lit this thing up for the first time while camping. I'm not sure why, but this is one of my favorite pieces of gear.

Toilet bowl cleaner will eat the rust and crud out of a tank.

@averagecamper695

7 ай бұрын

I've heard that from more than 1 person. Is there a specific product that is known to work well? I may check into that, if I ever need to do something like this again. Thank you for watching

Almost certainly USA made. The bottom number on right hand air tube should be date of manufacture. The other dates a patent dates. I don’t think you overpaid for it. Warning : they’re highly addictive.

@averagecamper695

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info. The last line of numbers says 1 - 4 as far as I can see. I'll spend some more time cleaning it up. maybe the date will become more clear. Thank you for the comment.