Blow lamp and tilley lamp spares query

Its a long time since I had these problems but surely camping shops still have Primus/Svea spares. Guessing- I would think that the old one pint Primus washer stuff should fit. Again, I would guess that bike pumps would be OK.

Norm,

Last time I needed washers for my hot bulb lamps, I cut them from leather myself. Easy enough.

If you are in a rural area, the local farmer's supplies tends to be brilliant for all sorts of stuff not regularly seen in today's urban hardware shops.

I needed to construct a custom back-fill bleeding kit for a recalcitrant master cylinder this week, & needed a big syringe, meths (to avoid damaging rubber seals), clear piping etc.

Drew a blank at all the usual pharmacies & auto factors, but got the lot for very little money at the farm suppliers. Told them that the combination of fixed pension & crazy council tax had driven me to mainlining meths ....

Also, if you still have a local traditional cobbler, they can probably help for very little money. That's where I sourced my leather offcuts for my DIY exercise.

That apart, I'm sure Google would turn up sources, 'tho I now try to keep the traditional suppliers going, before they all retire ....

Colin

You need

RD

Thanks folks.

Base Camp proved to be the place to go to. Bike pumps as a source of leather??? Nahhhhh....all the parts are synthetic and in many instances, O-ring sealed - clever designed but animal products free :-(