Be mindful the generator might still have fuel inside it which will burn so do it outside, keeping your fingers away from the ends and don’t look down the tube while it’s hot in case something hot and burning happens to spit out of it. You might also want to make a metal screen globe and lose the glass which will at some point end up getting busted no matter how careful you are, just cut some metal window screen the same size fold the edges over so there is nothing pokey, and stitch it together with wire so it’s the same size, they work like a champ and don’t break and protect your mantle from stray bugs.. I bought my barely used 424 Duel Fuel after my 425F quit working. I had the 425F since 1980. It never failed me.

It’s mobile: we not only can choose to cook inside our outside of the Land Cruiser, but we even took the stove on a glacier trek in Pakistan.

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My 425F always had some of the lingering flame, and it had increased somewhat over the years of use. I used to pull the generator out of the expansion chamber, so I do not have to smell that nasty, incomplete combustion. The lanterns get used lots because make great heaters,just drop one behind your chair while sitting around the fire at night, you’ll burn them for hours once you try it… (yep I laughed at first and called someone a wimp when I seen it, but once I tried it, I went out and got three more lanterns the next day) It was brand new, so I didn’t think the manifold was clogged. I pressurized the tank, detached it from the stove, and just tried to spray fuel into the air. This didn’t work well. The fuel seemed to be spraying out behind the tip and not through it. Some fuel dribbled out, some sprayed out intermittently in different directions, and a good deal seemed to build up in the generator itself. Both box stoves are rather bulky and heavy, but they provide a sure platform anywhere on dry land. If you are driving to a destination, those points are of no concern. If you have to burn methanol, like say in a marine environment get a stove made to burn it like a Trangia 27 they are very reliable, simple and safe. ReplyAnyway, I’ve not seen anyone complain about this problem online, but since you’re clearly a Coleman vet, I was wondering if this is a problem Reply Just after I opened the box, enclosed owner's manual for 424 showed me how to fix the generator problem. Instead of buying a new one, I just cleaned the needle (with 220 grit sandpaper) and the coil (with a Dremel wire brush) inside the generator tube, and reinstalled the assembly. I wanted to install a new one, but the local hardware store priced it so high, that it was not worth buying for a 23 year-old stove. My 425F now works just as good as the first day I bought it.