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[pct-l] Alcohol (stoves)
We had trouble almost every night with our MSR whisperlite last year on our=
month long hike. We were in the Adventure 16 store last month, conferring=
with the salesman about our problem. He tells us its the Coleman fuel we =
have been using filling up the hose with deposits and gunk. This gunk keep=
s making its way up to clog the jet. We can't get any other fuel
here in the high desert, so he told us how to dissassemble and clean out th=
e hoseand soak everything in gas to dissolve the gunk. He assured us that =
doing so would restore our MSR's performance. Good info.
Marion Davison, "llamalady"
Paul Schilke wrote:
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> Mags wrote>>For what it is worth, had no trouble getting alcohol for my s=
tove
>
> Did you mail it to yourself?? how often did you refuel??
>
> Strider wrote>>>This seems to be the trend. I'm surprised the multifuel =
stoves are out of
> vogue, since you can always use unleaded.
>
> I picked up an Alchie stove on the AT cause I feared a breakdown of the M=
SR and didn't buy a kit/practice fixing it at home. But I've heard that mo=
st people don't have problems with them like they used to. So right now I'm=
leaning toward the Alchie Stove but may change my mind. There were many t=
imes I wished that I'd had the MSR for all it's good qualities.
>
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