Fuel for the Wallas

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I don't know about the Klen Heat, but California Home Depots do not carry Tyboo Mike's Phoney Plastic Wood, either!

Of course, it doesn't rain 363.5 days a year in California, either, so wooden facia boards don't turn green with mold two weeks after installation!

Joe.
 
I gots one of those one burner Wallas jobbies that burns paint thinner but the real reaon I'm chiming in here is to ask about the blower fan in the lid. What's the best pitch for than fan blade? Mine seems to be over revving, should I swap it out for one with more pitch? :)
 
Don't have a Wallas YET, but read someone else's fan came loose from the shaft, caused it to stop. Sure it's the fan overreving and not the motor??

Steve
 
B~C":2lljn4dh said:
Mine seems to be over revving, should I swap it out for one with more pitch? :)
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Don't know, but stand clear when the fecal matter hits it! :wink (Could always try one with more blades.... :smilep )
 
Can't you just BEND the blades to get more pitch, or is it another synthetic phony fan bladed substitute contraption made out of re-arranged polymerized hydrocarbons by the petrochemical whiz-kids? :?:

Come to think of it, I wonder why there isn't a Wallas Owners Website?
Members would probably have to write in Finnish, Sweedish, or Norwegian and have a suitable handle like "Lusty Laplander". Membership would be divided by battle lines drawn between those that use 1) pure kerosene, 2) diesel, 3) synthetics (Klean Heat, Polish Polymer Petrol (same as Klean Heat, but with a left-handed molecule), and other heretic fuels. The logo could be a photo of Karl smiling knowingly and clutching fistfuls of $100 bills superimposed on a wiring diagram of the 125DU. It could have a boarder of question marks alternatiing with CD-22's with ice cycles haning down from the roofs and the name "S.O.L." emblazened on the sides. :moon

Joe.
 
Dan-

Yup, forgot those babies, the knife and the....uh.....HAMMER!!!

Remember those funny little lathe turned hammers with the screwdrivers inside the handle in the hidden compartment?

We could put the knife inside the little sledge-hammer and call it THE WALLAS SLAMMER.

Should put them in a little Red and glass case on the front of the stove with a sign:

"IN CASE OF NO FIRE BREAK GLASS" (and)

"CAUTION: USE OF THE SLAMMER CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH"

Joe.
 
Boy you guys sure know how to make a newbie Wallas owner feel good --slammers, hammers, screwdrivers, knives -- all to 'tune up' your Wallas...! Great, just bought the last few Klean Heat gallons Home Depot had yesterday. Today, I followed up by ordering a Wallas 1300 heater. Which implement should I use if NO HEAT!

Steve
 
My Wallas is a year and a half old with no problems, that is until I ran out of fuel. zI wanted to use it up and didn't realize I was down to the bottom. When I refilled, the pump apparently will not pull the fuel up the line. The guy at Scan Marine told me to cycle it a few times, but that didn't change anything.

Next he says to take the line off the pump to see if the fuel comes through (should be quite a stinky mess if it does), and if that doesn't work, to further disassemble up to the injector and run a file through it to clean it.

All this seems like a huge amount of crap to wade through to get the stove to work.

Any of you folks out there with the practical experience have any advice (other than don't run out of fuel!)? Doing what he is advising will mean having to lift the unit out of the cabinet, which is complicated. Really no room to work underneath.

Dave
 
I'm just through my first winter with my 22. I used the Wallas constantly, since i keep the boat in a slip, and use it a lot...often i just drive down to the boat, kick on the Wallas, and hang out there..The Wallas has been trouble free, and i like the Klean Heat. For me , after reading all the threads..i keep the fuel topped off, burn it at high when starting and when cooling down. I've had no maintenance problems, though if i do, i'd be lost as to what to do. But, so far, so good.

tom/terraplane
 
there was quite a long thread on the old C-DOG archive site about fixing and cleaning these units. They even had good pics of the breakdown to clean and problems putting it back together.

I think someone even said that it is good to use the less refined fuels now and then to provide lubrication to some of the parts. They said using Keen Heat all the time might not lube some parts, if I am remembering correctly.
John
 
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