Just fueled up a fired that old CL torch today.
Now this wasn't a wise thing to do with something so old and in poor shape.....
I repaired and cleaned as many things as possible and extended the distance between the tank and burner head with hose.
It looks odd, but burns last summers gasoline very nicely.
Now we wait untill darkness so I can look at how the flame behaves. I didn't want to light this thing but you can only learn so much from taking things a part. Now I need to watch and tinker to understand.
So if your like me and new to old torches.
Never light one!
Now when you do be careful nopt to loose your hair.
I did 2 dry leak tests and two wet ones ( one water one fueled ) and I still found a small leak on the packing nut when the head heated up. Thankfully I added a second fuel shut off for safety.
Added later:
http://www.putfile.com/album/0/dougwpIf wondering why the JIC fittings and comicly short #4 hydraulic hose this give me 3 axis of retation and swivle so I can put a preheated torch head any direction I like and fire it up.
And that is a not a normal propane torch inthe back ground, both have about a 6-7 inch flame on. The Gasoline is not as clean because its stale and the the torch has some oil in it from the rebuild.
Some Naptha would probably clean that right up as nice as Propane.
Lots learned from this for the diesel fired version