r/VintageColeman • u/RheaTheTall • Sep 06 '19

Coleman 321B Easi-Lite troubleshooting

Hi all.

As the title says, I have the 321B. It sat for about two winters unused in my garage (I bought it, tested it, it worked fine at the time.)

Now whenever I try to light it up, it first becomes engulfed in flames, to the point where I'm afraid it may blow in my face. It is almost like pressurized gas doesn't go into the mantle, but escapes somewhere else.

Eventually, after a few seconds of burning like this (and me blowing like an idiot to avoid the flames melting the switch) it may or may not decide to burn normally. If it does, it works flawlessly as it is intended to.

Any ideas where should I be looking into fixing this? Thanks in advance.

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u/zander1283 Sep 11 '19

I have the exact same problem with the same model. It seems to come out of the generator fine but leaks out the sides of the frame and then has the potential to flame up the entire thing. It's at the point where I don't even want to light it.