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How to Identify Vintage Lantern Fuel Caps
A customer from Lugarno, New South Wales, Australia asked the following question: “Gidday Mate, I've got a couple of milspec lanterns and couple of others. Will the number 3 gasket fit all of the lanterns I have and stoves as well?” Great question. To answer your question, we’ll run through the three fuel caps you will encounter most commonly. I took a few pictures that I think will help answer that question. For simplicity’s sake, I will refer to gasoline lamps, camping lanterns, camp stoves, and heaters as “GPAs” (gas pressure appliances) for the rest of this post. “Small Three-Piece”...