Without a doubt, good find. I'm not that familiar with the set, but the residue could be from a now deceased cork seal. (I think they were cork) anyway, some 0000 or 00000 (4 ought or 5 ought) steel wool should do it.

 

The screw caps for a Trangia burner originally come with a removable rubber O-ring inside which prevents the meths from evaporating when the burner is not in use. Sometimes people forget to remove it when they throw on the cap to extinguish the burner and then melt the O-ring. Perhaps the residue is because of this and resultant oxidisation of the burner rim.

Nice purchase anyway and you will be able to buy a replacement burner in surplus stores or online. Have fun.

 

This a really nice setup I predict you will like it much. :thumb: If not I'll pay you triple what you paid for it, send me a Pm and I'll take it off your hands!!

 

nice score....

i have that set,with the kettle, love it....

an fyi for you, the aluminum will warp when it gets hot, no worries though...

also, take a dish towel, wrap all your stuff in it, then stuff inside kit, keeps things quiet...

I use yellow bottle HEET, it rocks...

here's a great you tube vid on various fuels... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt69fbNhCgs

 

There is an ally and a stainless version I went for stainless for the robustness but then again it is heavier.

Top tip - your trangia is genuine if you find the three crowns stamp of Sweden on all the component parts. It is tiny but even the plastic meth bottle has it on. Apparently there are after-market versions of this kit out there.

 

lol I have just noticed someone has just posted a useful if long-winded review of this cooking system today

OP go look in the thread called A day in the life of a Swedish stove owner

 

Looks like they tried to use isopropyl alcohol in the stove instead of denatured alcohol or methanol.

Be careful with scrubbing the deposit.

Before I set to scrubbing and possibly damaging the jets I would find a small container with a good tight lid and pour about 1/4 an inch of denatured alcohol in the container. Place the stove upside down in the alcohol and put the lid on the container.

Sort of the way some painters soak their paint brushes in gasoline.

 

Close-Up pic of burner

Rubber gasket is in tac.

 

clean out the "holes" with tip cleaners, you can get a set at any welder supply store. use a brass brush to scrub off the residue, after soaking in alch looks like someone in the past left the oring on at one time or another and burt it in, and bought a spare.

 

Thanks folks

I'll try suggestions above and share results, once I get a chance (likely late this week.....with the holiday and all). Thanks again for the feedback!

 

The Trangia "Mini" has been my main stove for 25 years, although in certain circumstances I use other stoves. Obviously I'm completely in love with it. Congratulations to any new Trangia users!!!

Only really practical for shorter, solo trips though, because of relatively high fuel consumption and of course, the very small pot size for the Mini (not the 27). I've used it with satisfaction on trips of up to four nights. With another person, sometimes, I rely on a fire to cook potless dinners (meat & potatoes) and the stove for morning coffee.

Down sides: you can't use it inside a tent and it's nearly useless for melting snow because of low temperature and high fuel consumption. I remain suspicious of performance in low temps, although I've used it down to about 20F without problem.

Also, in any kind of wind, fuel consumption appears to increase markedly and stove efficiency declines.

I've only occasionally brought myself to rely on the rubber gasket for storing fuel inside stove. I think it could leak. Mostly, I just burn out any unused fuel before packing. Usually this amounts to very little and on very short trips it doesn't matter.

It's amazing that such an old and simple technology outperforms, in certain respects, the latest and the greatest stoves on the market.

 

agree with the rest, it's ****kickin' piece of kit. A couple of useful things I've picked up over the years of owing Trangia and other alco-cookers, use or ignore as you will. Dont bother watering your fuel, learn to live ith sooting. Wipe off the black fluffy soot, leave the baked on hard stuff. If you use in cold to very cold weather, carry the full burner in your coat pocket, a little body heat will warm it enough to make hard starting a thing of the past. Also means you have instant heat. At night kick it to the botttom of your sleeping bag (the full burner, that is) If using in the snow, an old number plate or square of thin plywood will insulate it from the cold and make a much faster warm up. I start mine with a sparker. Let the burner get handle-able cool after use THEN screw down the lid. The O ring with thank you.

The T27 is probably the best solo/2 person cook set around, effectively weather proof and no-moving-parts reliable. There is no where I wouldn't take one.

 

let it soak in vinegar over night. works on my rusted tools and other odds and ends.

 

The Trangia kit is a very easy and reliable stove that you will have much use for many years to come. Good luck !

 

You scored.
I wonder, has anyone tried powered alcohol in theirs yet?
Oop's powder is not yet available so I sent them a msg.

 

What's 'GW'?

(Great score BTW - I like the alcohol burners and a buddy has that particular set and swears by it.)