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Brian Milnes

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    brianatbrant replied to the topic Sheen Flame Wand in the forum Garden implements 3 days, 18 hours ago

    Sorry Charlie here is the photo. Two seals. One on the pump that is a large O ring. The other is a flat rubber washer inside the cylinder of the pump.

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    brianatbrant replied to the topic Sheen Flame Wand in the forum Garden implements 4 days, 13 hours ago

    Photos as requested

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    brianatbrant replied to the topic Sheen Flame Wand in the forum Garden implements 4 days, 18 hours ago

    Hi Charlie. I assume you mean the seal in the pump because of course there are seals also in the stop valve that control the flow of paraffin to the coil. I’ll go and take some photos and forward to you. Have you managed to dismantle the wand at all ? Still unsure how you get a replacement wick in one of these.

    PS do you own a Sheen X300/X500…[Read more]

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    brianatbrant replied to the topic Sheen Flame Wand in the forum Garden implements 5 days, 17 hours ago

    Hi Charlie. Well I picked up my flamewand a couple of months ago and have managed to get it working. So I’m sure you know to pump the wand to build pressure ; check that you have pressure by briefly opening the flow valve to check liquid paraffin spurts out of the burner jet before closing. This also primes the vaporising coil with fuel. Then poor…[Read more]

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    brianatbrant started the topic Sheen Flame Wand in the forum Garden implements 3 months ago

    Hello All. I have owned a Sheen X300 flame gun for a couple of years and use it fairly regularly. Just about to acquire the rarer Sheen Flame Wand. I believe it works on the same principle IE vaporising the paraffin but would love it if someone has first hand experience or an old manual tucked away. Cheers / Brian

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