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The small round cylinder with a raised spike is essential to operation
of the wick. (the replacement wick is often too long & needs to be cut
in half before installation, the uncut end should go to the top.) Save
the other half for another lamp or this one for later use.
Remove the old wick by turning the upper moveable burner/gallery
Counter Clock Wise (CCW), until the wick and wick riser (W/R) are at
the top of the grooved burner base or actually in the slotted part of
the moveable burner part. Take the old wick and untie it from the W/R
(thimble size part) tie the new one to the W/R with the long uncut end
to the top. It will be a bit tough getting the wick over the
W/R prong, but carefully work it over the thimble and the
prong. Next, put the W/R & Wick into the grooved burner base
and start the little nipple on the W/R into the groove of the burner
base.
Slide the slotted tube of the movable burner over the wick and wick
riser making sure the slotted tube slides over the W/R prong
(pic. 8). Move the burner assembly Clock Wise (CW), until the wick and
wick riser (W/R) are fully in the grooved font. The wick will then
have moved down almost flush with the top of the inner draft
tube.
To raise/adjust the wick turn the burner CCW. CW will
move the wick down and CCW moves the wick up. Probably about 1/ of
wick showing, more or less, is a good length for lighting. Before
lighting allow about 3-4 hours for the wick to be fully saturated by
capillary action after filling the tank with kerosene. The shade
holder/tripod/shade ring just slides over the chimney holder and is a
friction fit.
