Any leak is unacceptable and must be located before you light it. Place your finger over the hole in the air intake tube where the generator just came out of. Use an air compressor to blow-out the burner assembly by holding the air nozzle under the burner cap(s) and blowing air up into the lantern. This will clear dirt and insect nests out of the tubes. This Coleman 200A lantern has been modified with an elaborate globe cage and 3 cylindrical globes, the innermost being a Fresnel lens.
This lantern comes with a sturdy protective case with handle. This past fall my buddy Phil got me interested in Coleman’s classic lanterns. We were hanging around drinking coffee on a chilly November day at Old Mill Stream Campground in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania when he asked a fateful question. Would I want to go with him to the Coleman outlet store nearby? He needed a new globe for one of his gas powered lanterns.
The lantern in the center has a replacement globe and fuel cap. The lanterns on the left and right are in Shirley Willard’s collection. This lantern was also made in Wichita and is dated Nov ’51 as the above lantern for the OCD.
Blain’s Farm & Fleet carries Ridgeline, Coghlan’s, Coleman, and other popular brands. Choose from propane and coleman lantern battery operated lanterns. In 1900, William Coffin Coleman was selling high pressure gasoline fueled lamps.
If the pump raises, you need to clean or replace your check valve. Coleman RVs have been around for half a century, and since then, the coleman lantern has become one of North America’s most popular RV travel trailers. Coleman Lanterns are built with quality in mind, and they provide amenities that set it above and beyond. See our selection of Coleman Lantern RVs today at your local Camping World dealership and online. Once the mantle(s) start to burn steady (but dim) open the valve all the way and pump more air into the fount for maximum brightness.
Coleman made this version of their L327 model for their Sunshine Products subsidiary circa 1929 based on a parts comparison to dated Quick-Lite lanterns. This lantern, in Michael Flatt’s collection, lacks embossing and stamping except for CLOSE and an arrow on the Bakelite valve wheel and the patent dates on coleman sleeping bag the back of the air tube. The baffle plate (lower image) is unplated steel rather than nickel plated brass and lacks Sunshine Products stamping. Months after Coleman – Wichita stopped making the Model 200, they got Coleman 200 parts from the Coleman – Toronto factory that was still producing this model.
This version, in Dwayne Hanson’s collection, is the most well known with a flat capture nut to hold the ventilator and several indentations in the ventilator (right). Coleman made the L220 (above) and L228 (below) for a short time in 1928. To accommodate the pump, which is mounted into the center of the fount, the fuel pickup tube had to swivel for removal (below the 2nd set of threads). Note the air tube along the left side of the fuel pickup tube, which is necessary for the Instant Lite feature.
The fount and direction disk are both marked US. In “A” (Jan. – June) 1951 Coleman was making the 220D and 228D with green painted brass founts rather than nickel plated brass; compare to the Model 200, above right. The valve wheels on these lanterns are brown plastic and there is no decal on the side of the fount. This lantern is date stamped 7 9 (September ’27), six months before the L220/L228 lanterns were introduced. It appears to be an early version of those first instant lighting models with the same burner and T88 generator. The globe is embossed Coleman and Pyrex Reg US Pat Off Made in U.S.A. on the back (not shown).