Henry357832

Sorry about that... i looked at the tank and it had a small stamp on the bottom that said "LP" for liquid patrolium. Nice quick reply though

Hello, i recently found an old turbo torch in my dead grandfathers workshop. The torch works fine and i also found a sparker with it. The problem im having is, i dont know for sure what gas it is. I know its either propane or acetyline. The sticker on the tank is old and rotted mostly off. Is there a way to check for a difference? Some of my friends tell me its acetyline and some of my friends tell me its propane. I dont know much about welding but i know the basics. I mostly only do blacksmithing.

Well it was nice talking to you. Thanks for helping me and all. Problem solved. You dont happen to fly an F-18 jet do you?

O ok but I ran water down the torch and a bunch of dirt and cob webs ran out. The torch works good as new. That explained why your in va beach, I'm pretty sure it's the largest navy base in the country over there in Norfolk.

It has been sitting for years and has some corrosion. Tomarrow I will have to look at it and clean it up a bit. Bye the way, Hello fellow Virginy, or wait is it Virginian.....

Hello, recently I have found an old blow torch in my dead grandfathers workshop. Its a turbo torch air/propane and Map pro brazing and soldering torch, hooked up to a propane tank. If it matters the tank size is larger than a hand held one but smaller than a 20LB, [very strange size]. But anyway it's a Manuel start but I'm having trouble starting it. I turn the gas valve a little bit and I strike it and it lights a huge fire ball all around the torch, burning my hand. Then it goes out. So I tried barely turning it at all and it lit and stayed at a very low flame. So I tried to slowly open more gas into it and it popped another fire ball and went out. I don't have any expirence with this specific torch but if anyone knows how to solve this, let me know please.