Jedi Posted January 22, 2004 Posted January 22, 2004 Sorry if this has already been posted. MSR has made a few mods to their 04 pumps. According to MSR, the new pumps will look like the old ones. They have reconized that their pump design had some weak points and have essentially made those conponets more duable. If you want a newer pump, they sell for $29.95. Jedi Quote
sobo Posted January 22, 2004 Posted January 22, 2004 Soooooooooo... like, uhhhh, what are the mods? Post a link, SVP. Quote
Jedi Posted January 23, 2004 Author Posted January 23, 2004 The girl I talked to mentioned the piece that holds the plunger in when you draw the plunger out. It had some small "L" shaped brackets that held it in place. They broke on occasion so they beefed them up. There were a couple other things she mentioned but I forget now. I just called MSR and talked to someone in customer service. Sorry I didn't remember more details. Just thought I would mention it in case someone had a big trip to South America or something and maybe wanted a little more piece of mind. Quote
iain Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 Mountain Safety Research, Outdoor Research, Teton Gravity Research...what a studious bunch Quote
lummox Posted January 23, 2004 Posted January 23, 2004 . . . the new pumps will look like the old ones. huh? Quote
kurthicks Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 from the MSR site for those inclined... the standard pump the dragonfly pump Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 What took them so long? Shit that was the major problem I had with one of their piles of shit this summer. Tell them to quit making a burn down the tent primer and I might start looking at them again for some situations. Quote
cracked Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 What major problem did you have? I've used Whisperlites quite often and have never had a problem. One clogged after a few years, but it was easy to clean. Quote
mattp Posted February 3, 2004 Posted February 3, 2004 I thought the first generation pumps were the best. If you opened them up too wide they sprayed fuel all over the place but hey: everything has its drawbacks, right? I think these (yellow ones) were BEFORE they started having O'ring problems and they were definitely BEFORE they had the pop-out plunger issue. The original GK stove rocked, too. The Whisperlite seems to do OK as long as you use expensive fuel, but it does seem to foul easily and it is a mess to take it apart and try to clean it in the field. An engine combustion guy once told me that the spreader design is appropriate for preasurized gas, but apparently not for liquid fuel. Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted February 5, 2004 Posted February 5, 2004 The girl I talked to mentioned the piece that holds the plunger in when you draw the plunger out. It had some small "L" shaped brackets that held it in place. They broke on occasion so they beefed them up. This is for cracked who probably has a different design. This poor design actually was the fault leading to another issue rendering the leather valve to tear and so on.... Quote
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