Ask nice.

Tried that... I'm escalating to bribery now. 

 Thanks Grant.  I'm all about old school panache.

Create a diversion and just take it. 

"hey look, a plane crash"   RUN!

Carl,

Try taking 'em out to the Red Lobster for dinner, say you forgot something in the car. Then dash back to their place before they figure out what you're doing. And steal the little bugger!

No, I know you can't do that.  You just too nice!

Sorry Craig, never got back to your question.  It was many of the older white gas only stoves, dual burner types.  messy to fuel up, leaher gasket on the hand pump wears out after a couple years of heavy use.  Very hard to clean up well.  But it worked!

This experience was from when we used them in the field for 6-9 months a year, day in and out,3 or more times a day.  Not your typical family campout use.  Would have much preferred my present Camp Chef propane stove.  The Camp Chef will work off the little propane canisters, but I have never done that.  Always used my 2-1/2 gal propane tank instead. 

I have been running a Primus Techno trail stove for about 4 years now, not one single issue whatsoever... which almost bums me out since I like to bring in new gear every few years!  This thing has not been serviced, yet it seals great, the ignitor fires everytime & it boils a quart in a minute flat! 

It tucks nicely into our MSR cookset along with a can of gas & coffee, cream & sugar.  In what is the size of a grapefruit we have coffee within reach at all times!  Can't rave highly enough about the Primus gear, MSR for that matter as well.

We also run a coleman single on a wide base for our longer trips, which helps when wooping up big breakfasts.

Jason,  very cool find!  Be sure to check the gasket on the pump.  Pretty sure they were leather back then...Try either oiling it, or you may have to replace it all together because it is probably dried out.  Have fun camping with that stove! I used to feed 10 people at a time for months on end with two of those stoves. Not very efficient, but bulletproof.

For "cool factor" nothing beats the Optimus Svea, the original backpacking stove.  No pump or other moving parts.

Dale, thanks. I will check it out and keep an eye on it. I noticed Coleman still sells mosts parts for their stuff. Way cool!

 I've owned my share of coleman stoves... the last one was a three burner dual-fuel converted to tri-fuel with a propane adapter.  IIt worked ok.  but left us lacking when I wanted to do some crab-boils out on the coast.  We made a switch to Camp Chef.  Our stove of choice is three burner Expedition.  This thing rocks!  It is never going to be taken backpacking but than again backpacking is not my thing.

We have had 3 large pots boiling in no time on it,,,, and have even used it for canning!

Over the years, we've slowly started getting more things from Camp Chef and have no complaints about anything we've bought from them.

Craig, well said.  I've had mine for over 35 years.  I'm not the lean, backpacking machine I was back then so I don't use it much.  It still boils water in nothing flat.