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a drip stove with oil tank so close as in your picture will be hard to control, as oil gets warmer it will flow faster, i would think you would want oil reservoir further away from heater to try and get more of controllable flow and not affected by rising temps of the heater

Doug did u get up burner working?

do you have all the parts that the break down shows ? they call it a cumbustion ring, what happened to your cabinet? the break down shows a cabinet wit a fan, the fan helps push cumbustion air into your burning pot wich allows a hotter fire

have you cleaned out the burn chamber ? my crown boiler has many passages the exhaust travels through to heat the water, maybe your boiler is starting to plug up with white chauky ash?

i have a couple of those old heaters, on mine, the line that comes out of the carb had a tee with a plug, i just took the plug out and hooked in a hose that came from my meter pump, when i started it i put a cup of diesel inside in the pot and lit with newspaper and started feeding oil,after it got going and warmed up it had no smoke just heat wave out of chimney,
 the one i have has a cabinet around burn chamber, and has a fan that blows warm air out as well as provides combustion air
having a metering pump that you can adjust and maintain steady flow of oil is the key! using a needle valve to adjust oil flow does not work well as the oil viscosity changes with the temp of the room
does your heater have some sort of diffuser plate above the burning pot ? mine has one that makes flame swirl to burn better

i use a lenz filter, it has a stainless steal element you can clean, so after you buy it, no more elements to buy, you can get them on ebay, the one i use is a dh750 100,
if you use a large oil tank (200+ gallon) and only draw 6-8 inches from bottom, alot of your oil particles will settle to the bottom of the tank, if you draw directly off the bottom your filter will plug much faster!

for some of you that have not seen much of the babington design here is a link to a good clip on how to make a basic babington burner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BUm2BK3-qw

yes russ, motor oil,