I just bought a zippo lighter and it worked for a while, but now, the wheel. The DIY Tailor: Three Common Broken Zipper Problems and How to Fix Them. There are two basic principles to the ManMade approach to style and dress: fit is everything. What You Need To Know About Zippos And Lighter Fuel. The problem is the Zippo wick. Quick Tips on Getting Your Lighters Working Again. March 7, 2. 01. 6Quick Tips : I've decided to write down some of the techniques that I have used over the years to help customers fix their butane lighters that have become broken or just simply don't work anymore. These suggestions work about 9. If they don't work for you, buy a new lighter or have it professionally repaired if possible. Like with any mechanical device, from time to time you need to give your lighter a tune- up for optimum performance. Now, here are some little known techniques : Type of butane fuel you are using: Just like with the gasoline for your car, some butane fuels are cleaner than others. Choose a butane fuel that has been recommended for jet torch or flameless lighters. Zippo, The Windproof Lighter. Zippo Manufacturing Company is world. Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Zippo/Case Museum; Zippo Cars; Careers; Zippo Around the World; Our Companies; Contact Us. Online Orders; General Inquiries; Outside U.S.A. Find out what frostbite is. How common is frostbite and who gets it? If you have underlying health problems such as narrowing of the arteries. Fixing your fire since 1957! Dupont and Alfred Dunhill distinctive. The brands I recommend are Whip- it ,Vector ,Newport ,Lucienne (quadruple refined),Colibri Premium Butane, Prometheus Butane or Dunhill butane. They seem to be the cleanest and work better than others. Additionally, I recommend that you never use most of the other brands most often found at a drugstore. Your local tobacconist or premium lighter retailer should have premium butanes in stock. I personally use VECTOR,WHIP- IT or NEWPORT (BEST FOR COLIBRI LIGHTERS) - other cheap inferior fluids tend to gum up the internals of the butane release valve. Colibri lighters require ultra refined butane (4x or better). What's the difference in butanes? Well, the difference is the amount of oil present in the butane. The higher the oil content in the butane, the quicker your lighter will gum up. The higher the quality, the better for your lighter and its components. Just a little bit of common sense prevails here. If you put oil in your butane lighter, the oil will eventually clog up the butane release valve. Your lighter will not light properly if the butane valve is stopped up with oil or any other foreign matter. Bleeding your butane tank releases all the air that has been trapped in the tank and any unused butane that hasn't been used. Again, some common sense really works here. Butane is a gas and it has to be transfered from the butane cannister to your lighter through the fill valve on your lighter. Just remember that you must first bleed the air and old butane (if any left) out of the lighter's fuel tank so that the residual air/butane in your lighters butane tank wont displace the amount of new butane fuel the lighter can hold. Consequently, your lighter won't light or will . Remember, air doesn't necessarily ignite by itself. The proper mix of butane and air works perfectly every time. Here is how to bleed your butane tank on your lighter. Turn your lighter upside down, and using a small screwdriver or some other small metal device (never use a ball point pen because the ink will blow out all over the place), depress the refill valve on your lighter. Let all the air and butane escape. Use some common sense here. Always bleed your butane lighter tank away from any flames and people and please do not smoke when you are doing this. You could catch something on fire. If your butane lighter has a flame adjustment valve, turn the valve to its lowest level. Sometimes lighters have a . Your adjustment valve may not work properly and the flame may be too low for you. This could be for many reasons but the most common is that there is air trapped in the reservoir. The air, of course, interrupts the fuel supply to the jet which results in a lighter that either fails to light altogether or which lights and then immediately goes out; this may happen over and over. Most often, a lighter that is failing to provide a sustained flame may have air trapped in the reservoir, fuel supply line or both. On some lighters, one will be able to see these components. Most high- end cigar lighters, however, have cases which makes this impossible. To determine if this is the problem, one can simply hold down the fuel release and listen for the hissing sound of gas escaping. It there is no hiss audible, there is likely a fuel problem and the lighter will need to be professionally serviced/repaired. One can hold the lighter up to their ear while holding down the ignitor button to ensure that fluid is flowing out of the reservoir. There may be a sputtering sound which generally indicates that air is being discharged from the fuel line. This can be done until the sound is an even hiss which means that fuel is flowing evenly from the lighter and that it is ready to ignite. Be carful when holding lighter to face and ear as to not actually light the lighter. Never attempt to adjust any of the valves, aside from the flame height knob, without professional assistance. This will generally void the warranty and make the situation much worse than it was to begin with, the last thing one wants with an expensive lighter! Bleed tank before refilling : 1.) Use a small screwdriver or something to depress the fill valve on your lighter. Depress the valve to release the remaining fluid in the lighter. Make sure lighter is upside down with the fill valve facing upwards . Make sure lighter is away from your face or any type of open flame. Be careful as the gas coming out is extremely flammable. Make sure all fluid is out and if you do not hear any more hissing the lighter is now empty and ready to refill . Keeping lighter upside down with the valve facing up, it is now time to re fill your lighter. Use a high quality ULTRA REFINED butane in your lighter. The lighters these days have a small passage way and filter system and anything under 4x refined or premium fluid can ruin the valve in your lighter. I recommend Ultra Refined fluid with at least 4x refined. My personal choices for butane fluid are Vector, Lucienne, Newport or Whip- It as they are clean with 0 Inpurities and work the best. Push the Butane bottle nozzle onto the fill valve and push down on the valve . Hold down steady for a few seconds then you can give a couple short bursts to make sure lighter is full. Give the lighter time to reach ambient temperature (WARM UP THE BUTANE) before trying to light. If it does not light it may be becuase the fluid resovoir is not up to ambient or warm enough temeratures to light properly. Quartz lighters not sparking: At times your quartz butane lighter may not spark and ignite the butane when you depress the ignition button. If you do not hear a click or see a spark when you depress the ignition button you need to buy a new lighter or have it serviced / repaired. Look and see if the lighter is sparking. Please be careful and keep the lighter away from your face when you try this. It may ignite and burn you. If the lighter is sparking, then check to see if it is sparking towards the butane release valve. If it is not sparking towards the butane release valve, this is why the lighter doesn't work. The spark is not igniting the butane. Again, using a small screwdriver re- adjust the electrode. Be careful and adjust the electrode wire towards the middle where the butane release valve is or towards the outer holes on a jet flame lighter. Little adjustments are all that is needed. After each adjustment, try lighting the lighter. If you break the electrode you will need to buy a new lighter or have it repaired. Flint lighters not sparking: Always check to see if you have a flint in the lighter. If you don't, then put a new flint in and your lighter will probably work. If you do have a flint and your lighter is still not sparking, then try turning the flint around to the side that has not been used. If so, take a brush, like a toothbrush (one that you won't use again of course) and brush the flint wheel to get all the flint residue cleaned off. If you have access to a dremel tool you can use this with best results with a small brass wire brush. Another possible reason for a flint lighter to stop working is that the flint may not be connecting with the flint wheel. If this is the case, simply take the flint out and stretch the flint spring a little bit. Caution: do not over stretch the spring. Another problem with flint lighters is that if the old flint is left in the lighter for a long time, the old flint can become fused in (turned to powder and become hard ) and the lighter cannot accept a new flint. A fused in flint however can be removed by taking the lighter a part or sometimes able to remove with a pick through the flint channel through the bottom of the lighter. This is mostly a common problem on Vintage Lighters stored with flints installed. Remove old flints when lighters are stored !!!! If you do have a fused in flint, i recommend to send in for repair to have it removed. Fused in flints can also damage and split a flint tube and it allows the flint tube to soak up flighter fluid and it will not light. I do the repairs to remove fused in flints . Please feel free to contact me. Vintage Butane Lighters: 9. Vintage Butane Lighters will need NEW seals . You can look online for a place to send for repair or try to replace the seals yourself. The seals get old and brittle over time !!! Be aware of this when purchasing Vintage Butane Lighters Online- More than likely it will not work unless it has been serviced- Look for photos and Stated working Lighter in the description listing . Most sellers who have working lighters actually show a picture of it working. Dont assume it will work unless stated by a reputable seller with positive feedback. VINTAGE FLINT LIGHTER: The most common reason for a Vintage Flint lighter to not work is the old vintage flint gets fused into the flint tube. This can cause damage to the lighter and render it a NON working lighter if the flint tube gets split or damaged from the pressure of the expanding flint over time (worst case scenario). Most of the time 9. To remove the fused flint it takes knowledge of taking apart the lighter. Most lighters have a curved flint tube so removal of the fused flint will require to take the lighter apart. I always try to access the problem flint from the top of the lighter as that is where it gets fused in.
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