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> Cigarette lighter (cigar lighter) element fix?, How does yours work?
FlacaProductions
post Aug 16 2019, 11:01 AM
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Does it stay in on it's own while heating or do you hold it in?

Mine doesn't heat at all but I have confirmed that power is present in the socket.

I think the coil element may just be mucked up - anyone ever dismantle/clean/repair one?
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post Dec 11 2019, 08:49 PM
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Update: It was as simple as two things - giving the coil element a good wire brushing and then a nice firm bending of the "goal post" prongs as shown in the first pic above from @bbrock . I did those things, shoved the lighter in - where it stayed - and then I actually jumped when it popped out. And it was hot.

So....fixed. But don't get any ideas that you'll be lightin' up in my 914 - just know that you could.

Huge thanks to everyone who chimed in on this trivial little thread....but it IS about the little things....
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post Dec 11 2019, 09:16 PM
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QUOTE(FlacaProductions @ Dec 11 2019, 07:49 PM) *

So....fixed. But don't get any ideas that you'll be lightin' up in my 914 - just know that you could.

Huge thanks to everyone who chimed in on this trivial little thread....but it IS about the little things....


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I know exactly what you mean. I've never smoked a day in my life but for some reason I get a tremendous satisfaction from pushing that lighter knob in, waiting for it to pop, then pulling it out to see the cherry red element. Just last night I sat in my unfinished car doing that... and pulling the light switch to watch the empty headlight frames pop up like the Terminator. Yes, it's the little things... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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FlacaProductions   Cigarette lighter (cigar lighter) element fix?   Aug 16 2019, 11:01 AM
Big Len   Same here, socket is fine.   Aug 16 2019, 11:50 AM
Carl La Fong   Maybe you should just quit smoking. :rotfl: :evi...   Aug 16 2019, 11:58 AM
milwlandrover   Mine works just as it should. I don't smoke so...   Aug 16 2019, 12:08 PM
sixnotfour   never tried mine but works to charge phone.. :co...   Aug 16 2019, 12:18 PM
Jett   Does it stay in on it's own while heating or ...   Aug 16 2019, 01:31 PM
FlacaProductions   Militant non-smoker here but I'm the kinda guy...   Aug 16 2019, 02:10 PM
Jett   Militant non-smoker here but I'm the kinda gu...   Aug 16 2019, 08:37 PM
Cairo94507   My recollection, from 30 years ago on my last Six,...   Aug 16 2019, 02:23 PM
bbrock   Below are the disassembled parts from when I rebui...   Aug 16 2019, 06:36 PM
theer   And here are the components cleaned and replated,...   Jun 19 2020, 10:05 AM
Mark Henry   Mine works but won't stay in, I have to hold i...   Aug 16 2019, 06:42 PM
bbrock   IIRC, I had to do some gentle bending of the 2-pro...   Aug 16 2019, 07:25 PM
FlacaProductions   @bbrock and [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs...   Aug 16 2019, 10:40 PM
Tbrown4x4   I think Pelican has them too. There's one on m...   Aug 17 2019, 11:58 AM
Tbrown4x4   Sorry. Hit the button twice.   Aug 17 2019, 11:58 AM
FlacaProductions   Interesting - one reviewer said: Unraveled when sc...   Aug 17 2019, 01:14 PM
FlacaProductions   Update: It was as simple as two things - giving t...   Dec 11 2019, 08:49 PM
bbrock   So....fixed. But don't get any ideas that yo...   Dec 11 2019, 09:16 PM
Jett   I put an NOS unit in our 75 last night, the PO(s) ...   Dec 11 2019, 10:18 PM
porschetub   Never got one,PO put a fuel gauge in there happy w...   Dec 12 2019, 12:10 AM


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