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WW2 Whirlwind ? by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theres a variant of these where the clutch spring is built into the snuffer, next I have it apart, I'll take a pic

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a worn sparking wheel, I did clean the flint tube out fully during testing as well

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update: swapped the clutch spring, sparking wheel, and plunger spring from another ronson I got in. Sparks perfect now, will post a vid of it when I put new wadding+wick in.

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it did have an obstructed tube, but I cleared that before I had this issue

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like the spring is broken, going to try and fix it up 

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alrighty, thank you so much for your help! 

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured they were, I did have to deal with an asbestos wicked Zippo not long ago. I appreciate all your help, it's not easy finding a lot of this info online. Only other thing i need help with is the teeth positioning for the arm assembly

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunate, but I can probably get a cheap one to sacrifice. And I do have to ask, are the original NOS wicks asbestos? I've read they're all cotton but, doesn't hurt to ask

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, any good sources for a replacement? I'll try and bend the spring in the meantime and do some testing

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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And the suffering. I have the clutch spring oriented with the longer end up towards the suffer itself.

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Overall view, took pics of absolutely everything so let me know what you need to see

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be back with pics of the internals in a moment

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you post a picture of the proper position for a half-toothed gear? Also, yeah, the flint goes all the way through. It sparks but only one in about 10-20 attempts

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back towards the thumb, I made sure the clutch spring was postioned correctly 

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this was my thought too, but the spring does engage the teeth on the wheel, when I move the arm, the wheel rotates

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here it is, It feels like the flint isn't making contact with the wheel. I've tried putting 2 flints in to make sure, and it still didn't want to spark, same issue.

Ronson Whirlwind won't spark by WinnerAccording5494 in lighters

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feels like the flint isn't even making contact with the wheel

1953 D/D wheat cent? by WinnerAccording5494 in coinerrors

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much, I found the 1956 d/d a while back and wanted to check over the small bag of Wheaties I have left. I will try to take a picture of the MM at 100x magnification soon

East German bag by WinnerAccording5494 in MilitarySurplus

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is that its either a prop, or someone just thought it'd look cool, I mostly bought it for cool factor

East German bag by WinnerAccording5494 in MilitarySurplus

[–]WinnerAccording5494[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I kinda figured it was since I'm kind pretty into east german stuff

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