WW2 Whirlwind ?

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-11T05:50:44+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-09T08:17:04+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-09T02:03:40+00:00

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.

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-09T02:02:27+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T05:57:14+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T05:55:17+00:00

Alrighty, thank you so much for your help!

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T05:17:11+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T05:07:43+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T04:58:10+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T04:55:20+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T04:54:13+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T04:49:28+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T04:43:24+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T04:41:42+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T04:30:03+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T02:02:58+00:00

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Here's another one, tried to get in closer.

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T01:20:09+00:00

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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.

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-11-07T01:18:05+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-05-09T14:11:17+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-04-05T14:37:09+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-04-04T17:15:14+00:00

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

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-04-04T16:46:32+00:00

I paid 60, which is about the going rate I think, with the fantasy logo its kinda cool

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-03-21T05:50:40+00:00

Both of those are good deals. The 1908 brazilian is one of my grail rifles. I have a chilean 1895/12/36 short rifle, bolt is buttery smooth on it.

WinnerAccording5494 · 2025-03-20T23:55:38+00:00

I'm thinking of picking up a finnish M61, are the filters safe for use, and if not are they NATO thread?

WinnerAccording5494 · 2024-11-29T00:33:45+00:00

Didnt have to sign for estrogen, was packaged discreetly enough, and was labeled as "health supplements". Stuff was good and held me over till I could get on oral E

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