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Hey Franky I know this is an older video but it straightened me out. FINALLY! I’m a 52 year W M from Al. so I should know by now how to replace a flint. Not until today! All because of you Frank.👍 There was countless times I would make Excuses for someone else to replace my flint. Like... I would tell my uncle “Hey replace this flint for me real quick. You’re a lot faster at it than me.😣 I didn’t even know how... TY Consumer X
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I've got two older zippos that I've had just sitting for years and now trying to get them working like they used to. I'm learning a lot from you my friend I don't want to replace the insert I like to keep everything original. My main concern is the spark I think. I'll keep watching you 😊
Good stuff, told me what I needed to know, and added a little timestamp for those who needed a quick way to figure out what went wrong. I dropped my flint pulling it apart.
i had the same problem and tried spinning the wheel the opposite direction and i could do that and then spin it normally and it would light but after a few times it stopped working and i would just spin and spin and nothing happened. i went back to the store to see if they had replacements and they didn't so i just bought another lighter and now that one got stuck, but i can fix both now! love that for me
Excellent! Thanks to your detailed video I pinpointed the issue. My Zippo won't spark. Turns out it has the spacer, but it's missing the flint! Good grief. I have some coming tomorrow. Thanks again for the detailed video!
I picked up a old zippo at the Goodwill, the striker wheel does not rotate, using your video I got the old gunky flint out and the wheel now rotates. I will have to get some flints to see if it is a fix. Thank you very much
thanks a million! I have my father's lighter from 1988 and really wanted to bring it back to life. Off to shop for flint and fuel and feel much more prepared to get her lit!
@@FrankGuest Great news!! Mission accomplished :-D There's a little residual flint left in the shaft (impossible to get out) that makes it a little difficult to turn the wheel, but I can still get it to work. I lost my father earlier this year and having his lighter up and running again really means a lot. Thank you so much!
@@Christiezepeda you may have brought a slight tear to my eye. I’m glad I could help you bring a part of your father back to life. Thanks again for supporting my channel.
Hey Frank, I forgot to tell you that I had the EXACT SAME 🐫CAMAL🐪 lighter back in the 90’s. I had to save up a CRAP💩LOAD of CAMAL CASH then send it in to redeem it for a zippo. I got my wife the ladies version CAMAL Zippo. It was smaller and white with the CAMAL logo with flowers around I think flowers on the camels head. To bad I moved place to place so many times they both got lost.(or stolen) The only complaint is when I carried my camel Zippo in my front pocket I didn’t like the sharp edges. And it’s a little big to carry. Besides I’m old now and the only job my current Zippo really has sparking 💥 🔥blizzzunts 😂
HA!! Got an old Zippo I couldn't get to work for a long time and my disposable is one of those blasted crap lighters that's half water, ARGH! BUT, now my Zippo works perfectly so, thanks!!
mine stopped sparking when i pit it back together and it turns out the flint fell out onto the table 😂. you can just put the flint down the brass hole and out in the screw with the spring.
OmG! You’re the best! It took me watching another guys video, which didn’t help! Then I watch yours and trimming my dirty wick worked on all of my zippos👍🤪😝😝😄😉!!!
How to switch out a flint. Just go to a smoke shop. They usually have zippo brand flints. I use those cheap clipper lighters from Europe. Sweet Zippo 🔥😎✌️ Just learned that if your having trouble lightning it later on you might need to flip the flint around and reinsert it.
Bought mine brand new. Never works for longer than a day. Fill it up with a pretty generous amount definitely not flooding it though. Very frustrating. Any idea what's happening?
Are you using zippo fluid? I would pull The wick out so it is fresh cut the excess and doused it with fluid. If that does not work you may have to use the warranty that comes with it. I hope the new lighters are built with the same quality as the older ones like I have.
My flint wheel won’t spark. It’s new and it got stuck and I tried forcing it to work, and now it spins freely. Tried putting the flint back in and everything but no luck. It looks like the wheel is misaligned. Any tips?
nice mirror finish on that insert, perhaps you know how many millilitres it take to fill then? also i tried using paraffin lamp oil in mine and it was not lighting or when lit left lot of smoke i tried letting sit a day out of its case to dry it out and refilled with zippo fluid but still giving me hard time lighting and still smokes i figured there must be some left over paraffin in it that still messing it up perhaps , will the smoky stuff eventually go away after a few proper fills with zippo fluid? and what should i do let it dry out again or keep it flaming till all the stuff is gone and refill again?
i been just filling it with zippo and lighting it with a lighter letting it stay lit a long while hoping to burn through the paraffin and seems to be lighting on its own at times but still smoking ,might take a while but i don't understand why it won't light on its own without another lighter when i try it the next day as if the wick keeps drying up and needs help despite my refilling it with zippo a couple times now, my imco junior is much more reliable i prefer it for many reasons over a zippo @@FrankGuest
Got a new lighter filled it with liquid Didn’t over fill. It is not sparking I see that the flint is working it is sending stuff into the air but it’s not sparking.
I just got my zipper lighter I think I over loaded it. So my zipper was sparking, but not light, I removed the whole flint and then put it back and now it doesnt even spark... I think broke my zipper...
I just bought a brand new one, wouldn't even spark to start, still won't after repacking.... Did you ever find out what was wrong with yours/ how to get it working??
It won’t spark or won’t light? If it won’t spark, either your wheel is too smooth or the spring holding the flint in place has gotten weak with age. If it sparks but won’t light. Check you fuel and WIC.
hi brother, my zippo sparks very little. not enough to light it up. the flit and the wick is new. the lighter was not used for over 7 years. what should I do?
Have an older Barlow flip top lighter and put new flint in and inserted spring and tightened. New flint is not touching the wheel. Any ideas as to how to fix it to get the new fllnt to touch wheel?
@@FrankGuest Hi Frank, Yes it was my neighbors parents lighter. So may even be in the late 1960s. I looked on line to see if there was a different flint that it may take but does not appear to be. I am guessing that the flint cant go all way down to meet the wheel as I can not see the flint under the wheel once I have inserted it and tightened the spring up. Could it perhaps be dirty in the flint chamber? If so, whats the best way to clean this chamber?
@@cindybaldanzi2618 i used to have that same issue on my old zippo, the old flint and residue stuck inside the tube.. i clean the tube using drill with really small size drill bit.. it solved my issue.
This is fucked up I have to do all this work for a new zippo lighter to light. It's a lighter not a dam PC being built from scratch. How was I supposed to know I needed some specific pliers to pull the wick up? I already bought the fluid and filled it up which should've been enough
@@high_stakes_ikea7087 did you fix yours? I have a new one that someone bought me from the zippo factory in Bradford PA and I can't get mine to work either. There is no spark. My other I just got works great but this one I doesn't. I can't figure it out.
Add fluid and then pull out your wick so it’s clean then cut the wick so it’s flush with the top. Then try it. If that does not work, click the link in the video description and buy a new wick.
I could never part with it. I used it just about every day in the late 90’s. Then not until I did this video. After this video, I lit a few cigars and then it went right back in my drawer. I’ll take it out on special occasions.
I am slightly confused by your comment. The lighter in this video is pretty old. Not new at all. The only thing I replaced was the flint and added fluid. I have had several zippos and that all have lasted a long time. Plus they have a life time warranty from the company. Thanks for watching anyways!
I have one old zippo from the vietnam war which i get from my father, and it still working.. all parts on zippo are all repairable, with a proper maintenance it will last forever..
Thank you so much! Got a custom lighter from my girlfriend this Christmas and I was getting frustrated with maintenance. Great tutorial🙏🏾🔥
Thank you for watching.
Rx?
Hey Franky I know this is an older video but it straightened me out. FINALLY! I’m a 52 year W M from Al. so I should know by now how to replace a flint.
Not until today! All because of you Frank.👍 There was countless times I would make Excuses for someone else to replace my flint. Like... I would tell my uncle “Hey replace this flint for me real quick. You’re a lot faster at it than me.😣
I didn’t even know how... TY
Consumer X
Great tutorial. 🔥 you’re the only one I’ve seen that actually went down every problem possible and had the solution to it👍🏼 thankyou
Thank you. I appreciate your comments. Please take a peak at the rest of my videos. I’m sure you will find others that interest you. Currently I’m shooting a Weber kettle grill video. I’m smoking a 8 1/2 pound chuck roast. That video will be posted in the next day or so. Thanks again.
I've got two older zippos that I've had just sitting for years and now trying to get them working like they used to. I'm learning a lot from you my friend I don't want to replace the insert I like to keep everything original. My main concern is the spark I think. I'll keep watching you 😊
Thanks for watching!
Good stuff, told me what I needed to know, and added a little timestamp for those who needed a quick way to figure out what went wrong. I dropped my flint pulling it apart.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching.
i had the same problem and tried spinning the wheel the opposite direction and i could do that and then spin it normally and it would light but after a few times it stopped working and i would just spin and spin and nothing happened. i went back to the store to see if they had replacements and they didn't so i just bought another lighter and now that one got stuck, but i can fix both now! love that for me
also lol your daughter at the end
Excellent! Thanks to your detailed video I pinpointed the issue. My Zippo won't spark. Turns out it has the spacer, but it's missing the flint! Good grief. I have some coming tomorrow. Thanks again for the detailed video!
Thanks for watching. If you need anymore zippo parts. Click the link in the description, that really helps my channel out.
Thanks, Fixed a old Zippo using your lesson.
I picked up a old zippo at the Goodwill, the striker wheel does not rotate, using your video I got the old gunky flint out and the wheel now rotates. I will have to get some flints to see if it is a fix. Thank you very much
I’m glad my video was helpful. Enjoy your new/used zippo!
thanks a million! I have my father's lighter from 1988 and really wanted to bring it back to life. Off to shop for flint and fuel and feel much more prepared to get her lit!
How did it go, did you get it to light up?
@@FrankGuest Great news!! Mission accomplished :-D There's a little residual flint left in the shaft (impossible to get out) that makes it a little difficult to turn the wheel, but I can still get it to work. I lost my father earlier this year and having his lighter up and running again really means a lot. Thank you so much!
@@Christiezepeda you may have brought a slight tear to my eye. I’m glad I could help you bring a part of your father back to life. Thanks again for supporting my channel.
Thanks for this video. Helps with every troubleshooting issue. I really appreciate it man you saved me some frustration hahaha.
Got my first not too long ago, very helpful video!
Thank you! It was a Christmas present last year and I couldn’t get it to work. Now it finally works, just in time for Christmas.
thank you i made my dad proud of me:)
Glad my video was helpful to you and your dad.
Hey Frank, I forgot to tell you that I had the EXACT SAME
🐫CAMAL🐪 lighter back in the 90’s. I had to save up a CRAP💩LOAD of CAMAL CASH then send it in to redeem it for a zippo. I got my wife the ladies version CAMAL Zippo. It was smaller and white with the CAMAL logo with flowers around I think flowers on the camels head. To bad I moved place to place so many times they both got lost.(or stolen)
The only complaint is when I carried my camel Zippo in my front pocket I didn’t like the sharp edges. And it’s a little big to carry. Besides I’m old now and the only job my current Zippo really has sparking 💥
🔥blizzzunts 😂
Thank you for your video. Excellent advice and easy to follow. I had no clue how to replace the flint in my old Zippo!
Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful
Thanks dude... i didnt realise that my flint fell out but i did realise i need more flint because its a tine little cube now
This video did the trick! Zippo is working now.
Glad it was helpful to you. Please give the video a thumbs up 👍
Super helpful, thanks for posting!
Great video managed to get mine working again after days of trying. Your guide helped with its repair! 👍
My Zippo pipe lighter simply needed a flint . Thank you
Glad I could help! Please give my video a thumbs up!
Thank you, that answered my question (don’t matter what the questions was!)
Its funny and kind of cute in the later part of the video when your daughter (I think) is just looking almost in awe at the lighter
LOL. Yea that is my daughter. She pokes her head into some of my videos on the channel. 😀
your daughter is so cute, she helped her father work too.
She is the best! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.
Thank you for watching!
Save this man at all cost.
Thank you man..I was really upset when my zippo stopped working. I had to brake open the other one
Helped me out with first time Zippo maintenance, thanks for the help
Glad the video helped you out.
HA!! Got an old Zippo I couldn't get to work for a long time and my disposable is one of those blasted crap lighters that's half water, ARGH! BUT, now my Zippo works perfectly so, thanks!!
Very glad my video was helpful to you. Please give it a thumbs up 👍
Thank you for letting me know that the metal piece isn’t flint it’s the spacer
Amazing🎉
Love from India🇮🇳
Thanks.
mine stopped sparking when i pit it back together and it turns out the flint fell out onto the table 😂. you can just put the flint down the brass hole and out in the screw with the spring.
You came through clutch 😅 ive been flicking and flicking 😂 finally said let me head to UA-cam🎉
LOL. To UA-cam. Or not to UA-cam!
Super helpful and extra points for the photobombing kid making faces in the camera 😂
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for the kid comment. LOL
OmG! You’re the best! It took me watching another guys video, which didn’t help! Then I watch yours and trimming my dirty wick worked on all of my zippos👍🤪😝😝😄😉!!!
Thank you so much for watching. Im glad my video helped you out.
Thanks for helping me out, felt kinda proud of myself after managing to refill this thing. It's the little things right? :)
You got it! Thanks for watching.
Great simple explanation of what to do.
Thanks for your kind words.
How to switch out a flint. Just go to a smoke shop. They usually have zippo brand flints. I use those cheap clipper lighters from Europe.
Sweet Zippo 🔥😎✌️
Just learned that if your having trouble lightning it later on you might need to flip the flint around and reinsert it.
Best video!!! Good looking out!
Thanks for watching
helped a ton thanks!
Thanks chad. It worked👍
thanks my exact problem will be buying more flint next week
Be sure to purchase your flint from the link in the description of my video. Thanks!
thank you so much man this is exactly what happened to mine and i couldn’t figure out how to fix it, i’m seriously so grateful for this
Thank you so much for watching and I’m glad this video helped you.
Thanks
there is a metal coming out of the flint chamber and it keeps the wheel stuck, how do i fix it?
Well I was reading tha comments an there was some good ones but I still had a doubt but I watched tha video an it actually helped me out thank u
Thanks for watching. Glad it was helpful.
I have a new flint. Still no spark.
Thanks for the help :)
thanks a lot
Your welcome
Thanks homie this helped me get my zippo working cheers
Glad it was helpful. I almost did not shoot this video. I did not have my camera with me so I ended up just using my phone.
Thank you very much impeccable toturial ❤
You're very welcome!
Great video
Great video, thank you for your help Sir!
You bet!
You are a life saver
I would not go that far. But thanks!
Helped me a lot!!
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. This solved my problem
Thanks for watching.
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
Bought mine brand new. Never works for longer than a day. Fill it up with a pretty generous amount definitely not flooding it though.
Very frustrating. Any idea what's happening?
Are you using zippo fluid? I would pull The wick out so it is fresh cut the excess and doused it with fluid. If that does not work you may have to use the warranty that comes with it. I hope the new lighters are built with the same quality as the older ones like I have.
Killed this 🙌 thank you
Thank you for watching!
Well knowledged and helpful thanks!
Thank you for watching
My flint wheel won’t spark. It’s new and it got stuck and I tried forcing it to work, and now it spins freely. Tried putting the flint back in and everything but no luck. It looks like the wheel is misaligned. Any tips?
nice mirror finish on that insert, perhaps you know how many millilitres it take to fill then? also i tried using paraffin lamp oil in mine and it was not lighting or when lit left lot of smoke i tried letting sit a day out of its case to dry it out and refilled with zippo fluid but still giving me hard time lighting and still smokes i figured there must be some left over paraffin in it that still messing it up perhaps , will the smoky stuff eventually go away after a few proper fills with zippo fluid? and what should i do let it dry out again or keep it flaming till all the stuff is gone and refill again?
I would remove all the cotton and replace with new. Then fill it with zippo fluid. After a few lights. The smoke should go away.
i been just filling it with zippo and lighting it with a lighter letting it stay lit a long while hoping to burn through the paraffin and seems to be lighting on its own at times but still smoking ,might take a while but i don't understand why it won't light on its own without another lighter when i try it the next day as if the wick keeps drying up and needs help despite my refilling it with zippo a couple times now, my imco junior is much more reliable i prefer it for many reasons over a zippo @@FrankGuest
Got a new lighter filled it with liquid
Didn’t over fill. It is not sparking I see that the flint is working it is sending stuff into the air but it’s not sparking.
Did you use zippo fluid? Check the wick. Make sure it gets fluid on it from the cotton in the chamber.
Thx got mine fixed in a few minutew
That’s excellent!
4:30 everyone, this is where your problem is solved🎉🎉
It's not cotton, its Rayon.
Thanks for the correction
I just got my zipper lighter I think I over loaded it. So my zipper was sparking, but not light, I removed the whole flint and then put it back and now it doesnt even spark... I think broke my zipper...
I just bought a brand new one, wouldn't even spark to start, still won't after repacking.... Did you ever find out what was wrong with yours/ how to get it working??
@@high_stakes_ikea7087 his flint got damaged ,
@@high_stakes_ikea7087 add a new flint
@@fascistclips Thanks for the fast reply! Picked some up and it's working now! I feel a little silly it was that simple haha 😅😂
I have a new one with brand new flint and it won’t spark what do I do
It won’t spark or won’t light? If it won’t spark, either your wheel is too smooth or the spring holding the flint in place has gotten weak with age. If it sparks but won’t light. Check you fuel and WIC.
What if the striking wheel doesn't spin
Drop the flint and see if something is jammed. If it’s not that, hit the wheel with WD40.
thanks this helped a lot :)
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hi brother, my zippo sparks very little. not enough to light it up. the flit and the wick is new. the lighter was not used for over 7 years. what should I do?
Have you considered replacing the spring that holds the flint in place? Is the wheel in good shape or is it almost smooth to the touch?
Every time I put the flint in, it seems to fall out the top as soon as I try to light it please help
I’ll have to take one of my zippos apart and see if I can duplicate your issue.
@@FrankGuest tbh I think I’m just out of flint
Have an older Barlow flip top lighter and put new flint in and inserted spring and tightened. New flint is not touching the wheel. Any ideas as to how to fix it to get the new fllnt to touch wheel?
Wow. That’s a cool lighter. How old is it? Is it from the 60’s? Are the insides similar to Zippo’s? I have never had one.
@@FrankGuest Hi Frank, Yes it was my neighbors parents lighter. So may even be in the late 1960s. I looked on line to see if there was a different flint that it may take but does not appear to be. I am guessing that the flint cant go all way down to meet the wheel as I can not see the flint under the wheel once I have inserted it and tightened the spring up. Could it perhaps be dirty in the flint chamber? If so, whats the best way to clean this chamber?
@@cindybaldanzi2618 i used to have that same issue on my old zippo, the old flint and residue stuck inside the tube.. i clean the tube using drill with really small size drill bit.. it solved my issue.
If u run out of flint just get a old bic lighter take it apart and use that flint in ur new Zippo lighter and boom problem solved
This is fucked up I have to do all this work for a new zippo lighter to light. It's a lighter not a dam PC being built from scratch. How was I supposed to know I needed some specific pliers to pull the wick up? I already bought the fluid and filled it up which should've been enough
Nice
So nice
Grazie
No worries. I lived in Italy for two years. Did not pick up much Italian though. Wish that I had.
Can i use petrol ? Instead of zippo fluid
Zippo fluid it what’s recommended. That is all I ever used. But I’m sure any fuel would work.
@@FrankGuest yes i used petrol 💀💀😂😂
Hey man great video but mine spins and everything but it doesn’t spark even tho i have a new flint
Does your flint come in contact with your wheel? If it does, you may need to replace that.
Same... Tried cleaning the spark wheel but no joy yet.
@@itsPenguinBoy did you ever get yours working? I'm having the same issue with one I just bought 😓
@@high_stakes_ikea7087 sent it back to zippo... Waiting for them to return with a replacement
@@high_stakes_ikea7087 did you fix yours? I have a new one that someone bought me from the zippo factory in Bradford PA and I can't get mine to work either. There is no spark. My other I just got works great but this one I doesn't. I can't figure it out.
The repair form is a mess to fill out and it's long and a mess I wouldn't do the way
I never tried to send one in. Fixing on my own was easier.
Excellent job
It will spark but wont light up
Add fluid and then pull out your wick so it’s clean then cut the wick so it’s flush with the top. Then try it. If that does not work, click the link in the video description and buy a new wick.
I want that Zippo!
I could never part with it. I used it just about every day in the late 90’s. Then not until I did this video. After this video, I lit a few cigars and then it went right back in my drawer. I’ll take it out on special occasions.
My Zippo won't spark or light
Have you changed your flint?
What's up
Offbrand Michal from gta
Have to laugh that a nineties product is “really old”.
Yoo dude
What’s up brother!
Fuck sake its brand new n all, who the fuck said they last long lmao
I am slightly confused by your comment. The lighter in this video is pretty old. Not new at all. The only thing I replaced was the flint and added fluid. I have had several zippos and that all have lasted a long time. Plus they have a life time warranty from the company. Thanks for watching anyways!
I have one old zippo from the vietnam war which i get from my father, and it still working.. all parts on zippo are all repairable, with a proper maintenance it will last forever..
I'll buy it for 60 bucks
My zippo. No thank you. I have had it for a pretty long time. I think I’ll keep it. But thanks for the offer.
Ok thank you for the response
Useless
just opened mine cuz i put fluid in. didnt know the flint fell out and it was just on my pants. thanks lol
Thanks for watching!
Thanks... 😊
No worries my friend
Old Marlboro lighter, polished but wheel rusty
Thanks
Welcome