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j3studio | [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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[1985 Corvette, A4, very stock] The cigarette lighter on my 1985 gets power, but the spring doesn't hold in and, thus, the lighter doesn't eventually pop. It's getting plenty of power and heats up if I hold it in—I (very luckily) avoided seriously burning myself several years (there was actually dark smoke coming from my finger ). I've tried multiple lighters with the same result—any ideas? |
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Posted on: 2017/10/20 21:32
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bogus | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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Replace it... They are not expensive and a new one is less prone to cause a fire!
I don't know what ultimately fails in a lighter to cause it to not pop... |
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Posted on: 2017/10/20 22:07
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Matatk | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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The socket itself can be replaced very easily. Is there anything in the socket preventing the lighter from sitting inside flush? I know when my cigarette lighter (used for power) was intermittent, I removed it and cleaned it and that made a huge difference.
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Posted on: 2017/10/20 22:35
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j3studio | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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Thanks, folks. I'll futz with it tomorrow. Judging is Sunday, and I'd hate to lose points on something so simple ... |
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Posted on: 2017/10/20 22:48
Edited by j3studio on 2017/10/20 23:17:10 |
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Matatk | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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Did you ever fix this?
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Posted on: 2017/10/27 13:27
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j3studio | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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Quote: Matatk wrote: I couldn't get it to work for the judging, but I still got my Top Flight. I'm going to buy the socket and make another run at it. |
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Posted on: 2017/11/6 1:49
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TommyT-Bone | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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Did you happen to purchase a special lighter removal tool, Matt? Keep us up on the fix, John. |
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Posted on: 2017/11/6 16:20
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bogus | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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Lighters are fickle... There are 2 parts and heat kills the lighter itself. I may have an old OEM lighter laying about. If I can find it, I will let you know. Trust me, it hasn't been used in a long long time. |
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Posted on: 2017/11/6 21:07
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j3studio | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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I'm resucitating this four-year-old thread at Matt's hinting. Probably going to purchase a new socket, but looking for any other suggestions. |
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Posted on: 2018/9/3 21:27
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Matatk | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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After rereading the original post I think I was confused on what was bad. Is the socket the problem or the actual cigarette lighter (that you push in) itself?
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Posted on: 2018/9/5 15:50
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j3studio | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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Quote: Matatk wrote: I'm not sure. We have power, but the lighter never "sticks" when I push it in. I got a hint yesterday that the problem might be a mis-match between the lighter and the socket, so I tried all my lighters with the current socket. The first two lighters didn't stick—the third lighter blew the fuse. Sigh … … I think I'm going to put off trying to fix this until I can get a complete lighter/socket combination. |
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Posted on: 2018/9/5 23:39
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Matatk | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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I was going to suggest swapping out the entire socket but it sounds like you've been doing some testing. Hopefully you can find a mated pair.
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Posted on: 2018/9/6 5:40
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Matatk | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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A few links just in case:
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Posted on: 2018/9/6 5:51
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j3studio | Re: [Wack j3studio Question #65] Cigarette Lighter Has Power, But Doesn't Hold-in/Pop | ||
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Thank you, Matt. |
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Posted on: 2018/9/6 14:54
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