![]() You may need to strike it a few times (10X) to “wear a groove” In the flint so it makes better contact with the spark wheel. If there is no fuel screw, and some weird needle recessed into a hole, you have a butane lighter that needs compressed gas. If it’s a touch tip, the fuel goes down the wand shaft to the reservoir in the bottom, you should see the flint screw on the bottom of the lighter. If the lighter has no screws, it’s an insert that slides out of the body, you’ll find the flint screw, and probably cotton for fueling in there (like a zippo). If your lighter only has 1 screw, It’s a flint screw, and the base rotates for fueling. ![]() ![]() Remove the spring, and clear whatever broken last piece of jammed flint is in there, and put a new one in! replace the spring and screw, and light up! There is/should be a spring behind it, don’t let it scare you when you it pops out while unscrewing. On common pocket models you should see 2 screws of some sort. You can change the flint and add fuel to your lighter. Owning an antique lighter requires maintenance – back in the good ol’ days products were built to last, but it required a bit of care. Adding flint and fuel to a vintage lighter
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