DougW

Well that was fun. Was working on the heap.. er.. jeep and
my Maglight stopped working. So, I figure it's time to change
the batteries and proceed to take them out. Nope, ain't gonna
happen, those batteries are stuck tight. Some PB blaster,
several hundered "taps" against the workbench, and a slide
hammer later.... and I've finaly got them out.

a whole hour to remove three batteries....

On the "bright" side, the maglight just needs a bit of a cleaning,
some paint, and it should be good as new.

..ow.

If these things are for beating on other folks. Why am I so sore? :]

Oh well, off to the med cabinet for an 800mg ibuprofin and back
to the garage for some light dremmel work.

--
DougW

John Davies

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:48:52 -0500, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

>Well that was fun. Was working on the heap.. er.. jeep and
>my Maglight stopped working. So, I figure it's time to change
>the batteries and proceed to take them out. Nope, ain't gonna
>happen, those batteries are stuck tight. Some PB blaster,
>several hundered "taps" against the workbench, and a slide
>hammer later.... and I've finaly got them out.
>
>a whole hour to remove three batteries....

Grease the o-rings and threads at both ends of the Magllight - I use a
synthetic bike grease, but even vaseline is better than nothing. If
yourt hands sweat, the threads can corrode.

BTW, you need a good 110v work light - no one can work efficiently
with a flashlight. I like the 4 tube fluorescents - they are great and
don't run down...


John



John Davies TLCA 14732
http://home.comcast.net/~johnedavies/
'96 Lexus LX450
'00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro
Spokane WA USA

John Davies

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:48:52 -0500, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

>Well that was fun. Was working on the heap.. er.. jeep and
>my Maglight stopped working. So, I figure it's time to change
>the batteries and proceed to take them out. Nope, ain't gonna
>happen, those batteries are stuck tight. Some PB blaster,
>several hundered "taps" against the workbench, and a slide
>hammer later.... and I've finaly got them out.
>
>a whole hour to remove three batteries....

Grease the o-rings and threads at both ends of the Magllight - I use a
synthetic bike grease, but even vaseline is better than nothing. If
yourt hands sweat, the threads can corrode.

BTW, you need a good 110v work light - no one can work efficiently
with a flashlight. I like the 4 tube fluorescents - they are great and
don't run down...


John



John Davies TLCA 14732
http://home.comcast.net/~johnedavies/
'96 Lexus LX450
'00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro
Spokane WA USA

John Davies

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:48:52 -0500, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

>Well that was fun. Was working on the heap.. er.. jeep and
>my Maglight stopped working. So, I figure it's time to change
>the batteries and proceed to take them out. Nope, ain't gonna
>happen, those batteries are stuck tight. Some PB blaster,
>several hundered "taps" against the workbench, and a slide
>hammer later.... and I've finaly got them out.
>
>a whole hour to remove three batteries....

Grease the o-rings and threads at both ends of the Magllight - I use a
synthetic bike grease, but even vaseline is better than nothing. If
yourt hands sweat, the threads can corrode.

BTW, you need a good 110v work light - no one can work efficiently
with a flashlight. I like the 4 tube fluorescents - they are great and
don't run down...


John



John Davies TLCA 14732
http://home.comcast.net/~johnedavies/
'96 Lexus LX450
'00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro
Spokane WA USA