Best way to drain a Little Buddy lighter?

[SyrLinus]

I've been having problems with my Little Buddy lighter and will need to send it in for repair. What's the best way to drain a torch lighter?

 

[grateful1]

Push in the valve on the bottom(not covering the hole when you do it) and bleed out the air/gas.

 

[MadMonk]

I use a small philips screwdriver. Not sure, cause I've never looked at it with a magnifier, but believe the cross allows for venting.

 

[Yeahthatsme]

You can also use a pen, or a small stick.

 

[w00ts!te]

Bleeding through the jet may help clean out the lighter.

 

[SyrLinus]

I did bleed out through the base using a small screwdriver but there was a small bit I couldn't get. So I just opened the feed, locked it in place and let it drain that way. It's complete empty now. Thanks all for the suggestions (for some reason I was thinking there was some other way to do this because Blazer had said .."Just open it and drain it out of the bottom"

 

[Not A Nice Person]

I just can't believe this whole thread came and went without someone making a "well, when I need to drain MY little buddy . . . " post. :laugh:

What's happened to us? :sign:

~Boar

 

[ironpeddler]

I just can't believe this whole thread came and went without someone making a "well, when I need to drain MY little buddy . . . " post. :laugh:

What's happened to us? :sign:

~Boar

My thoughts exactly Boar....but as most of us would attest to (other than you I guess), "Little Buddy" would have to be changed to "Big Buddy". :whistling:


:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

[MadMonk]

OK, I also shake the lighter, then depress the fill nozzle, several times. Each time you shake and depress, you will notice that the lighter evacuates more gas. Keep doing that until no more hissing. If you hold it up to your ear, you can sometimes hear that gas is still lightly coming out.




Wow, I shouldn't respond to threads until I've had more coffee. That was difficult to get coherent.

 

[Spad31]

OK, I also shake the lighter, then depress the fill striker, several times. Each time you shake and depress, you will notice that the lighter evacuates more gas. Keep doing that until no more hissing. If you hold it up to your ear, you can sometimes hear that gas is still lightly coming out.




Wow, I shouldn't respond to threads until I've had more coffee. That was difficult to get coherent.

Says the Monk with the burned ear...


Trey

 

[MadMonk]

OK, I also shake the lighter, then depress the fill striker, several times. Each time you shake and depress, you will notice that the lighter evacuates more gas. Keep doing that until no more hissing. If you hold it up to your ear, you can sometimes hear that gas is still lightly coming out.




Wow, I shouldn't respond to threads until I've had more coffee. That was difficult to get coherent.

Says the Monk with the burned ear...


Trey

Huh?

 

[Not A Nice Person]

I just can't believe this whole thread came and went without someone making a "well, when I need to drain MY little buddy . . . " post. :laugh:

What's happened to us? :sign:

~Boar

My thoughts exactly Boar....but as most of us would attest to (other than you I guess), "Little Buddy" would have to be changed to "Big Buddy". :whistling:


:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I stopped lyin' to myself (and everyone else) decades and decades ago . . . guess not everyone has!

~Boar

 

[Devil Doc]

I thought everything was bigger in Texas. Guess there's always an exception.

Doc.

 

[Not A Nice Person]

I thought everything was bigger in Texas. Guess there's always an exception.

Doc.

Tsk, tsk. And you a pecker-checker!

1% is 1%. 1% of ME ain't no small measure, but it's still just 1%.

~Boar