Zippo lighter won't spark, flint's fine?

It states in the blurb that this is a different interior design from standard Zippo lighters - I wonder if the spring mechanism is too aggressive - maybe it needs to be backed off. Also, any chance it was used to light candles. Wax sometimes is pulled into the lighter and clogs the spark channel. Try using an extremely fine wire to clean out the channel. Hope this works.

If this still fails - I think you need to bite the bullet and send the lighter back to Zippo - they are warrantied for life - so there only costs to you are postage and - of course - time but you can't use it now and the repair suggestions haven't gone well so ......

Hello there,

Did you check the chamber for the flint? There could be something stuff in there and preventing the flint from reaching the wheel. I had that happen once. A small piece of flint broke off and wedged in there. I took a stiff wire to poke up the the flint passage. I think I used a paper clip. Just unfolded it. You should be able to tell if the wire hits the wheel when you spin the wheel. I had a heck of a time working it out. But eventually got the flint sliver out of there. You have already done more to your Zippo than I ever had to do to any. I have never degreased one. Seems like a lot of work.

From what all you have done, it has to be that something has clogged the flint passage. Most likely up near the wheel. If the clog was lower, you would notice it because the flint would not go up very far and the spring would make it tough to close. That tells me if there is a clog, it is near the wheel. Most likely a sliver of flint.

Later,

Hello again,

This is a puzzler. Here is a long shot. If the wheel in backwards? Compare the teeth on it to the others? Maybe someone put the wheel in backwards and the teeth slant the wrong direction. As you can see I am grasping at straws on this one.

I had the same problem with my dads old zippo. I did the same as the person said. I think it just had a loft of residual buildup from old flint flaking off. I took an instrument that was long and thin enough to get up there and just twisted it around and got it cleaned out. Works like new.

Flint Sparker

It's likely the spring isn't strong enough to make a hard enough contact to spark. I believe you can get replacement springs from Zippo or return it as non working. You might also try replacing it with a spring from one of your other Zippos.

Friend, might be too much pressure.. back off the pressure a little and see what happens. Good luck.

Did you check to see if you have fuel in it? like a car, won't start unless you have fuel in the tank!

This is a good question