Thank you so much! Got a custom lighter from my girlfriend this Christmas and I was getting frustrated with maintenance. Great tutorial🙏🏾🔥

Hey Franky I know this is an older video but it straightened me out. FINALLY! I’m a 52 year W M from Al. so I should know by now how to replace a flint. Not until today! All because of you Frank.👍 There was countless times I would make Excuses for someone else to replace my flint. Like... I would tell my uncle “Hey replace this flint for me real quick. You’re a lot faster at it than me.😣 I didn’t even know how... TY Consumer X

Great tutorial. 🔥 you’re the only one I’ve seen that actually went down every problem possible and had the solution to it👍🏼 thankyou

I've got two older zippos that I've had just sitting for years and now trying to get them working like they used to. I'm learning a lot from you my friend I don't want to replace the insert I like to keep everything original. My main concern is the spark I think. I'll keep watching you 😊

Good stuff, told me what I needed to know, and added a little timestamp for those who needed a quick way to figure out what went wrong. I dropped my flint pulling it apart.

Thanks, Fixed a old Zippo using your lesson.

Thanks for this video. Helps with every troubleshooting issue. I really appreciate it man you saved me some frustration hahaha.

Excellent! Thanks to your detailed video I pinpointed the issue. My Zippo won't spark. Turns out it has the spacer, but it's missing the flint! Good grief. I have some coming tomorrow. Thanks again for the detailed video!

thanks a million! I have my father's lighter from 1988 and really wanted to bring it back to life. Off to shop for flint and fuel and feel much more prepared to get her lit!

i had the same problem and tried spinning the wheel the opposite direction and i could do that and then spin it normally and it would light but after a few times it stopped working and i would just spin and spin and nothing happened. i went back to the store to see if they had replacements and they didn't so i just bought another lighter and now that one got stuck, but i can fix both now! love that for me

Thanks dude... i didnt realise that my flint fell out but i did realise i need more flint because its a tine little cube now

Thank you for your video. Excellent advice and easy to follow. I had no clue how to replace the flint in my old Zippo!

I picked up a old zippo at the Goodwill, the striker wheel does not rotate, using your video I got the old gunky flint out and the wheel now rotates. I will have to get some flints to see if it is a fix. Thank you very much

Super helpful, thanks for posting!

Hey Frank, I forgot to tell you that I had the EXACT SAME 🐫CAMAL🐪 lighter back in the 90’s. I had to save up a CRAP💩LOAD of CAMAL CASH then send it in to redeem it for a zippo. I got my wife the ladies version CAMAL Zippo. It was smaller and white with the CAMAL logo with flowers around I think flowers on the camels head. To bad I moved place to place so many times they both got lost.(or stolen) The only complaint is when I carried my camel Zippo in my front pocket I didn’t like the sharp edges. And it’s a little big to carry. Besides I’m old now and the only job my current Zippo really has sparking 💥 🔥blizzzunts 😂

thank you i made my dad proud of me:)

Thank you! It was a Christmas present last year and I couldn’t get it to work. Now it finally works, just in time for Christmas.

This video did the trick! Zippo is working now.

Its funny and kind of cute in the later part of the video when your daughter (I think) is just looking almost in awe at the lighter

Great video managed to get mine working again after days of trying. Your guide helped with its repair! 👍

My Zippo pipe lighter simply needed a flint . Thank you

Thank you, that answered my question (don’t matter what the questions was!)

mine stopped sparking when i pit it back together and it turns out the flint fell out onto the table 😂. you can just put the flint down the brass hole and out in the screw with the spring.

Save this man at all cost.

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

there is a metal coming out of the flint chamber and it keeps the wheel stuck, how do i fix it?

Thank you man..I was really upset when my zippo stopped working. I had to brake open the other one

Thank you for letting me know that the metal piece isn’t flint it’s the spacer

You came through clutch 😅 ive been flicking and flicking 😂 finally said let me head to KZfaq🎉

Helped me out with first time Zippo maintenance, thanks for the help

I have a new flint. Still no spark.

Thanks

Amazing🎉 Love from India🇮🇳

Super helpful and extra points for the photobombing kid making faces in the camera 😂

Thanks for helping me out, felt kinda proud of myself after managing to refill this thing. It's the little things right? :)

your daughter is so cute, she helped her father work too.

Great simple explanation of what to do.

helped a ton thanks!

thanks my exact problem will be buying more flint next week

Best video!!! Good looking out!

Bought mine brand new. Never works for longer than a day. Fill it up with a pretty generous amount definitely not flooding it though. Very frustrating. Any idea what's happening?

HA!! Got an old Zippo I couldn't get to work for a long time and my disposable is one of those blasted crap lighters that's half water, ARGH! BUT, now my Zippo works perfectly so, thanks!!

OmG! You’re the best! It took me watching another guys video, which didn’t help! Then I watch yours and trimming my dirty wick worked on all of my zippos👍🤪😝😝😄😉!!!

Thanks chad. It worked👍

How to switch out a flint. Just go to a smoke shop. They usually have zippo brand flints. I use those cheap clipper lighters from Europe. Sweet Zippo 🔥😎✌️ Just learned that if your having trouble lightning it later on you might need to flip the flint around and reinsert it.

My flint wheel won’t spark. It’s new and it got stuck and I tried forcing it to work, and now it spins freely. Tried putting the flint back in and everything but no luck. It looks like the wheel is misaligned. Any tips?

thanks a lot

Thanks for the help :)

Great video

Thank you very much impeccable toturial ❤

Well I was reading tha comments an there was some good ones but I still had a doubt but I watched tha video an it actually helped me out thank u

Thanks homie this helped me get my zippo working cheers

Got a new lighter filled it with liquid Didn’t over fill. It is not sparking I see that the flint is working it is sending stuff into the air but it’s not sparking.

I have a new one with brand new flint and it won’t spark what do I do

Great video, thank you for your help Sir!

4:30 everyone, this is where your problem is solved🎉🎉

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. This solved my problem

Helped me a lot!!

thank you so much man this is exactly what happened to mine and i couldn’t figure out how to fix it, i’m seriously so grateful for this

Thanks!

Thank you!!!

You are a life saver

Well knowledged and helpful thanks!

What if the striking wheel doesn't spin

nice mirror finish on that insert, perhaps you know how many millilitres it take to fill then? also i tried using paraffin lamp oil in mine and it was not lighting or when lit left lot of smoke i tried letting sit a day out of its case to dry it out and refilled with zippo fluid but still giving me hard time lighting and still smokes i figured there must be some left over paraffin in it that still messing it up perhaps , will the smoky stuff eventually go away after a few proper fills with zippo fluid? and what should i do let it dry out again or keep it flaming till all the stuff is gone and refill again?

Killed this 🙌 thank you

hi brother, my zippo sparks very little. not enough to light it up. the flit and the wick is new. the lighter was not used for over 7 years. what should I do?

Thx got mine fixed in a few minutew

If u run out of flint just get a old bic lighter take it apart and use that flint in ur new Zippo lighter and boom problem solved

It's not cotton, its Rayon.

Every time I put the flint in, it seems to fall out the top as soon as I try to light it please help

I just got my zipper lighter I think I over loaded it. So my zipper was sparking, but not light, I removed the whole flint and then put it back and now it doesnt even spark... I think broke my zipper...

Have an older Barlow flip top lighter and put new flint in and inserted spring and tightened. New flint is not touching the wheel. Any ideas as to how to fix it to get the new fllnt to touch wheel?

This is fucked up I have to do all this work for a new zippo lighter to light. It's a lighter not a dam PC being built from scratch. How was I supposed to know I needed some specific pliers to pull the wick up? I already bought the fluid and filled it up which should've been enough

thanks this helped a lot :)

Can i use petrol ? Instead of zippo fluid

Grazie

The repair form is a mess to fill out and it's long and a mess I wouldn't do the way

Nice

I want that Zippo!

Hey man great video but mine spins and everything but it doesn’t spark even tho i have a new flint

What's up

It will spark but wont light up

My Zippo won't spark or light

Offbrand Michal from gta

Have to laugh that a nineties product is “really old”.

Fuck sake its brand new n all, who the fuck said they last long lmao

Yoo dude

I'll buy it for 60 bucks

Useless

just opened mine cuz i put fluid in. didnt know the flint fell out and it was just on my pants. thanks lol

Thanks... 😊

Old Marlboro lighter, polished but wheel rusty

Thanks