Integrated Fuel System
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:07 pm
Ok many people have trouble with getting there mini's to fire with hairspray and what not but i have another solution.
Basically you click the lighter, hold it and it fill's your mini with butane then you click the lighter and the mini fires.
Supplys
Grill lighter
GRILL LIGHTER FUEL SYSTEM
Take apart a lighter VERY VERY carefully and make sure you can put it back together and have it work ok. Next find the butane cylinder and find the screw like plastic piece attached to the butane near the hose. Twist this plastic piece outward until it is just about to come out. Now reasemble the lighter and you should have a nice long flame like 6inches long, now take a hacksaw and cut the metal casing on the shaft of the lighter but leave an inch or so. When that is done there should be a plastic casing under that, cut that until you find a clear hose and a wire. Now with that done take a wire and tape it to that one inch peice of metal casing left. you now have a pezio sparker (The two wires) and a butane filling system.
Now with this test it, if you click and hear a hiss then the butane is coming out andit worked, and then click again and see if you can get a spark between the two wires.
If both test's worked move on
Next poke or drill a hole in the back of you mini, and insert the clear hose, then glue this in very tight with strong glue.
Hook the wires up to the spark gap in the mini.
Now click the lighter, hold it upside down and hold it for about 5-15 seconds, then aim and click.
If it fires then it worked good and i congratulate you.
CIGARRET LIGHTER FUEL SYSTEM
This is much easier to do but you will not have a pezio sparker built in so you will have to provide one.
Next take apart a grill lighter and remove the clear hose and pezio, and toss the rest.
Take the cigarret lighter and rip off the top but keep the button that opens the butane valve twist the screw like valve outward until it is just about to come out. Then slip the hose over the metal thing where the butan comes out.
If you push the button and you hear a loud hiss then hook the hose up to your mini, push the button and inject the fuel and then use the lighter pezio to ignite it.
If you want more in depth instructions i can give pictures but it's pretty straight foward. I know that this is not the best but i will post some pic's just let me go get some lighters to show you thanks!
Basically you click the lighter, hold it and it fill's your mini with butane then you click the lighter and the mini fires.
Supplys
Grill lighter
GRILL LIGHTER FUEL SYSTEM
Take apart a lighter VERY VERY carefully and make sure you can put it back together and have it work ok. Next find the butane cylinder and find the screw like plastic piece attached to the butane near the hose. Twist this plastic piece outward until it is just about to come out. Now reasemble the lighter and you should have a nice long flame like 6inches long, now take a hacksaw and cut the metal casing on the shaft of the lighter but leave an inch or so. When that is done there should be a plastic casing under that, cut that until you find a clear hose and a wire. Now with that done take a wire and tape it to that one inch peice of metal casing left. you now have a pezio sparker (The two wires) and a butane filling system.
Now with this test it, if you click and hear a hiss then the butane is coming out andit worked, and then click again and see if you can get a spark between the two wires.
If both test's worked move on
Next poke or drill a hole in the back of you mini, and insert the clear hose, then glue this in very tight with strong glue.
Hook the wires up to the spark gap in the mini.
Now click the lighter, hold it upside down and hold it for about 5-15 seconds, then aim and click.
If it fires then it worked good and i congratulate you.
CIGARRET LIGHTER FUEL SYSTEM
This is much easier to do but you will not have a pezio sparker built in so you will have to provide one.
Next take apart a grill lighter and remove the clear hose and pezio, and toss the rest.
Take the cigarret lighter and rip off the top but keep the button that opens the butane valve twist the screw like valve outward until it is just about to come out. Then slip the hose over the metal thing where the butan comes out.
If you push the button and you hear a loud hiss then hook the hose up to your mini, push the button and inject the fuel and then use the lighter pezio to ignite it.
If you want more in depth instructions i can give pictures but it's pretty straight foward. I know that this is not the best but i will post some pic's just let me go get some lighters to show you thanks!