Thanks for all the suggestions and if anyone else has similar problems, I'd be more than happy to try to help. Vintage colibri lighter repair About us Colibris and More 100 Satisfaction Guaranteed Payments and Shipping Colibri has ended their long rein on making amazing lighters since 1928.

Either way, I won't get too upset, now this is just something to tinker with.However, I am VERY excited about getting the other one up and running. Ronson Touch-Tip with Cigarette Box 1939 At the very beginning, my interest in lighters was about the mechanism. Urban has written two books on Ronson lighters. If so, I'll probably fill it up with gas and let it sit for a few weeks and see how the glue holds up. Urban Cummings talks about collecting vintage cigarette lighters, noting the history and evolution of lighters, the various types and manufacturers, and trends in the hobby in general. After the glue dries I'm going to add a VERY little bit of butane and see if it lights. I tried to fill it with superglue, but I'm not sure if the glue can withstand the pressure - and I'm not sure that thats a risk I want to take (read hand-grenade). The spark was good but I had bled it awhile back (for shipping) so I tried to refill and butane shot out the crack. It was really revolutionary for it's time. We do have OEM replacement parts for Colibri kickstarts. Vintage Colibri Lighter Cigarette Tobacco Pocket Lighter Silver Chrome Metal Art Deco 1930's Original Fritzy (308) 135.00 Colibri Vintage Lavender Electro Quartz Lighter StugaDeOve (1) 40.00 FREE shipping Vintage COLIBRI Roson lighter 1960s SilkPursesNSowsEars (222) 29.00 FREE shipping Vintage Colibri Monopol Petrol Lighter in Box. The first lighter was the Kickstart that started this company. I managed to put it all back together and it works like new, nice big spark and a gorgeous dual flame.Īs for the small cigarette lighter, once i took it apart I saw there was a crack in the plastic casing (where the butane goes) - not good. Vintage colibri lighter repair About us Colibri's and More 100 Satisfaction Guaranteed Payments and Shipping Colibri has ended their long rein on making amazing lighters since 1928. I paid particular attention to the metal striker, because it was sooted over pretty bad and I think that and the flint were the problem. I also took out the flint and added a new one. The CEO version I was able to scrub everything with an old toothbrush and a but of vodka and then hit with compressed air. So I took a gamble and took apart both of them.