Help with FF2 intermittant switch, please...

Jumpmaster

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Hello...

The switch on my FF2 is quite intermittant...I read a thread where someone had the same issue...low works, then it will flicker, flash to high, back to low, high, shut off completely, high, etc.

I read through the forum and tried to find fixes. So far, I've removed the switch and cleaned the bottom of it with a pencil eraser. Also cleaned the + contact in the head. With the switch out, I gently pryed the contact spring up. None of this helped much. There is plenty of RTV on the contact spring.

I tried Cy's fix here:
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=58660

...the switch operation improved a bit, but still intermittant -- it is difficult to get it to switch to high mode (have to tighten it very firmly, but I haven't overtightened it.) and when it does, it falls back to low...On the plus side, low mode is no longer intermittant.

Any other ideas?

Thanks...

JM-99
 
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