NF how do I get batteries out

[skinny]

ok my son found my big mag lite (I though it got tossed out long ago) anyway when I opened it up the old batteries are stuck in side and very corroded I have banged it had on a hard surface (with soft top) and still no budging. thinking of either putting a long screw into the batter and trying to pull it out or drilling the battery center out and colapsing the stuck battery.

 

looking or ideas or someone to tell me not to try the stuff I'm thinking

[bassjnkie]

Happened to me a few years back with a 5 cell. I took off the light assembly carefully. You will be left with a tube with batteries in it. Put it in a vise and gently hammer out the batteries with a dowel. The tube will be full of acid and corrosion. For that I used a Dremel tool with a modified grinding bit and cleaned it out. If the contacts are corroded a piece of sandpaper will do the trick. Hope this helps.

[skinny]

I unscrewed the lense part and there is a bulb holder and switch in there not sure how it comes out this is a "c" cell type

[OhioFisherman]

I am not sure why but mag lites seem prone to that.

[Muskieman]

I put a wood screw into my batteries and pulled them out with pliers.. sprayed wd-40 on the inside and wiped it clean with paper towels and let it dry...

dropped in new Duracell (14.00$ )batteries and

it works like a charm. I love my Mag-Lite

 

 

Randy

Edited March 12, 2011 by Randy from Sturgeon

[DRIFTER_016]

I unscrewed the lense part and there is a bulb holder and switch in there not sure how it comes out this is a "c" cell type

 

I can't figure out that part either.

I have the same issue with swollen batteries.

[TerryC]

Pour some Pepsi os Coke inside, it will eat the corrosion and the should slide right out!

 

Clarence