My Bits & Bobs: Dominox Propane Torch Head Repair.

I got this on Amazon, coming on one year ago, right around the time that I was heavily invested in getting my car back on the road, after a timing chain slip. As an earlier post here testifies, right about when I had all of the heavy lifting done, I stupidly destroyed the auxiliary belt tensioner. I managed to get a secondhand replacement on eBay, but figured, as a penance, I'd also try repairing the broken one.

Hence, the torch head, as well as a tube of aluminium welding rods, also from Amazon. That was also as far as I got, repair-wise - after all, the car was fixed, which was all the incentive I needed to do nothing!

But it turned out that the torch I had bought for the job, needed a fix as well, specifically, the igniter didn't work. I posted the below video as part of my review on Amazon, highlighting the problem. Prior to purchase, I had noted on Amazon's reviews, that this was a reoccurring problem. I was also aware that it was a Chinese copy of a 'Western-branded' torch - therefore about a quarter of the cost - so worth the gamble...

...but which didn't pay off! So, there it lay for a year, until a day or so ago, when I finally had a look at it. It may have been cheap, but it's a very nice (copy of the original) design. The 'fix' was surprisingly easy, whomever assembled the unit was to blame - they neglected to thread the igniter-wire through the 'retaining spring', which keeps the igniter-wire centered in the torch barrel. Once done, the igniter works perfectly - no doubt as well as the torch costing 4 times the price, I'd wager!

The Igniter's re-assembly sequence can be seen in the below pics.