Firing question?

[charady]

Ok, awhile back I bought the mini reo on the classifieds. Not that it matters, just throwing out that info.

Here lately it doesn't always fire. I will hit the button, all is well, then next time or two it won't do anything, then it works again. Hubby put more of that noalax stuff on it last night, thinking that was the issue (plus it would make a smallish spark against the battery so it needed it I guess-yes, I am clueless here!) Anyway, it has not corrected the issue. When it works, it works great, and the majority of the time it does work.

Is this something I am doing wrong? The only time I have any "firing" issues on my grand is when my thumb pushes the button over just enough it doesn't fire. But I know when I do that. I haven't noticed myself doing that with the mini. And like I said, hubby put the stuff on it last night, so that part should be good.

It isn't a major issue since it does work, just a minor inconvenience at times. Thank you for reading and any suggestions are welcome I will be back later on today to catch up on here but for now it is errand time before the kidlets are out of school!

 

[Mudflap]

Scuff up the nipple tops on your batteries with an emory board and then clean them with a paper towel and some isopropyl alcohol. They may have some oxidation that's preventing a good flow of electrons.

 

[Northernshrink]

Mine does this at times as well it is allways a case where the button is not all the way to the left. My mini button seems to be a bit more finicky than my grand seems to like to turn a little.

 

[SammyT]

I would do as mudflap said. Are you using AW IMR 14500s? You may also after scuffing up the anode of your battery, apply a little noalox to the anode, not too much, just a dab, and smear it evenly so that you know that the pin is hitting the noalox. if that doesn't solve the issue it may be time for you mini to take a vacation to Maine

 

[bushmaster]

My 2-cents worth is to make sure the atty connector is clean. I've had a similar problem when I allowed a little gunk to build up in and below the threads.

 

[charady]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! It is about time to get the kids now (just finishing lunch) and then I will try em out

 

[jadajazz]

I agree with Northernshrink. It's possible that your switch is in the locked position. This happened to me with my Mini this week. I hope you had good results when you checked!

 

[rustybikes]

I had a similar thing happening with my Mini recently - It would fire inconsistently enough that I knew something was up. When I first got it, I got in the habit of giving the button an anti-clockwise twist every so often, "just because", so I knew that wasn't it. I have a metal-brush fitting for my Dremel, so I used it to scuff up my firing pin (on the lowest RPM setting), gave it a dab of Noalox, and it's been perfect! Even better than when I first got it. I'm guessing that an emory board would serve the same purpose but, as a guy, I don't have any of those floating around..

 

[whatitstrue]

I suffered with this same problem awhile back. I understand your fustration. I used 900grit sand paper on my batts and it would cure the problem for about a week or so then the same thing would happen again. Or removing the batt and replaceing it would work for a little while as well. But what cured it for me completly was adjusting how I pressed the button. Instead of pressing straight down in the center. I now apply presure more on the atty side of the button above the lock pin. Pushing it down and slightly away from the atty side. Sence doing this I have not had one miss fire and don't have to mash the button. I think it was slightly catching on the rail or the pin was'nt qwite droping where it should have. IDK but it worked for me and I havent sanded a batt sence?

Good Luck and let us know what you find!!!!!!

 

[RocketRod]

Thanks for these suggestions! I thought i had a learning curve or "need a nic fix NOW!" issue.

 

[JC Okie]

I know you've had plenty of help/suggestions, but I'm with bushmaster....give it a nice, long bath in HOT water. A squeaky clean metal REO is a happy REO. I was having a little bit of the same problem with my Grand, and (I'm so neurotic!) I sent it in to Rob who.....gave it a bath. Fixed. So now, I keep my Grand and my Mini on a regular bathing schedule, re-apply a bit of Noalox, and they both work perfectly all the time.

 

[whatitstrue]

I know you've had plenty of help/suggestions, but I'm with bushmaster....give it a nice, long bath in HOT water. A squeaky clean metal REO is a happy REO. I was having a little bit of the same problem with my Grand, and (I'm so neurotic!) I sent it in to Rob who.....gave it a bath. Fixed. So now, I keep my Grand and my Mini on a regular bathing schedule, re-apply a bit of Noalox, and they both work perfectly all the time.

Couldn't agree more a good cleaning and re-noaloxing should be one of the first procedures attempted after metering when performance starts to go south. If that doesn't work then attempt further trouble shooting as suggested.

 

[redeyedancer]

A clean mod is a happy mod in some cases if the mod has been run dirty for a long time roughing up the tip with a small file can work wonders

 

[pmoraldo]

I also used to have this problem and what I did to solve this is take an emory board or sand paper to the firing pin. Just pull the battery and push down on the firing pin so it protudes inside and hit the tip a little then re-apply the noalox Just my 2cents