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Apropos
 
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Default Getting the battery out.... :-

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Seems no one here has any better ideas than I how to do this...




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OK... this is a silly problem but as of yet I haven't found an answer:

I have a MagLite flashlight. 4-cell. The innermost battery leaked a bit and

is
stuck hard in the metal tube.

Any idea how to get the doggone thing OUT without tearing apart the flashlight
tube?

I have tried tapping with a hammer, sticking in a coat hanger and
screwdriver.... nothing is helping. I even thought to put a screw into the

end
of the battery for something to pull on but that proved more difficult than I
thought, being so far up in there.

Argh!