On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:32:59 -0500, Stormin Mormon wrote:

On the filament versions, the bulb pulls out. Then, the "DO
NOT REMOVE" plastic part pulls out. Then, you can use the
flat end of a drill bit to push the other part of the DO NOT
REMOVE. I havn't tried to dissemble a LED version, they may
be totally different.

Yeah, I'm thinking the LED must be different - I've taken the little
AA-cell maglites apart before (admittedly long ago) and I don't remember
there being any gotchas at all.

From memory: unscrew head, remove reflector bowl, bulb, and plastic insert
- from other end, unscrew tail-cap, and you're left with a hollow tube
with (corroded) batteries in it. Insert something into tube body, smack
with a hammer, clean* up afterwards.

* one of my maglites had a Duracell leak inside it. Wish I'd known about
the warranty; I cleaned it up and neutralized the leak and thankfully it
came back with no problem (little bit of pitting left inside the lamp
body) - but a new maglite would have been less trouble.