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Superman,
If the 911 is similar to the dozens of other car cigarette lighters I've seen, here's the procedure for repairing them:
If you remove the lighter from the socket, inside the socket you should see two, possibly four tabs running vertically. If it has four, two of them are used to hold the lighter in place when it's not depressed. The other two (or the two if it has only two) determine how hot the element gets before the lighter pops out. They’re made by joining two different types of metal with different rates of thermal expansion. They're oriented so that as they heat they bend outward, releasing the lip at the end of the lighter and letting it pop.
To set it so the element gets hotter before it pops, with a flathead screwdriver bend these tabs slightly and evenly toward the inside of the socket. To set it so it pops sooner, bend them outward. It will take a few tries to get it just right. Be sure to let the element cool off between adjustments or the results will be skewed. Also, most importantly be sure to disconnect the battery before sticking a screwdriver in the socket.
Hope that helps.
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