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Originally Posted by legion View Post
So a battery apparently ruptured in my 4-cell Maglight. I had to put it in a vice to get it open, and the bottom D-cell is swollen and corroded to the flashlight body. Any tips/tricks for pulling the battery and cleaning the aluminum flashlight body?
Open the end where the lens and bulb are, take those out, then use something like a broom handle or dowel to ram down into the top of the stuck battery to pop it out.

Maybe soak the bottom cap and bottom four inches of the shaft in a water-baking soda mix and see if that cuts/dissolves the corrosion out of there.
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