Hi all have a maglite torch and the batterys have coroded inside and i cant get them out i have tried wd40 and drilled a screw into one to try and pull it out to no avail i dont want it to throw it as it is a great torch  help please Rog

Sorry rogngab but I don't like your chances of resurrecting the torch or any torch once the batteries have corroded. I've rarely had any success fixing stuff that's had corroded batteries. Jim

Throw it out ,not worth the risk.

Agree. Bin it..I don't know what size it was but our Coles stores up here are selling  four D size battery maglites complete with 4 duracell batteries and LED bulbs for $29.Suggest you try your local store.
Good luck Jack.

Sorry....been using them for years.......I just chucked out my AA one for same.....tapping the batterys out doesnt work as the torch material is to thin....I finlly got mine out but destroyed the torch doing it........dont use copper top duricel batterys in them ok

I've found the little "Energiser" brand "Hard Case" LED torches (AA cell) quite reliable and very light on batteries (no pun intended).  They do a larger (D cell) size LED torch as well. Available Kmart or BigW, yellow and black in colour in a bubble pack.

Don't buy a "Big Jim" torch. Must be the most unreliable and battery hungry torch on the market (unlike their namesake, yours truly)

Jim

-- Edited by jimricho on Friday 5th of February 2010 09:42:11 AM

I just use these windups when camping...no need to replace batterys

Thanks everyone its waiting for collection from the council

Roger did you try filling it with vinegar and leaving it for a day or two, if it is a true "maglite" and not one of those cheap Chinese imitations then it will be aircraft grade aluminium and not cheap aluminium I paid $80 for mine years ago and it's the best investment I can remember, fill it with vinegar, leave it a while then the batteries should come out, fill it and rinse it out with water leave it in the sun to dry for a day or three then clean all contacts and as much of the tube as you can and refill with batteries and it will last for generations to come