This evening I spent some time trying to figure out one of the issues I have with my flash. I seem to have fixed the firing problem where the two contacts weren’t touching - I cut a short piece of a paper clip and more or less just wedged it into the hynge opening of the flash housing, making sure it stuck out just enough to catch the end of the long contact. Wedging it in there like I did was enough to hold it in place, even while the flash was up, but I thought perhaps a little something extra might be helpful… so I mixed up some two part epoxy and added it in around the paperclip and inside the hinge area, making sure not to get it on any moving parts. It seems to have done the trick.

Flash down. Arrows pointing to the longer of the two contacts, the end of the paper clip, and the point at which the two contacts meet.

Flash up. Arrow pointing to the two contacts now touching, due to the paperclip pulling on the longer of the two contacts.

As for the issue I’m having with the flash not able to close anymore, I’ll probably just end up using some tape to hold it down until I can figure out a better way to engage the latching mechanism on the other side of the housing.

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