My KD C8 XML stopped working, pulled head off to find a funny smell.

I really liked this flashlight, I was using it when working on my vehicle. It took a few minor bumps. I want to fix it. Can I just buy a part from Kaidoman to just swap in?

This is a really good flashlight, I dropped it lets say 12 times in its lifetime. I was using a non protected trustfire and I left the flashlight on for a long time, to the point to where the light was diming. It was still working. I turned it off and then it wouldn't turn back on. I tried several newly charged batteries with no sucess.

Please help me fix my first XML flashlight.

First tighten up everything inside; make sure the pill and the tailpiece switch are not loose, you may just have a bad connection.

u said u turned it on for a long time. was it on high? examine the pill, see if anything melted.

The smell implies something burned. My guess, it needs a new driver.

Depends on whether it smelled like Magic Smoke (tm). :)

It is working now. Its something in the tail cap thats loose. Because I have been rough with my torch with the clicker button doesn't seem so tight anymore

I was so happy when it suddenly started working again.

i definitely know the feeling. My aurora ak-p7-2 was getting wonky for a while, flickering and occasionally not working at all. I was so very pleased to find out the tailcap had just gotten a little loose.