Cigarette lighter stopped working

[frenchmick]

My Cigarette lighter stopped working. After checking the fuse, which was OK, I found that the metal connector at the bottom of the housing had the screw missing. Put a replacement screw in but now the fuse keeps blowing, anybody got any idea why ?

Will I need to replace the whole housing ?

 

[cj10jeeper]

Sounds like you just put it back together wrong and created a short circuit. No idea how it's made but did you miss out a bit of plastic or insulation?