no philips had scrws. where the filler do hickey is, should be a ring with a place to put in a small screwdriver, not philips head. if you see it, turn it clockwise. some of the little buggers are not easy. then push against the filler butten and you should hear the rest of the gas coming out, don't have anything like a lit cigar near it. push down from the top, lighter upside down and can, nozzle down. 2 or 3 seconds will fill it. turn that little adjuster almost all the way counterclockwise and put the lighter away for 15 minutes or so, so there are no fumes. if it doesn't fire up on the first or second try, put a lit lighter where the flame should come out and open the lighter you just filled. if nothing happens, throw it away.