make a copper one up and clip it around it also if you think about it if you use a center punch you will create an impression so it connects better
a bit of copper pipe will do
Do you think this clip is relying on anything else from within the torch, as i was thinking just snip the two wires that obviously go into the torch casting and to these pins and simply join the wires together within the torch itself, therefore bypassing the need for the clip. Thats providing it is simply completeing a circuit. Its not shorted to the tip or anything and relies on some voltage at the tip to complete the circuit and enable the arc to ignite???? What you think?