It was def my first time loading it, just put it all in the tool it came with and heated the top and warmed the oil till all dripped in. Primed it, eventryed heating the cart and still nothing better than what youd get from a mflb.
All right, we're on track to sort this sucker out, I think.
Here's what I think happened; the oil hit cold metal on the way down and hardened up early leaving an air gap inside. All the oil that gets past this block vapes fine, but it's having trouble getting past it to the wick below.
So we're going to 'melt it down'. But we have to be careful not to get stuff too hot or the seals at the bottom will end up leaking on is and we'll have to scrap the cart (not to worry, we can save most of the oil but you loose a ten buck cart and have to start over.....let's not do that). The key is to hold it in the right place, keep it moving and don't burn your fingers.
Hold the cart upright about a third of the way up with your 'weak' hand. Use your thumb and forefinger so you can rotate the cart as you heat it, you need to heat from all sides. The seals are just below your fingers, that part of the metal must stay cold enough to hold on to without saying dirty words. Now preheat the center of the cart (the missing step in loading) jsut abofe your fingers until you feel the SS body get warm. SS is a poor conductor of heat so it can be pretty hot fairly close and your OK. Do this with your lighter flame, but
keep it turning so it heats all around, the heat won't travel far on it's own. Once you feel heat working down, run the flame UP the cart toward the top with plenty of heat (just short of smoke coming out) as long as your fingers don't get too hot in which case stop, let it cool, and go again if necessary. If you're careful and lucky you should feel it rapidly heat a little bit when the hot oil drops down, but don't wait on that. When the part under your fingers gets hot (fast of slow), stop. You're done. Should take 15 maybe 20 seconds? Let it cool and you should be good to go.
Good luck. Once you understand how to do it, it's easy. You'll know when you get it going right.....
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