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Lovely stuff - thanks bennyboy.

I will definitely skip to the nitty gritty at some point but I'd say my attention span will be reduced to a matter of seconds when I open the package tonight

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Update: it's a fog machine

Oh yeah,that's it - that's what I meant to say.
If anything, it might give the over-worked Penelope a night off.

Ooh ooh - another improvement.... Sat the coil a little higher in the ceramic and not a single gurgle never mind a leak. Best flavour yet. Liking this little beauty more by the day - going back to the mini vivi's during the day at work is becoming more of a struggle.

Must've been the case Gordy - didn't look long enough to do it but can't see any other explanation. Also put a bit of extra lubrication on the plastic spacer but if I had a good seal at the base that shouldn't have been a significant enough factor.

Have to say that I seem to have found my perfect vaping set up now and I can stop searching for new hardware and just enjoy the juice.

Thought I'd post an update just in case somebody stumbles across this thread years from now. Delighted to say my problems are no more. Had been trimming the wick on the posi side down to the bottom of the o-ring on the centre post. Made (yet) another coil but this time trimmed it above the o-ring at the base of the nut above and it's made the world of difference. Surprised that such a minor adjustment could yield such a different result.

Also picked up my Provari Mini today - good lord, I thought all the hype about them delivering a smoother vape than other mods was just that. Coupled with the Penny I am in Vape-heaven.

So attached have I been to the Penny since I got it that I abandoned any principles of method. Attached a vivi nova to the gripper and you know what, that was shorting too as soon as I tightened it. Closer inspection revealed that the grommet inside the 510 connector had split causing a short under any degree of pressure. Took it apart, replaced the grommet with one from the bottom of a vivi nova head, super glued her back up and she's vaping like a demon.

Also fitted a spare o-ring behind the plastic spacer on the penny centre pole which gives me an extra mm clearance and a little more compression. El Toro Guevera has never tasted this great.

Had enough of flaky mods though and think I might be able to get away with using this experience as a tortured self-justification to buy a Provari Mini.

Thanks Chrissie.

Right, followed the above to the letter,some fiddling, some progress but no real conclusions. Today I learned.......
- post out by 0.5 mm - this is the amount of extension I get following the above method, leaking from the off
- post out 1mm, the occasional bit of gurgling and the odd blow through required every 15 minutes or so
- post out 1.5 mm, absolutely spot on in terms of being able to control the vape but post seems too long for the gripper and it will be pretty tempremental and short frequently

The liquid control in the above scenarios is open about 1/2 a turn although flavour and vapour production suggest that an extra 1/4 of a turn would make a whole lot of difference. If I screw in the rebuildable in past the 1mm point I start to feel some good o-ring resistance implying a good seal - anything less then the threads seem to move too freely suggesting the issue may be down to poor o-ring compression. I've ordered some fatter o-rings on eBay which might give me a good seal with less extension but Hong Kong post doesn't seem to be what it used to be which gives me a few weeks to play before they arrive and I can throw them into the mix.

We're not talking major leaking by any means, just a few drops but I can't help but think there's a really easy solution out there as the engineering of this device seems spot on.

Any ideas welcome.