I just burned my coil on Melo 3 and have spent around 30 minutes trying to unscrew the bottom partbif the Melo 3 tank, anybody know how the hell you take this thing apart?
I CANT TAKE MY MELO 3 APART
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Sometimes less is more....apply your thumb and index finger only around the part that you want to unscrew and just use short burst of spinning motion on the part itself. Your fingers shouldn't be touching the glass portion. If that don't work repeat with latex gloves on, Get a box, they'll come in handy.
You may have "over-tightened" your tank parts. They should be "snug", not under/over tightened.
If your parts are locked up, you should try putting your tank in the refrigerator or freezer for 15-20 minutes. The cold should cause the metal to contract enough to allow you to untighten the parts by hand. If that doesn't work, wrap your tank in a protective cloth, and use some adjustable pliers to get the parts to unscrew.
This works for my Protank II; Jar lid gripper. I bought a 3-pack. One for the home, the office, and my backpack
Otherwise, put the tank in the freezer so the components can contract;
works on my Kayfuns.
Otherwise, put the tank in the freezer so the components can contract;
works on my Kayfuns.
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Second for the latex gloves. I've been useing some rubber gloves I got for like three buck.
Turn a bicycle upside down and get the rear wheel really spinning and then while holding the atty with a wrench, stick the tuck part against the wheel.
Place a thin electronic screwdriver or the like through the airflow slots for leverage. Cheers.
Drop a lady finger fire cracker into the drip tip and run. The blast should loosen things up. Clean thoroughly and replace the coil & wick.
Wrap a soft cloth around the part you are trying to turn and then use channel locks, it shouldn't take much force, just be careful not to touch the glass.
I keep a small pair of pliers with electrical tape wrapped around the teeth so it doesn't mark up my tanks.
Duct Tape. Clean the mod with alcohol to get rid of skin oil and wrap a strip of duct tape around the two parts your are trying to unscrew. It will unscrew with hand and finger pressure.
I use the rubber jar openers now and keep the duct tape around for really stubborn tanks. The nice thing about duct tape is that two wraps will protect it against scratches from pliers (which should be the last resort). I had to toss my Lemo after using duct tape and pliers on it. Thinner steel tanks will collapse, unlike Kayfun and most others.
These days I put a drop of juice on the threads and o-rings. Most everything comes apart with finger pressure.
I use the rubber jar openers now and keep the duct tape around for really stubborn tanks. The nice thing about duct tape is that two wraps will protect it against scratches from pliers (which should be the last resort). I had to toss my Lemo after using duct tape and pliers on it. Thinner steel tanks will collapse, unlike Kayfun and most others.
These days I put a drop of juice on the threads and o-rings. Most everything comes apart with finger pressure.
The curse of the Melo tanks.. great tanks is every way EXCEPT to open for the coil switching. The Melo2 is just as bad. I've sent Eleaf a few messages about it, but the Melo3 came out and I saw that they still didn't get it.
Where you need to hold the tank is by the glass and the metal part right against it at the bottom, not the bottom edge, you'll just unscrew the airflow section, while the top, you'll just unscrew the top fill cap.
Get yourself those tweezers with tank grabbing handle (like RedRebel posted above) maybe even two...they really work most of the time... someone needs to make better ones with a silicone or rubber insert for even better grip as they can slide a bit.
One very handy thing is:rubber tape (no glue, just stretches and melts with itself type) and cut a piece and use that for extra grip. Can be found in most dollar stores in the hardware area.
But just about anything to provide you that extra grip, rubber gloves as others mentioned, even tissue can help (a lot of time, it slips due to oils and liquid).
Where you need to hold the tank is by the glass and the metal part right against it at the bottom, not the bottom edge, you'll just unscrew the airflow section, while the top, you'll just unscrew the top fill cap.
Get yourself those tweezers with tank grabbing handle (like RedRebel posted above) maybe even two...they really work most of the time... someone needs to make better ones with a silicone or rubber insert for even better grip as they can slide a bit.
One very handy thing is:rubber tape (no glue, just stretches and melts with itself type) and cut a piece and use that for extra grip. Can be found in most dollar stores in the hardware area.
But just about anything to provide you that extra grip, rubber gloves as others mentioned, even tissue can help (a lot of time, it slips due to oils and liquid).
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