So lots of us are taking off top-caps and fixing ground wires, soldering and replacing flaky switches. I'll post a few more tips that help me with successful repairs.
- use painters tape to protect your display window and body tubes from getting scratched.
- removing top-cap, mount the battery tubes in place of the tank beauty ring, grasp with both hands, and wiggle the top-cap off in a circular fashion (not twisting).
- if you take the circuit board out, dont use needle-nosed pliers to pull or grab it. Take out the half-pipe shaped plastic piece that holds the board first, then push out the board (with wiggling) from the bottom using something blunt and pushing against the battery positive post.
- If youre handy with soldering, dress up the solder connection on the battery positive post, the factory was very stingy with solder on mine. Dont apply so much heat that the positive post falls off. Use a decent low-wattage temperature controlled soldering station like a Weller.
- When reassembling, hold the body with buttons facing downward so the board slides back in easily and the buttons dont fall out. Keep the board raised upward so it clears the buttons as its pushed in.
- Reassembling the top-cap, twist it to the correct orientation so the wires curl and tuck in toward the circuit board without getting pinched. Dont twist top-cap from this position when reassembling.
- Use the battery tubes to reassemble like you did when taking the top-cap off, including the battery cap, and a piece of wood or tape to protect the battery cap to give something to tap against without damage.
- Nearly all vamo parts are interchangeable between versions, top-caps, circuit boards, body tubes, everything. You can use a V5 board with V3 tubes and a V2 top cap, leading to some interesting and custom hybrids.
Good luck with keeping your vamo's in top vaping condition.
M
- use painters tape to protect your display window and body tubes from getting scratched.
- removing top-cap, mount the battery tubes in place of the tank beauty ring, grasp with both hands, and wiggle the top-cap off in a circular fashion (not twisting).
- if you take the circuit board out, dont use needle-nosed pliers to pull or grab it. Take out the half-pipe shaped plastic piece that holds the board first, then push out the board (with wiggling) from the bottom using something blunt and pushing against the battery positive post.
- If youre handy with soldering, dress up the solder connection on the battery positive post, the factory was very stingy with solder on mine. Dont apply so much heat that the positive post falls off. Use a decent low-wattage temperature controlled soldering station like a Weller.
- When reassembling, hold the body with buttons facing downward so the board slides back in easily and the buttons dont fall out. Keep the board raised upward so it clears the buttons as its pushed in.
- Reassembling the top-cap, twist it to the correct orientation so the wires curl and tuck in toward the circuit board without getting pinched. Dont twist top-cap from this position when reassembling.
- Use the battery tubes to reassemble like you did when taking the top-cap off, including the battery cap, and a piece of wood or tape to protect the battery cap to give something to tap against without damage.
- Nearly all vamo parts are interchangeable between versions, top-caps, circuit boards, body tubes, everything. You can use a V5 board with V3 tubes and a V2 top cap, leading to some interesting and custom hybrids.
Good luck with keeping your vamo's in top vaping condition.
M
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