Drilled Air Hole for AGA-T+

[BlazinZ28]

CAUTION: DRILL YOUR tank AT YOUR OWN RISK - also sorry if this has been done before, hadn't seen it.

Hey guys, I was having a little trouble getting my AGA-t+ to wick correctly without the juice fill screw out, so I decided to bust out the drill.

I decided to drill out the little negative post that sticks up (1/16 Titanium Drillbit), while being careful not the damage the threads.
(I did all of this while my tank was completely disassembled, to not hurt anything/be able to clean out the shavings)

Now, when I want to vent my tank, I simply unscrew the negative post screw with my fingers, and when I need to ride in the car/place it down sideways, I just tighten the screw with my fingers.

This is a lot easier to me than carrying around a screwdriver for the fill hole screw.

I still tilt while vaping, but maybe this will help out some beginners like me who havent got the wicks down 100%.

This modification is permanent, but with the screw hole closed all the way there is no difference from stock IMO, so nothing to really hurt here.

Some pics:

Screw closed after 30 minutes

Screw open after 5 minutes - doesnt take long to drip!

And a pic of where I drilled for those that don't understand

 

[jasl90]

Great idea. May have to give that a go myself... Assuming I can get the post back in...

 

[BlazinZ28]

I did not remove the post, just removed the screw and drilled down through it

 

[jasl90]

Yea... I see that. Your idea is better than mine.

 

[BlazinZ28]

Haha, I saw that it looked removable.. but didn't want to mess with that!

 

[jasl90]

It's not intended to be. It press fit in the there pretty good... Nothing that a pair of pliers could fix though...

 

[StaircaseWit]

Brilliant idea. Like jasl I removed mine as well, but I use it as a second wick hole for U-wicks (well I don't use it at all right now, but I did), but I would likely have done exactly what you did had I thought of it.

Nicely done.

 

[pdib]

Great idea! Ingenious! How did you avoid hitting the threads? Just eyeballed it? Did you drill it out from underneath?

 

[04stinugget]

I thought about doing that to mine a couple weeks ago but realized my screw doesn't go all the way down enough to completely block the hole. I was totally bummed out.

 

[BlazinZ28]

Yea just eyeballed it and went in from the top. the 1/16 bit was quite a bit smaller, not too difficult. If you're screw doesn't go down all the way I don't see why you couldnt pick up a little longer of a bolt from ace hardware or such.

I might do that as mine has to be completely finger tight not to leak, but I left it sideways ALL last night, and no leaks.

 

[BlazinZ28]

Now to do it to my other AGA-T+.. but that coil is working so nicely!

 

[mrmarc]

Very nice. I'll have to remember this when I get a drill next week.

 

[Izzy K]

Thanks for the tip! I'm gonna give it a go one of these days.