So I'm getting desperate. My tugboat v2 is sitting on top of my tugboat mod and the battery is just about dead. The hybrid cap is STUCK to the mod. I mean seriously stuck. My boyfriend and I have been trying to unscrew it for hours. I can easily unscrew the atty from the top cap, but I was told not to ever remove or attach the atty directly to the battery as it will cause a short. So at this point I have no idea what to do. It gets stuck often, but usually a bit of frustration combined with one of those rubber jar openers does the trick. But not this time. If I take the atomizer off the hybrid cap with a battery inside, will it short my battery or just the coils? I dont care about the coils as I just wound new ones but I don't want to ruin my $13 battery. Sorry if this is all rambling but I quit smoking just shy of three months ago and am starting to totally lose it without access to nicotine. Thanks for any advice
Hybrid cap stuck to mod advice please
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The best thing I can think of put the whole thing in the freezer for a bit and get it cold. Usually metal shrinks with cold and might help. Use the rubber jar opened after it chills out for a bit. Good luck getting it off.
So you're saying the battery is stuck in the mod? You can completely remove the RDA, but can't remove the hybrid cap to remove the battery?
I am able to remove the rda, but was told with my setup that I should only screw the atty on/off the battery if it is attached to the hybrid cap as this will ground it and prevent a short. But I am not sure if they meant it would short the coils or the battery. So while I can loosen the rda I am afraid to unscrew it further and remove as I'm not sure what will happen.
Thank you for the other replies; we have tried heat and also freezing, no luck. We like to work on cars so loosening stuck threads is something we are used to, but not even our tools are seeming to help
Your fine. Remove the RDA, then grab some needle-nose and grab at the edges of the cap. Make sure to use a cloth so you don't scuff your mod and don't touch the battery.
Edit: The hybrid cap on my 4Nine used to get severely stuck all the time and this is how I would get it off.
Edit 2: The Tugboat has a magnetic switch so as long as you don't have the switch depressed, the battery will not be making contact.
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does the bottom cap/button come off the mod? if it does remove that and the battery first.. then try mangling the top cap 
never mind... just checked out a pic of one... its like a 4 9 ... ( never did understand that design)
never mind... just checked out a pic of one... its like a 4 9 ... ( never did understand that design)
WD40 is your friend. Does the hybrid adapter have two vent holes either side of the 510 hole? If so insert a pin/rod/screwdriver etc into the one of the holes to provide leverage to undo it.
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