I do indeed, but it's in the MT, not the Mutank. Still, the general idea is stuff it full. I usually use a 3.5mm mandrel so I can pull big wicks, then take the tails straight down to the deck, then out the
juice channels. Leave the tails long, and install the barrel (it's helpful to leave the bottom tank seal on the base before putting the barrel on). Then trim up close, wet the ends with
juice and stuff back flush in the
juice channels. I did exactly that last time I build an MT-- MT #3 it was, the black one, black sheep of the family-- and the rotten so-and-so flooded anyway. So I opened her back up and this time laid a strip of rayon-- about 1/4 of the thickness of the rope-- down in the juice channels before pulling the wicks and leading the tails out the channels on top of the filler strips. The nice thing about rayon-- one of the many, many nice things about rayon-- is it doesn't swell and choke off like cotton does. I am going to break down and rebuild MT #1-- MT #1 is a good boy, usually-- later today if Jeebus is still my buddy. I've had some Alien and Tiger Kanthal shots laying on my desk for a couple days now and they're staring at me in an accusatory fashion. I intend to use the filler strip method when I do. Here's some pics of the filler strip method:
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