I had to lower the center adjustable positive post in order for mine to make good contact with the VV/VW, only about 1 turn. That can be done with finger nail or small screw driver. How far open do you have the juice adjustment mouth piece? With a full tank I only have mine open about 1/4 turn. If it's opened too much it could possibly cause flooding. But you are right the position of the small washer is very important, and will absolutely cause flooding if not correct. In fact it will probably drain your tank.
I adjusted the brass centre post first while checking my resistance and doing the dry durns, so that bit was fine. But the stock coils just didn't seem to sit right to me. The legs seemed to be too long and the coils didn't really sit low enough in the ceramic cup. I'll re-coil it soon using either a single coil or the X pattern dual coil instead. I probably did get a bit carried away with the juice adjustment, after the first poor draw, I opened it at least a full turn.
I will get it working right, but having most of the juice flood onto my mech and the rest go into my mouth, wasn't the best start
First thing I will check on re-building is that washer, bet it is very loose, all the parts came loosely fitted from FT. Typically the one part I didn't check, causes most of the problems. Thanks for the help anyway Exhaler, I appreciate your input
