Oooops I lost my gasket

[Papillon61]

For some very odd reason I seem to have lost the gasket on my nautilus Mini drip tip. Naturally this makes the tip loose and practically useless. I do have another Aspire K1 and the tips do match but it's a hassle having to change the tip every time I want to change clearo. Looking around online I don't seem to see any Aspire tips being sold as spares. What can I do? Will any tip fit an nautilus?

 

[TFL!]

Go to a hardware store or NAPA and find a o ring that matches the one on the other tip..

 

[jambi]

Will any tip fit an nautilus?

Any 510 drip tip, or O-ring thereof, will work.

 

[Hitmetwice]

For the most part any 510 drip tip should fit on it.
But some are a smidge larger or smaller than others and might be snugger or looser depending.

Some toppers/tanks etc. themselves are a tad off spec. as well.
I just grabbed the horizon arctic tank the other day and none of my regular tips will fit it,
they are all too big. If I lose the one that came with the arctic I'll be in trouble and will have to "tailpipe"
on it 'till I can find a suitable replacement. Cheers.

 

[Papillon61]

Thanks all. I'll look for an o-ring that fits. In the meantime I've found that dental floss is a stop gap solution that seems to be working.

 

[beckdg]

i would look for buna-n or silicone o-rings. food safe and somewhat chemical resistant.

 

[Thrasher]

Drip Tip Replacement O Rings - Avid Vaper

510 Drip Tip Replacement O Rings 10 Pack | Lightning Vapes

510/901 White Drip Tip Replacement O-Ring

510/901 Drip Tip Replacement O-ring | SmokTek.com

 

[Papillon61]

Thank you for the links Thrasher but shipping for me is always a very big problem. Just to give you an idea, this would be my shipping costs for the o-rings: US $68.93 (approx. £46.48) International Priority Shipping to Malta. Unless I can find the o-rings locally it would make more sense for me to get a completely new drip tip or two from the UK when I next fill the shopping cart with enough items to make the shipping (around $12-$15) more feasible.

 

[Bunnykiller]

most hardware stores have a multi bin drawer set that contains many sizes of O rings, take the tip and atty in and go thru the smaller ones to see which fits best....

 

[Papillon61]

I found these at Fasttech. Would they fit my Nautilus drip tip you think?

 

[Thrasher]

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Just a suggestion but have you tried going into a local shop and saying please kind sir I'm just a poor waif in need of a gasket? Lol make some puppy dog eyes and they will go awwwwwe, ok



Pleeeeeeeaaaaase

 

[SissySpike]

I found these at Fasttech. Would they fit my Nautilus drip tip you think?

looks right but here is the measurement of the O rings see if you can measure your DT and see if you think it is the right thing

Depth 1 mm
Height 7.8 mm
Width 7.8 mm
Inner Diameter 5.6 mm
Outer Diameter 7.8 mm
Product Weight 0.02 g

 

[SissySpike]

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Just a suggestion but have you tried going into a local shop and saying please kind sir I'm just a poor waif in need of a gasket? Lol make some puppy dog eyes and they will go awwwwwe, ok


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Pleeeeeeeaaaaase

Ive been give Orings small screws even had machine work done for a 12 pack and come back after 5pm ;-)
O -once had a lady at Walgreens give me some syringes early on in my vaping because I thought that would be the best way to fill a cartomizer
When she found out it was to keep me from smoking she was all on board to help out.

 

[Thrasher]

I remember my first genesis build I was using the wrong wire, a local ECF user gave me 100 feet of kanthol, didn't ask for nothing. If I was local I have a box full of driptips and would happily say sure grab a few you like. I'm sure a 5 cent o ring isn't gonna kill someone's profit.and if their cool about it they know they may get a customer just for being nice.

 

[SissySpike]

I remember my first genesis build I was using the wrong wire, a local ECF user gave me 100 feet of kanthol, didn't ask for nothing. If I was local I have a box full of driptips and would happily say sure grab a few you like. I'm sure a 5 cent o ring isn't gonna kill someone's profit.and if their cool about it they know they may get a customer just for being nice.

Yea Ive given away alot of stuff in here and with friends and coworkers I have some pretty cool stuff but I have plenty of junk Ill never use again laying around someone might as well get some use from.

 

[Papillon61]

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The first link I can't tell where they are because they seem to be relocating their site. The other two I know where the are but I have never shopped from them. Prices in Malta tend to be steep across the board but even more so when it comes to vaping. As you can see there are only 2 B&M's in the whole island - so not much competition so they charge whatever they like. There's only one other guy I know of who sells Dekang juices and that's just about it. Do you blame me for dreaming of going into the business of premium hand made ejuices? Maybe in another lifetime ...when hopefully nanny governments would have become history.

I did measure my drip tip and those o rings do seem to fit and they're a penny a dozen if you don't mind the wait.

 

[SissySpike]

The first link I can't tell where they are because they seem to be relocating their site. The other two I know where the are but I have never shopped from them. Prices in Malta tend to be steep across the board but even more so when it comes to vaping. As you can see there are only 2 B&M's in the whole island - so not much competition so they charge whatever they like. There's only one other guy I know of who sells Dekang juices and that's just about it. Do you blame me for dreaming of going into the business of premium hand made ejuices? Maybe in another lifetime ...when hopefully nanny governments would have become history.

I did measure my drip tip and those o rings do seem to fit and they're a penny a dozen if you don't mind the wait.

Ok snip a rubber band so it will work it will be a pain but you can make it work in the hole and not fall out with some tweezers a bent paperclip a needle or something that will hold you till you get the fastech ones. Or even possibly a piece of paper wraped around the drip tip for a shim or something might work.

Another thought wrap some thread around the slot where the O ring goes till it makes your drip tip fit snug

 

[Papillon61]

or something that will hold you till you get the fastech ones.

The rubber band was the first thing i tried but it didn't really work. What did work and is holding me together is dental floss.

 

[SissySpike]

The rubber band was the first thing i tried but it didn't really work. What did work and is holding me together is dental floss.

Great Idea and if your in a cluch you have some dental floss on hand ;-)

 

[Papillon61]

I wrote to Fasttech yesterday asking whether the o rings I linked to in an earlier post would fit my Nautilus. Got their reply this morning:

"Greetings.
The dimension for this item SKU 1886601 is as below:
DEPTH 1 mm
HEIGHT 7.8 mm
WIDTH 7.8 mm
INNER DIAMETER 5.6 mm
OUTER DIAMETER 7.8 mm
If it is the same dimension as your originals, it will fit for your device."

Not bad for service. The o rings are ordered together with a few other items. Now it's just a question of waiting.