Precise ELA Telescoping Mod by Super-T!

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HauntedMyst

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So after waiting 8 months I finally got a shipment notification...two weeks ago. Gee, I hope it actually ships one of these days...

Then you should only be two weeks away. Both of mine took 3 to 4 weeks because they send the notification when they pull the orders and start to work on yours. I'm waiting on my last one and got the shipping notice about the same time as you.
 

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Hi Dave,

I purchased the brass locking slide for the ELA (sucker for brass accents) and it is much smaller than my one that came with the ELA. Is there a way to get one that would fit. If you want I can send you a picture I took of it installed and you can clearly see a gap when it is installed.

I also wanted to say Thank You as my ELA is still going strong for almost a year now.

I'm afraid they are all the same size, we made them a bit undersize to make sure they fit the last 4 years of buttons, production runs have varied a bit, so we made them a bit undersize. You can throw up a picture if you want, just to make sure I'm understanding you correctly, but I assume you are talking about the gap under the slide as the detent ball pushes it up?
 

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Hi Anavidfan, just to let you know, I finished your mods. The problem with poor switch performance rested primarily in the locking band which weren't clamping properly providing a poor circuit for the returning electricity from the atomizer. I replaced them for you. Cleaning wasn't the problem, they were plenty "clean". I did notice the springs had got really hot, don't know if it was the poor connection causing heat build up or a shorting atomizer, but I replaced those too. I did film most of my cleaning, but it'll be awhile before I can edit the video and get it up as it's about 40 minutes of video I need to cut down.
 

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The spring were off in shape and length and noticed that they were crunching and I could see the that sometimes the spring would slip and was probably touching the battery? I tried to fix them by heating them and compressing them, but you saw they were not straight. Did you get a chance to check the extra compression bands? I dont remember how many I sent, maybe 6? I wanted you to see if any of them were still good and if they can be shaped back into shape. I hate to waste them.

I saw that some people needed some and I was going to send them to the people, but did not want to send "bad" ones :)
 

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Hi Anavidfan, just to let you know, I finished your mods. The problem with poor switch performance rested primarily in the locking band which weren't clamping properly providing a poor circuit for the returning electricity from the atomizer. I replaced them for you. Cleaning wasn't the problem, they were plenty "clean". I did notice the springs had got really hot, don't know if it was the poor connection causing heat build up or a shorting atomizer, but I replaced those too. I did film most of my cleaning, but it'll be awhile before I can edit the video and get it up as it's about 40 minutes of video I need to cut down.

Did you say the compression band was off or the actual locking band? Just wanted to clarify that, as I kept replacing the compression bands with new ones. Thanks so much. I too was getting hot buttons and rebuilding the atties a LOT. But when I put the atties on my Simplicity or on other devices , no hot button.
 

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Question, is it pronounced E.L.A or ela? Lol, got a debate going and figured I'd ask the man himself.

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We asked David before, and this is what he said:

Its after my daughter, but is to be pronounced like any three letter Acronym (they seem to use them in cars alot) such as Pontiac GTO, BMW, Acura NSX, Precise ELA etc....
 
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