I actually popped the cap, took out both small nubs of post, removed the wire altogether, added a small delrin tube with a ledge on top into the 510 top for insulator (spare piece from an aga t2), then screwed a 6/32 x 3/4 brass screw from the bottom... and it worked! I was actually stunned, as I'm really not much of a modder. At that point, completely disgusted with the Tele, I just tore through the fix not worrying about it or expecting anything. Sometimes things just come together right.
I was able to get both an aga t2 and an RSST to fire with the Smok Tele, though often I had to adjust the pin downward a litte on both to get them to work. Tightening the pp screw at the top of the RSST or the screws on the aga will adjust the pin downward a bit.