Rebuilt CE4 head

[Triumph]

Ay up,

thought I'd have a bash at rebuilding a CE4 head, used 0.2 kanthal, I felt like a caveman inventing fire when I wrapped it up, fired it up and wahey we have lift off.

reassembled it, juiced up and bluuurggh it tastes like I'm vaping a tank of iron filings filtered through a steel workers jockstrap - really hideous metallic taste.

i flamed the kanthal 3 times before using, and used a pin to add a bit of space between the wick and the coil.

any ideas? Coil too loose perhaps?

thanks in advance

 

[whit77]

Hehe that made me chuckle lol, try giving it some time to bed in maybe, I also burn the wick till it glows before I coil it, but still get abit of nasty for the first half tank or so

 

[Triumph]

Ah ok, maybe I need to burn the wick too, the wick was the original one from the CE4 (it was brand new & didn't need a new coil, I just thought I'd have a bash) don't know if they flame treat them at source?
it really is foul though tastes and smells hideous, I'll try & grin & bear it for half a tank!

 

[whit77]

Ah ok, maybe I need to burn the wick too, the wick was the original one from the CE4 (it was brand new & didn't need a new coil, I just thought I'd have a bash) don't know if they flame treat them at source?
it really is foul though tastes and smells hideous, I'll try & grin & bear it for half a tank!

Must admit I never had success rebuilding ce4/5 heads for some reason, always turned out how you described, the only way I got them working ok was to cut the wicks really short and keeping it tilted

 

[Triumph]

Pah, now you tell me!
Hmmm wonder why that is? Perhaps you have to be a bit more precise with them as there's only so much juice getting to the top of the wick or something.
ill try & stick with it until tomorrow, have another go if need be, and failing that give up!!
Heads for them aren't expensive anyway, just thought it'd be a handy skill to have.

Must admit I never had success rebuilding ce4/5 heads for some reason, always turned out how you described, the only way I got them working ok was to cut the wicks really short and keeping it tilted