Yep, Neil, was screw loose.

G.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> There should be a screw to hold the element
> in place. Image of 182A 1 pc. elements: http://tinyurl.com/pvkoum6
> The screw doesn't have to be super tight; the outer metal
> of the heating element(s) is relatively thin. It may
> be that there is a dimple at the element for screw to seat in.
>
> On that note, i recall reading of someone
> shimming the element so it would contact the tube as
> much as possible. But then the
> internet is full of "information". IIRC, I hammered
> a piece of brass flat and shimmed the element at the screw side
> of tube.
> I doubt doing this helped improve cooling though.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 6/30/15, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I probably have checked the heating element for fitment, the 12 volt
> > element was loose enough to slide up and down the tube it's in.
>
>
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