Cloud Cuckoo Man

so heres an interesting update. ive been playing around with these cartomizers and i lifted up the middle piece with tweezers and screwed it onto the adapter until it was touching. then i slowly screwed it on while i was hitting it and when i did that i would get vapor in one spot for like half a second...then it would stop working. screw it on a little more...a little more vapor, and then stop working again. until its all the way screwed on and nothing. Please someone...help me i am so frustrated

oh and i guess i should add that the batteries are indeed working when i pull on them. they light up...and there is air coming through. but the cartomizer doesn't seem to be doing anything at all.

i have one manual and one auto battery. with the adapter on they both have air going through fine but no vapor at all. and with no adapter they both dont have any airflow. and the little bit i can taste when i don't use the adapter tastes like horrible plastic

I'm dying here. I have a dse901 kit and their cartomizers were terrible they lasted about a day each even after refilling them. Anyway, i just received in the mail a 901 to 808-d adapter and some 808-d cartomizers. I put it all together anndddd....nothing. There is airflow going through but no vapor. I'm pretty new to all this so any help would be greatly appreciated.