After installing a new heatbreak with fresh ptfe liner, the mini select was back up and running with my usual filament.
Tried to print the polaroid pen filament again and it clogged again. In the process of clearing that, I assume that I damaged the thermistor wires because the temperature showed maxed out.
Shows maxed out even without the thermistor plugged into the main board. From what I read online, the main board is now bad.
So I have a $60 hotend on the way for a 5 year old $150 printer with a bad board.
I could swap in a ramps setup (with learning curve), but at this point I'm sick of working on it and sick of spending money on it.
The hotend I ordered is 12v, so it will only work with certain printers. The return policy (printedsolid) says they only process returns once a month, so a refund might take that long.
ugh......
I'd get an Ender 3, but they are 24v and the whole wheel/guide setup just doesn't seem like a good system to me.
Settled on an Anycube Mega S. Not as much support for it, but it's ready to print after attaching a few screws and it's 12v so I can still use the e3d v6.