A bratty user deserves a bratty pen?

My "new" Snorkel is fitting the bill. I had enough problems getting him started writing and keeping him going that I finally asked for help at FPN's repair forum, and have diagnosed two problems with him: First, he was a little gunked up somewhere between the snorkel and the feed. Not enough to keep him from writing, but enough to make him hard to start. Got that flushed out and he's working fine on that regard now. If that were the only problem, we'd be friends again. But then, what I thought was a minor thing turned out to be a bigger issue: there's an air leak in the cap, which causes relatively fast dry-out. He needs to be a daily user when he's inked. I tracked down what causes that, and there's a 2-3 mm hole in the inner cap. *headdesk* I'm not entirely sure how to fix that. The problem is that where the hole is, the outer cap is hollow behind the inner cap, so there's not really anything to press a patch against. Someone suggested two-part epoxy, which would be a permanent fix if it works, but will be a pain to get back out if it doesn't. I've seen wax suggested to plug errant breather holes on Parker Sonnets, so I may try that. If it doesn't work, the wax can be melted back out. Which has a bit of a pain factor to it, but is possible as it is a metal cap. Or maybe I'll put a "Want To Buy" up and see what I can get. ^_^;; It wouldn't hurt just to check, would it? And since the only way to get parts for a snorkel is to take apart another snorkel, maybe someone's got spares running around from parts pens.