Did you leave the filter element in place and put the desiccant around it?
no I removed the filter on mine completely, replaced it with a 1/2" steel pipe down to the bottom of the housing, then had a 1/2" compression fitting nut, with a fine bit of gauze between it and the pipe with a rubber gasket... works fine the gauze stops any bits coming through, but to be fiar, there's been little if any deterioration of teh media so far...
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