I replaced my triangle lab heat break, nozzle, heater block, thermistor, heat cartridge, and Nema 17 extruder motor with genuine E3d parts and my issues are fixed. Just need to tune my slicer settings but i'm able to print now!!! went with the volcana heat block and 0.60mm nozzle x. really liking the bigger nozzle which has significantly increased print speed.
in addition to slicer tuning, going to try to get the Duet 2 laser filament sensor up and running tomorrow 🙂 0_1560059460763_2019-06-08 22.40.02.jpg