Equipment Restorations (members)

Thanks Dave, really appreciate it! I have not seen any leaks, however, I have not opened the machine, but I am sure a leak would eventually manifest itself through the bottom of the machine, if it wer...

Could it be a collapsed seal in the water valve ?

after a decent lever machine to play around with until my Argos comes. Thinking it’ll be around 6 months or there abouts. A la Pav or tin man, not really liking the design of the Flair 58s

I’m having a play on different designs of coffee grinders. Getting the nitty and gritty info on components can be difficult. Would you happen or anyone know what material they use for the body? It is ...

wow! that’s spot on. Love these tear downs and understand on components.

I don’t know the settings having not tested that particular machine…for this you will have to send an e-mail to Lelit support.

Hi everyone… :) This is my first post, so just wanted to say big hello to all of you. I recently purchased for cheap Quick Mill Andreja E61 machine, couldn’t take away from the offer…my old Gaggia Cla...

ACS, or try any espresso parts supplier.

I have done two restoration threads on Silvias on this forum, they shouldn’t be too hard to find. In them, I have tried to incorporate most of the generally recommended improvements.

It could be exactly this…it happens sometimes…it could be the contact to the spade, or a bad contact inside the switch that started arcing. I replaced a switch on my roaster, same time due to very oca...

If water comes out sometimes then it’s not a blockage in the group head, possibly there’s a solenoid that opens to the group head and allows the water to come out and this solenoid isn’t opening so th...

Umm. So couple ways you can do it, you can fill, spot prime and then go over the full thing So you want 320 or 400 grit. Key the damaged area, then add the dolphin. It’s self leveling. Once cured use ...

Thanks for the notes. I did check the brew valve but it is fairly new (green) seal, I also carefully checked the raised seat area for any nicks or damage= nothing. No pressure drop after a wait. Not h...

I’d be looking for a cheap phase angle or burst fire controller. I got a commercial one for use with my roaster because thr wattage was so high but there were plenty of cheap ones with potentiometers ...

I posted this some time ago on another forum and still find that to work quite well. I have added a thin piece of sponge behind the heat shrink tube to prevent any splash back and haven’t had a single...

Yes thanks. I followed DaveC advice - Move the pump pressure adjuster (balanced bypass) a few turns in each direction..see what happens.

Ordered. Thank you! I actually have some tape left from La Pavoni steam tip. Was not sure how easy it would be to clean it.

an interesting article and I have just ordered a small tube of Molycote 111, thanks for the replies to my post

A4 version…push the boat out on that one and get a bit spendy!

with a paddle I always set the machines to 10.5 against a blind filter to give me more range and the potential for easier adjustment and higher flow rates below that pressure, as the puck becomes more...