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Buttery, sugary badness that goes really well with coffee. Keeps me going back to the store to maintain my butter supply...Originally Posted by rondog
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We were so "bored" we practiced our social distancing at my little range last evening. PIA to teach noob from the opposite end of 8' table.
Mrs bo is becoming a decent RO, bit of a hardass though. Team Rico would be proud of how she calls range commands.
There's a LOT of talent in this thread.
"There is nothing in the world so permanent as a temporary emergency." - Robert A Heinlein The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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Fixed the sucka! Works like a charm. Now the wife can get her coffee fix on demand while homeschooling the kiddos and I'm at work drinking shitty coffee.My 8+ year old super automatic espresso machine took a shit. Bad time for that!
The internet is awesome, I found all the replacement parts I (think) I need.
Wish me luck, this will be a long surgery. Don't die on me!
Last edited by hollohas; 04-06-2020 at 19:52.
Nice work, thanks for the update. About how many parts did you have to replace? How long it actually take you?
Replaced the pump, a pressure valve and the corresponding hose clamps. Plus some misc o-rings, gaskets and such that I figured could use replacing while I was in there.
Just because I didn't know what the problem was exactly, I was going to replace the little water flow sensor which is a mini turbine type thing (water wasn't flowing, so I thought there was a chance the sensor could be the problem) but the new part was assembled poorly. The o-ring was pinched. I assembled the entire machine with the new sensor, fired it up and it didn't work. When I moved it water came out the bottom, so I knew there was a leak. Found the sensor leaking, put the old part back in, reassembled the machine and it worked perfectly.
Total time with takedown, reassembly, partial 2nd teardown and reassembly was no more than two hours of work. Most of the time was waiting for parts. I had to place two separate orders. I didn't discover that the pressure valve was bad until I went to reassemble it after the first order arrived.
Glad I took lots of pictures. I wouldn't have remembered where everything went after waiting a long time for parts.
I think the machine (Gaggia Brera) retails for around $500 new these days. Parts and shipping were under $100. So it's a win.
Last edited by hollohas; 04-06-2020 at 21:23.
I will be spending an hour each day trying to remove crappy, spray can, bedliner from my truck (applied by the previous owner). 2 sessions in, and I may be 1/5 done. Gives me something to do on my lunch breaks.
Using a 2.8 gal, 3100psi pressure washer on a 0 degree nozzle. Seems that this crap gets soaked with water (it absorbs it), which makes it harder to remove, since it becomes more resilient (rubber-ish) when wet. Wish I could do this all in one go.
Nice work. I never remember to take a picture until AFTER some part has fallen out or moved from a location that I didn't notice before it moved. That's exactly what happened with my carb rebuild I tried to do the other day on a post hole digger. Fortunately I found a good enough tutorial on YouTube. Post hole digger still won't run except for on starter fluid fumes though.
Main jet clogged on the carb. Or float has a hole in it
Last edited by 00tec; 04-06-2020 at 21:29.
My neighbor bought a 4Runner to flip and was trying to get that off the hood. After trying a pressure washer and various other methods, I ended up using a wire wheel or a flap disc or something and just sprayed the hood after. It's been 6 months and I can still find flakes of that crap in my yard.
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