by Espresso Outfitters on Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:45 am 
lol<wipes tears from my eyes, and gets down to business.
Robert, it's a very common espresso machine, you should not have to look farther then your own backyard for parts for it. If there are no yellow page ads, or googled up results for repair techs in your area, just call up a cafe or two and ask them who does their repairs, they will give you the right person.
You can of course call General Espresso Machine co. for the source importer in the US, as the OP did, but some of us don't like to wait.
It's important to take these machines down to this level when they have been around a while and you are giving them a new life in another area. I've torn into machines that seemed very nice on the surface, to find some pretty disgusting crud floating around within them, especially if they have been stored for any length of time. If they have water in them, the gaskets won't be as dried out, but you have stale, moldy water residing in pockets, if they have been completely drained, you have dried out gaskets, so you just can't win. Any time longer then 3 months, and it's risky just plugging them in and using.
Anyway, very good job on that rebuild, you do excellent work.
