Faema s87 mini rebuild

by **fflewddur** on Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:50 am

I've been lurking here for awhile, but thought I'd start sharing my mini rebuild of the 2 group faema s87 I just acquired. It's pretty ugly and dirty but here she is. The picture below is after I put the stainless pieces through the dishwasher, but before I started disassembling it. At this point I have the groups disassembled and soaking. Hopefully I'll start reassembling in the next few days.

by **fflewddur** on Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:44 pm

I started disassembling... there's quite a bit of scale here so as soon as I unhook everything, that's first on the list.

and here's with the side panels & groups removed:

by **WilsonHines** on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:11 pm

Finally got my two S87 units home today! I am excited! One is completely restored and the second one could use a good restoring but both units work just fine. I need a heating element gasket on the second unit.

Ahh, now to get the 220V installed in the kitchen! Believe it or not, the wife is looking forward to it! I will be taking her by the shrink tomorrow.

by **joellawry** on Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:05 am

Was that boiler powdercoated/painted as a factory standard, or was that an extra addition by the previous owner? first time ive seen a red boiler, looks hot!

by **WilsonHines** on Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:45 am

I don't know the answer to that, but I have e-mailed the former owner who is a member of this forum and he may wish to respond. It does look clean, doesn't it? This is the restored unit. He told me he had $800 in the whole restoration, so this machine is ready to be plumbed and fired up!

by **fflewddur** on Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm

That powdercoated boiler does look nice. I've mine most of the way stripped down now... hopefully I'll start putting it back together in a couple days after I've scrubbed the frame & descaled the boiler & tubing.

by **WilsonHines** on Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:48 pm

What are you doing for water filtration?

I thought about using a refrigerator in-line filter that would seem to do the job. I just would like to get some input on that idea. The fridge units are about 1/4 the cost of a in-line for a sink and I don't understand what the big difference is about. There may be, but I don't see it.

Any ideas?

by **WilsonHines** on Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:49 pm

Here is one of the units I was looking at : http://www.filtersfast.com/GE-GXRLQ-inline-water-filter-kit.asp

by HB on Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:39 am

WilsonHines wrote:I just would like to get some input on that idea. The fridge units are about 1/4 the cost of a in-line for a sink and I don't understand what the big difference is about.

My only concern is the refrigerator filter's flow rate may be too slow during a boiler refill and the rotary pump will cavitate. I originally had the Elektra A3 on a filter system with 1/4" line and its rotary pump complained loudly. Replacing the lines with 3/8" cured it nicely (I use ubiquitous 10" filters sold at Home Depot/Lowes).

by **fflewddur** on Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:50 am

chriscoffee.com also has some generic 10" filters, that was my plan... softener & filter. We used to run something similar at the shop I managed awhile ago, and it was fine.


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