Anyone know what this thing is? I can't remember where it came from, but the diagrams I have say it goes in between the flow meter and the group head. The part on the left fits inside the part on the right. It almost ooks like steel wool.

gicleur/filter. goes within a fitting between the flowmeter and gr. I guess you've assembled the fitting leaving it out. Machine would still run ok but better to have an extra filter. The little mesh is cheap and disposable.

cyclones wrote:Anyone know what this thing is? I can't remember where it came from, but the diagrams I have say it goes in between the flow meter and the group head. The part on the left fits inside the part on the right. It almost ooks like steel wool.
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Chris,

Somehow I wound up with an extra one of these! How many do you have on your Bistro? I had 4 on my machine ( 1 for each group ) and one before the boiler fill solenoid. I still can't figure where the last one goes. See my post
Can't find out where this last gicleur piece goes?

Would like to know how many you have and where you ultimately place them.

Mike, mine was right where Paul said.... between the flow meter and the group head. I only have one of them. And no, Paul, I didn't have it all back together yet so I was able to put the part back in the right place as I put it back together. Thanks for the help.

I did make more progress last night on it; sorry I don't have any pictures to post right now as I'm posting from the office. I'm crossing my fingers for a test by the end of the week. One problem I do have is that the tube that comes off the boiler for the milk frother has a fitting that is stuck to the tube, no matter what I do; I can't turn the fitting by itself. I tried, and ended up bending the tubing. Since I don't intend to use the frother, I'm thinking of just capping the boiler right there and not using the tube at all. Anyone know where I can find something to cap that off? Is some place like Ace or Lowe's going to have something like that, appropriate thread size and all? In that case, should I just tape off the electrical leads for the milk frother's valve?

Chris,

I'm not sure if you will find any BSP (British Standard Pipe) fittings at Lowes or HD. You may find them at a specialized pluming store and I'm sure you can find it online. Those auto frothers are a big waste of time IMHO. I have one on my Saeco Royal Professional and they don't really work well and the clean up time makes them more trouble than they are worth.

I know you won't be using it but I would keep it as is. If you ever upgrade, I'm not sure if upgrade is the correct word when you consider you have one of the finest machines in the marketplace but if you do try to sell it you would want that as a feature. I'm sure there are some people who consider that as a beneficial feature.

I'm not sure if you will find any BSP (British Standard Pipe) fittings at Lowes or HD. You may find them at a specialized pluming store and I'm sure you can find it online.

That is good information. I had no idea about the fittings. However, I have no idea what size this is. Does anyone know? There seem to be at least two sizes and this is definitely not the small size. There is a piece screwed into the boiler (I guess a double-male fitting) and I'd just like to cap that off. Any expert help would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I lost the valve screen from the inlet valve -- you can see a picture of it on the first page of this thread -- it's got all kinds of green gunk on it. Where might I find a replacement?

Thanks guys!

I'll post pictures of the progress later tonight. It is really getting close now... I can almost taste the shots I'll be pulling!

cyclones wrote:Also, I lost the valve screen from the inlet valve -- you can see a picture of it on the first page of this thread -- it's got all kinds of green gunk on it. Where might I find a replacement?

Call Espresso Parts Northwest. That looks like a Lucifer body lower section, but double check. Pray they have a screen in their junk pile. Otherwise you may be looking at a 50-70$ part.

-C

cyclones wrote:

Also, I lost the valve screen from the inlet valve -- you can see a picture of it on the first page of this thread -- it's got all kinds of green gunk on it. Where might I find a replacement?

Thanks guys!

I'll post pictures of the progress later tonight. It is really getting close now... I can almost taste the shots I'll be pulling!

Chris,

I had to replace one of my solenoids and may have that screen but will have to check once I get home tonight. So if you can hold off ordering I'll see if I have it.

movnmik wrote:Would like to know how many you have and where you ultimately place them.

Mike,
I was wrong; it turns out there is another in the assembly that is part of the inlet valve. Right next to the pump. I had to take it out today because water was not flowing through it. Weird because it had been flowing OK before descaling. Well I took the entire assembly apart and found black gunk in there. I think it is some kind of sealer. It probably turned into this gunk in response to the citric acid. Well now that it is all apart, the citric acid is taking it off. I just expect it to take several hours; maybe overnight.

I was able able to find a cap for the boiler's milk frother outlet. It's now installed, so I don't have to put the milk frother and its valve back on at this point. It's good, because if I don't get this working soon, I'm going to lose my motivation! I am going out to get a couple of washers for screws that I'm replacing. A couple of valves back together and put the computer in, put the pump in, hook up a couple of wires, and it'll be ready to test. Here's how it's looking:


Oh yes, almost forgot to say the heating element is back in with its new gasket. You can't see it in that picture.