Thanks Cecil for all the useful information! By the way, it isnt "loud buzzing noise" but its quite a silent buzzing noise.

Either way.. They both turn, the pump and the motor (the pump, if thats the one with the copper lines on it) turns easier though. I can do it by hand but its not as easy as turning a totally loosened steam knob either.

My boiler appears to be stainless, with I think a brass top piece. HX connected to the top piece is also stainless. So I guess they did pull a quick one, but im happy as long as it lasts Just like yours Napierzaza

I also aggressively removed the feet/stands on the frame since there was no way they were getting off, not even with heating the bolts with a torch.(had to get them off so the frame could be sandblasted/powdercoated)

I was/am actually planning to insulate the boiler, I am looking into what kind of materials I can use right now. Silicone foam seems like a good choice but its waay to expensive imo, and fiberglass seems to make mess, especially with an internal vibe/rotary pump to shake things around. But I sttill have a bit of time to look into that.

Cecil, cant seem to find your topic on your S27 restoration anymore..But I am pretty sure I remember reading it in the past, not sure if it was on CoffeeGeek though..

How is it going with your restoration Napierzaza? Does everything work after a few days of testing and drinking coffee?

I am afraid to try it. But I think it should work.

I feel like maybe I over tightened some things so I hope that I don't have to undo anything that I have over tightened!

I've also wanted to get insulation, but I don't really know where to get it. I've been to a bunch of fabric stores and no one seems to know about Insulbrite.

I should test it out though. It's actually sitting on my bench and waiting.

Another update after quite a while. I needed a telfon boiler ring and these Italians apparently have vacation in August... And ofcourse I was a bit slow on placing the order.

Powdercoating was already done for 2 months I think. Here are the pictures. The copper pipe/flowmeter and the two hoses are actually for another project.

Got some lovely new feet






Will have to weld the pipe from the P-stat to the boiler to solve a leak/damaged pipe and after that I can put everything together. So that will happen soon ^^ Surely I would be able to make coffee before Christmas!(I hope hehe)

EDIT: Oh and a picture after descale of the heating element (the SS boiler also cleaned up pretty good)

Consider this a bump but I wanted to see how this rebuild ended up.

-Cecil

I'd be curious to see how this turned out as well. I just picked up a Rancilio L6 (mfg. 12-90) that I'm working on restoring. Your pics were very interesting and helpful, as the inner workings are very similar to the S26. My L6 is in pretty similar (i.e. poor) condition.

How much did the powder coating end up costing. I don't know if I want to go that far, but it sure looks nice!


(P.S. the reason there are only two screws in the pressure relief solenoid on the grouphead is because there are only two threaded holes in the grouphead. )