torretta wrote:Nice work! Couple you expand a bit on how you connected the gauge to measure brew pressure?

Sorry, I cannot. I sold it a week or so ago and apparently I never took a picture of that area. Attached is a rough drawing. I have forgotten which was the in and which was the out. I removed the cap to attach the capillary. Most Cimbalis do NOT have that lower connection and cap so you will have to find some other way to cut and tap the line. If you post a pic of yours I can make suggestions...

Kristi wrote:There was an original gauge (boiler pressure only) which had broken cover glass.

The new gauge had two 1/8" fittings. The original gauge was a single 1/8 so no change on that side.

The capillary was 1/8 and the OPV stub on my machine (THIS VARIES) was 1/8.

So the whole install was very easy.

Many Cimbali OPVs do not have that stub that made such an easy connection.

This mod ADDED the capability of brew pressure measurement. Cimbalis don't have that.

IMPORTANT: I also removed the gauge mount bracket as the new gauge was thicker than the old one. Thus I had to bend the "S" pipe from the top of the boiler down to the gauge, back a little. It is this pipe that determines the up/down/left/right position of the gauge directly behind the hole. (teflon tape or joint compound is your friend!) The gauge rests right up against the frame on the right (looking from front) so don't get a bigger gauge!