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by ccfore
March 20th, 2024, 8:28 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 0
Views: 28

Riviera espresso machine sight glass broken

Hi, I bought a used Riviera Espresso Machine which was unfortunately damaged during shipping. The sight glass was broken at the top, so I tried to pull it out, but I cannot seem to extract it to replace it. Anybody have any experience with us? Any help would be appreciated, thanks. {image} {image} {...
by ccfore
January 15th, 2013, 7:50 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 10
Views: 1717

Olympia Club

There you go, photos are back, just a little glitch
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by ccfore
January 13th, 2013, 11:26 am
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 10
Views: 1717

Olympia Club

Just picked this up, looks like it might need some work, but not bad. {image} {image} {image} {image} {image} {image} {image}
by ccfore
January 19th, 2011, 4:59 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 8
Views: 1376

La Cimbali Junior DT1 troubleshooting?

Will do Ken, I'm kind of wondering myself. I've read all about the Junior from posts here, especially your own experience with your two machines. After allowing someone else to adopt my Elektra T1 (still miss my baby) because it really never got the use it needed, as I was mostly using my Olympia Cr...
by ccfore
January 19th, 2011, 1:45 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 8
Views: 1376

La Cimbali Junior DT1 troubleshooting?

Thanks for all the replies as it shows that this is probably more than one thing or part. I'm also thinking at the very least that the input solenoid might have been damaged if it did indeed freeze. I'm inclined to just drop it off at the espresso repair shop where it was purchased (they sell and
by ccfore
January 17th, 2011, 4:12 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 8
Views: 1376

La Cimbali Junior DT1 troubleshooting?

Stefano, I didn't receive it yet, maybe you could re-send it, thanks
by ccfore
January 17th, 2011, 2:45 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 8
Views: 1376

La Cimbali Junior DT1 troubleshooting?

I purchased a used La Cimbali Junior DT really in pristine condition and am in the process of hooking it up and have run into a couple of problems. When connected to the water supply the boiler is overfilling without the pump turning on. I checked the boiler fill probe for scale but it didn't have any
by ccfore
January 9th, 2011, 11:24 am
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 24
Views: 1275

Parts Source for Olympia Creminas

Check out Orphan Espresso, they have quite a number of replacement parts for your machine and others
by ccfore
January 10th, 2010, 8:21 am
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 4
Views: 359

New (and best?) Chemex Video

Funny, this is exactly the way I make my morning coffee everyday. The only thing that I do differently than what they do in the video is to drink it while jumping on a pogo stick, LOL. I do like the music though
by ccfore
September 6th, 2009, 3:45 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 8031
Views: 1322269

Post a pic of your home espresso setup...

LOL, Its about time the 'Lektra stood up on its own four feet! Beautiful space and beautiful stone!