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by tangje
May 7th, 2011, 9:33 am
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 26
Views: 3075

La Pavoni Eurobar Leva - Restoration prep

Great job on the restoration. It's crazy how many Eurobar's are in the GTA
by tangje
November 11th, 2010, 11:17 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 18
Views: 1544

Pavoni Eurobar will not heat

@Colin Glad to hear you got the Eurobar back up and running. The moment I read your first post I suspected the thermal fuse. It's too bad there's no easy way to set up a resettable fuse. @Colin @Garth While I have you fellow Eurobar owners here, any quirks you've discovered working with the machine?...
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by tangje
August 6th, 2010, 10:42 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 2
Views: 839

Blackish boiler water after overheating - due to copper II oxide?

Thanks Márcio. I think the issue may have been that I drained it after it was hot and the element was probably still quite warm when the boiler was empty. The heat + oxygen probably led to the copper II oxide formation. I will have to be more careful to keep the heating element submerged until it
by tangje
August 3rd, 2010, 7:46 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 2
Views: 839

Blackish boiler water after overheating - due to copper II oxide?

I've searched the forums and gotten some snippets of information but I was hoping for a more thorough answer. I was away for a few weeks and left my machine empty. Upon filling and heating it today I ended up getting blackish water out of the tap and group and in addition I can see dark flecks float...
by tangje
July 29th, 2010, 9:10 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 17
Views: 2724

Where to buy older Pavoni 49mm portafilters

It's been an interesting hunt for information over the last two months about where this strange portafilter came from and unfortunately I still don't have many answers. After speaking with everyone I could possibly contact, in Canada, the US, Italy, it appears that the only way I might get my hand o...
by tangje
July 29th, 2010, 8:47 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 17
Views: 2724

Where to buy older Pavoni 49mm portafilters

Thanks Chris. I have explored that site but I wasn't able to find my portafilter. Can you provide a direct link? My machine was built in the 1970's and from everyone I've spoken to the portafilter/group I have is not common
by tangje
June 30th, 2010, 10:42 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 2433
Views: 258735

LMWDP Rollcall

I've just recently completed my rebuild of a La Pavoni Eurobar A Leva. Getting the new lever arm proved to be the most difficult part of the process. I ended up having to make a custom boiler gasket but some help from Doug at OE made it an easy process once I could source the food grade gasket
by tangje
June 26th, 2010, 2:14 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 12
Views: 118270

Citric Acid, How Much to Use for Heavy Descaling

20% would equate to 200g in 1 litre of water. That's roughly 14 TBSPs. Vinegar, which people often use in a pinch for descaling, is 5% acetic acid. Those numbers should help you get a sense of what people are doing
by tangje
June 23rd, 2010, 7:25 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 4
Views: 477

Coffee inside the boiler

Hi Márcio, Yes, I have found it brown even pouring through the top of the boiler (which is a bit challenging). As I said, at first I thought I just needed to descale and rinse better but I could see little bits floating in the sight glass which I think is coffee. Since dosing less I haven't
by tangje
June 23rd, 2010, 3:53 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 4
Views: 477

Coffee inside the boiler

I noticed some brown water coming out of my boiler and thought it was just poor rinsing after a descale/cleaning. Upon closer inspection I found small flecks of coffee which would suggest that they were sucked back up through the dispersion screen. I think dosing lower is helpful but ultimately it's...