Thanks John, I see that both you and Dan are suggesting a more conservative solution with outboarding the V-Pump. That may be the simplest solution apart from simply selling my machine and upgrading to Rotary Pump machine... -evan

perhaps ur pitchers pouring spout is damaged?

Thanks Dan, I've already violated my warranty. ;-( I've seen this setup in some of your other posts. It struck me as being less elegant than 'simply' replacing the V-pump with a rotary. (The machine case is capable of accommodating the bigger rotary pump) BUT in fact your solution may represent a simpler option overall. I

I would check for the smell as I would think getting someone out to look at it over christmas will be hard to impossible and you could potentially get it fixed before you should "have it". Downside is that you might struggle to put it away again after having a test

So it does have a slot for a magnetic float however the magnet did not come with it. I took the one I had in my other machine and placed it in the slot in the water tank however the same issue persists

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I second Bonanza, they have two locations that I know of. Godshot was another that I enjoyed. There was a post about a half year ago where someone from Berlin answered the same question with many suggestions. Wish I saw that before I was there over a year ago. Will search for it and post link here

That's my take too. It has a torque adjustment and a nice, bright light for the work area. Changing from pistol grip to straight line is done with a twisting motion. My unit in the Black Friday deal came with a carrying case, two batteries and a charger for less than the straight line version with one battery and charger

Just wanted to share that replacing the brew thermostat did fix the overheating issue! Thanks a million

Got a chance to play with the Dewalt. It is a nice fill-in tool between a regular screwdriver and a drill-driver. Just over 1ft.lb. of torque but release the trigger and it becomes a manual screwdriver with plenty of force. Feels good in the hand and the so-called gyroscopic control of speed made it easy to remove and install a