Just wanted to add in here, I have gone and gotten a 6-cup because I happened to look and they were on sale. I have found that making my grind coarser has helped a lot even with the 6-cup to get closer to a reasonable extraction time. I'm on about a medium-fine grind, the basket is full, and it's

Not sure what an ohm meter is but I'll look into it. Those are factory wraps but I'll certainly replace them. Thanks

Sometimes you can remove the needle and put it where it would be zero, I would use a needle puller to make sure you don't bend the shaft. There are other techniques. Is the back off so you can see inside? The horseshoe shaped portion is used to adjust the calibration. Another option. It might help to see how it

On my GCP I would run the brew switch after steaming to help cool the boiler back quicker and refill it. It staying hot and and blasting steam out is pretty normal If everything works but the light I would figure it to be a lamp issue. When you replace it you can look at the wires

So I just removed the dial and placed it at 0. The dial fell to the bottom which was in the 5-7 bar area. I think the gauge is toast unless there is something I can use to "stick" the dial to the post. I wonder if age has just expanded the plastic on the dial.

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Fantastic. That was it. Face is off. So if I remove the dial and reset it to 0 that might do the trick? My thought is that if the actual gauge is stuck at 7 bar, then would the reading be accurate once I moved the dial? Or is there enough play in the gauge

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I'm sure you'd have noticed, but it bears mentioning that sometimes the rubber seals can come away from an old valve and be stuck in the group. Likewise with the washers (O-rings). Perhaps this diagram would help (grasping at straws here) {link}

I would make sure your tamper isn't bottoming prematurely giving you a false reading. It can happen since you are running in the bottom of the range for your basket. If you have a standard tamper give it a shot. Just push until you feel the coffee pushing back, if that fixes it you can decide where to go from