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- October 23rd, 2017, 6:38 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Rusted boiler from Krups 874 machine
I have a few Krups machines, but I'm not familiar with your model. However, a photo shows that it is very similar (in look/design) to a Krups espresso machine I do have, without the filter coffee side of it. And I love my Krups espresso machine. So I would definitely do what it takes, to save my Kru...
- October 3rd, 2017, 8:19 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 35
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Classic Coffee Gaggia Rework
Unless you or someone has played around with the OPV, it sounds like you're not grinding fine enough. (As I have no problem choking my Gaggias... quite the opposite in fact, as the Classic is choking easier than the Old Baby). The setting on the grinder is irrelevant, don't go by that, go by feel. G...
- October 3rd, 2017, 8:13 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
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Gaggia Classic water flow problem
I believe citric acid is whats recommended for alu. boilers, so.... Anyway, it could be a number of things. Such as a blockage at the pump. I would take the cover off and see if I can trace the water flow as the brew is occurring, to see where its blocking (this won't work so well if your hoses arent
- September 19th, 2017, 12:56 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Classic Coffee Gaggia Rework
Interesting, in that yours appears to be a 1995 machine, mine I believe is around 2001, but they used an Ulka Ep5 in the earlier model, not the later one. I'm guessing the Invensys is a better pump, as the EP5 is the cheapest of the Ulka's. (Shouldn't make too much of a difference though, as far as ...
- September 18th, 2017, 9:11 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Classic Coffee Gaggia Rework
Just to confirm any differences between our Classics, that last photo shows what it pretty much looks like inside my silver standard edition Classic (circa 2001, around). You appear to have the alu. boiler, as mine has, so we're both fortunate for that. Not sure if the pumps are the same. Mine has a...
- September 18th, 2017, 3:11 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Classic Coffee Gaggia Rework
I was just commenting on the color. I believe my Classic is pretty much identical to the Gold edition, as far as parts are concerned. And I did consider buying the GE edition at one opportunity, 'cos I thought it was 'cool'/special. But after seeing more of it in close-up photos, I'm just not diggin...
- September 18th, 2017, 1:21 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Classic Coffee Gaggia Rework
Funny, I'm looking at the brickwork behind the machine, and I go "That's got to be England!". Then I look and see you're in London! Never thought about it before, but there's a particular 'look' to English brickwork; color, shape, 'crumbliness'.... it all comes together to create a uniquely identifi...
- September 11th, 2017, 2:28 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Gaggia Baby - Boiler Leaking!
I agree with the welding comment, which is why I never had any plans of having this welded. I also agree it's a bad design to begin with! Nice to know the same thing broke on other people's boilers, which tells me I can't be that much of a goof to have done it to mine! I happen to have
- September 9th, 2017, 2:20 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Gaggia Baby - Boiler Leaking!
It would appear that aluminum being a soft material wasn't a good thing in my case. As mentioned, because its an inherently weak material in relation to some other metals, the bolt ear split at the joints where it was moulded to the body of the boiler (where there isn't much material there), because...
- September 7th, 2017, 1:20 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Gaggia Baby - Boiler Leaking!
Well, the ear fractured because when I was removing the bolt, the Allan key was in the way of some wires (that I did not want to remove in the possibility of damaging the connection). So I had to unscrew at a bit of an angle, that was enough to dig into the soft aluminum, and break off the not-so-so...