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by mhoy
August 7th, 2023, 8:55 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 2
Views: 58

Elektra T1 boiler fill not working

Descaling the probe did the trick
by mhoy
August 7th, 2023, 7:54 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 2
Views: 58

Elektra T1 boiler fill not working

I am descaling the fill probe as that was the advice I gave another guy 14 years ago in the following thread. "Problems with used Elektra T1"
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by mhoy
August 7th, 2023, 7:31 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 2
Views: 58

Elektra T1 boiler fill not working

I took my Elektra T1 out of 2 years of storage and I am fixing it up to sell as I have not used it in a while. I noticed that the hot water wand wasn't working. The brew head works (now that I decaled it), but I am getting steam out the hot water wand. This is telling
by mhoy
May 27th, 2023, 2:17 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 10
Views: 301

ECM Mechanika IV Professional blockages

System has steam pressure which should have hot water pouring out. {image}
by mhoy
May 27th, 2023, 2:11 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 10
Views: 301

ECM Mechanika IV Professional blockages

No such luck. I just took the hot water wand off and I can blow through it, so no blockage there. I then took the valve out and could see no blockage in the 90 degree turn. I then turned on the machine and while I can get steam out the wand, the hot water pipe
by mhoy
May 23rd, 2023, 4:58 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 10
Views: 301

ECM Mechanika IV Professional blockages

I took apart the hot water valve and found a small piece of rubber had broken off from the end. {image} {image} I pulled out the rubber plug and reversed it as the other end isn't as munged. Unfortunately I still have no hot water out of the wand and there must be a blockage further
by mhoy
May 23rd, 2023, 4:28 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 10
Views: 301

ECM Mechanika IV Professional blockages

I finally got a large enough wrench to fit onto the mushroom. I picked up two Irwin Vise-Grip smooth jaw pliers, one 10", the other 8". A 1 5/16" wrench was too small for the mushroom and I used the 10" Irwin smooth jaws on it. I wrapped the nut with black tape and put some blue tape
by mhoy
January 30th, 2023, 3:52 am
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 10
Views: 301

ECM Mechanika IV Professional blockages

I'll try and get some flow going, but currently it's entirely blocked except for the hot water wand. I kind of expect I'll be taking things apart but maybe I'll get lucky. At least it won't have the scale that was in my Elektra. :-0
by mhoy
January 28th, 2023, 6:07 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 10
Views: 301

ECM Mechanika IV Professional blockages

About 1.5 years ago, I packed up and moved and the espresso machines got boxed up. We also just finished a complete main floor remodel down to the studs and back, so I now have a coffee bar. Upon unpacking and setting up my ECM M-IV and turning it on, I was dismayed with what
by mhoy
August 30th, 2020, 6:02 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 588
Views: 59424

Building a lever machine.... from scratch

With all the time at home from Covid, surely there is some updates?