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Has anyone here used these red silicone piston seals on their '67 Cremina?
( You can get them and )

If you've used them...

1) how do they compare to the black OEM seals—better, worse, or simply different?

2) do they fit...

Ever wondered what's lurking in that lever group? I've had my Pro 800 for two years now and love it. A while back I purchased Cafelat's silicone gasket replacement set, but it sat in a drawer waiting for the rare day when the machine was...

One particularly cold February morning, I got up to discover that the auto-fill circuit on my Brugnetti Aurora had failed. As I opened up the Gicar controller a few days-without-proper-morning-coffee later to figure out what was wrong (an...

For those that have stand alone espresso machines, what are some stand alone steaming option machines?

I like the Astra Pro Steamer (as do they), but I'd need more justification for a steamer of this price point to purchase one. What...

Hi there,
I have an old La Romana Elettroautomatica that I'm trying to figure out what to do with. There's a good story behind this machine but I believe it was purchased either late 70s or early 80s. I last used it around 1994/95. I...

I have sent an email to Cafelat and am waiting for confirmation, but after reading user experiences and calculating the numbers, it seems that the Robot will not be able to reach appropriate temperature for espresso use at an altitude...

I just finished a restore on a really messed up Gaggia Gilda V1 (110V, the heating element is 1000W). Everything works great EXCEPT that when I plugged it in for the first time, the plug had barely made contact with the GFI outlet when it...

Hi guys, got this machine in a couple of days ago, and it's in surprisingly good condition.

Spring seems a bit weak however. I'm aware that 1982 and earlier machines have a different piston/spring configuration, I know there are photos...

Would it be possible for the Lever Forum to have a Gallery sticky of all the lever machines? If we own/owned the machines there would be no copyright issues. I think it would be helpful to all us LeverLovers to be able to see machines...