Fitting autofill to an Astoria lever arm

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Bigpaul
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#1: Post by Bigpaul »

Hi all. Ive searched and cant find anything along these lines.

Ive got a 2 group Astoria (CMA) lever arm machine that is gas fitted and manual fill only. Its great when its great and its a nightmare when its not!!! Im hoping that i can retrofit a level control system to it to reduce the temperature fluctuations that i get when i need to do a big fill!!

Has anyone done this before and, if so tell me all!!!

I am also going to replace the bearings and pin in one group. Any hints/tips on dismantling and rebuilding for me??? Ive found loads of info on here but not these specific queries so i would appreciate any help that may be offered.

Paul