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Hello all! I received a 1990 Olympia Cremina in the mail that, tragically, was not packed well at all. :( There was minimal padding inside the package, and at one point I think the package was dropped in such a way that the machine landed on the water tank lid, bending and...
Hello all! Just taken ownership of a used La Spaziale Mini Vivaldi ii. The previous owner said he used filtered, relatively soft water, but thought I'd open it up and see what things were like. A few questions I was hoping someone might be able to assist with!
I'm about to plumb my GS/3 in after moving into a new home a year or so ago. It's different than most in that the motor and pump have been removed from the machine. In our old house I ran a braided hose from the outlet of the pump to the inlet of the machine and it worked...
This is my first post to the forum. A few years ago I suspected the pump in my Livia 90s was beginning to fail, so I ordered a replacement from Amazon, the Ulka EAP5 Vibratory Pump. The new pump has worked fine since installation, but over time I've concluded that the...
Started off with me hearing a whistling noise from the machine, as if continually boiling in the steam boiler, with the whole machine becoming hot to the touch.
When disassembling i noticed that the bottom of the steam boiler was dripping a bit. As well as there being a bit of...
I was pretty curious about hydraulic machines for a while now, and decided my first project would be my 2 group Gran Luce Automatica purchased as part of the group of machines from New York state. It is in good original condition, but I saw that someone has worked on the machine...
There are clearly some manner of electrical gremlins living in my Appartamento. I previously had a blocked thermosiphon preventing the grouphead from heating up, but I had the machined looked over by a local tech and the grouphead is perfect now. Previously, however, I had...
Just picked up a 2016 GS3 AV last weekend, and love it. I do have a small leak from the no-burn steam wand though. Leak comes from where the plastic steam hose goes into the brass fitting beneath the steam wand.
I've seen diagrams that show various o-rings and such, but seems...