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I recently came into possession of a very nice Zacconi Rivera baby Lusso made of brass and stainless. The previous owner I purchased it from stated that it needed a new heating element and power cord, I planned on using a generic 14ga power cord but I'm having issues finding a...

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I have a Nuova Simonelli Oscar 2 which I've been having some issues with for quite some time. The machine has been slower than usual to brew espresso. It seems like it's been having trouble building up enough pressure. It's been taking like 20 seconds before espresso...

So the other day my machine stopped heating up. I assumed it was the heating element and I usually have a spare Oscar or 2 around for parts. So I went to pull the heating element and while I had it apart I did a full teardown/descale. But then when I went to grab the extra oscar...

I have a 2 month old Quick Mill QM67. It's the newest model with the dual manometer. I've noticed some intermittent overheating of its steam boiler. This only seems to happen after using the steam or hot water wands. I've never noticed it during initial warm up.

I have the...

I have a Specialita purchased new about 6 months ago that performed flawlessly until my second espresso this morning. After pushing in the portafilter to start the grind, I hear the click of the motor relay and the countdown timer moving, but no grinding. The motor wasn't...

Adjustable boiler pressure should be standard equipment. Optimal espresso pressure and optimal steaming pressure are not the same.

In 2007 or 2008 I bought a demo-model Grimac La Valentina. (Very nice machine.) Recently I changed the pre-filter in the water tank, because I noticed that the pump was a bit noisy. (Before, it was working perfect, except for the noisy pump. The pre-filter was overdue.)
After...

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I am trying to fit anti vacuum valve along with new pressurestat to my old Cremina (1979).
To prevent water dripping on connectors I was thinking to put anti vacuum valve below new pressurestat just not sure if it is hydraulically correct??

On my Slayer mod, today I noticed now the pressure gauge doesn't change whether coffee or blank when adjusting knob, it just goes to 9ish and stays, if I lower to 1st bar for example pressure stays in that range and doesn't drop anymore, or fluctuate period when adjusting knob....

Ok, I'm sure it didn't really kill it, but I definitely messed up. I was distracted when I was refilling the tank the other evening, and I didn't screw the boiler cap all the way on. I have it on a timer, so it goes on about 45 minutes before I usually get up. But that morning I...