the boiler is complete, the valves too. all the plumbing descaled, cleaned, polished and clearcoated.now the grouphead... well, no progress on that front. the espresso machine repair shop here in sf is superbusy, works solely on conventional pump machines (who has a lever here in town anyway besides Blue Bottle?) and doesn't have any clue regarding lever machines. no problem if they would let you know right away...
anyway, doing some more research i found a company down in so-cal which was the distributor and customizer of gaggias in the 70's and 80's. they marketed as ABC back then. the company is still in business. and so is their repair shop. i talked with sergio whose response was 'no problem. send in the grouphead and you'll have it back in a week'. what??? seriously?
Where did you get the boiler gasket from if you don't mind me asking? I ordered one from Ascaso. Right size but the mounting holes don't line up. :(
ReplyDeletei got the gasket from espressoparts.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Their's worked with no problems I'm assuming? Machine looks good - can't believe you found it!!!
ReplyDeleteDid you buy the gasket for the Tell or the E90? These are the only two offered. I bought the one for the E90 (GI_50). I have a feeling I should have bought the one for the Tell.
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