Difficulty Level (Easy, Medium, Hard, Insane):
Medium
Process:
Other blog post/fixes for the same model cappuccino machine:
The above fixes were all done with my personal machine. Then, about 6 months ago someone contacted me through my blog and asked whether I could help him out with a "Generic Error" he got on his machine. I tried every trick in the bag but ended up not being able to get his machine working.
Instead of throwing it out, he generously agreed to send it up to Canada so I could have a go at it. After taking off some parts off my machine and testing it, I ended up concluding that the main mother board was fried. Luckily I had one for that exact machine from one of my previous attempts at fixing my own machine. After replacing the board and a bunch of other parts taken from my machine I did end up getting it to work.
All I had to do was order the broken parts online, replace them and now I have a fully functioning machine. I'm currently trying to sell it on ebay for $600 bucks (I have about $475 into it from parts and the $200 shipping to Canada cost), so I hope it will provide thousands of cups of beautiful java to the next owner.
Pictures:
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| The brew unit was quite rusted |
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| The machine after I removed the brew element |
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| Melted inlet pipe |
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| All the parts taken off the machine to inspect and clean |
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| The brew unit rusted |
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| Cleaning all the parts |
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| Another melted part |
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| The cleaned up bracket |
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| Another view |
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| Cleaning the brew piston |
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The brew piston being taken apart, new o-rings installed and greased with food-grade silicone grease
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| The brew unit with molten plastic inside |
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| Close-up of the calcium deposit and molten plastic |
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| Painting the mounting bracket |
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| Truing up the boil element on my surface plate |
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| Shortly after I started |
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| The brew element almost cleaned up |
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| Getting ready to put it back together |
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| I had to mill out and re-tap a broken off bolt |
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| Close-up of the broken bolt |
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| After I re-tapped the hole, testing the new bolt |
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| Another view |
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| The completely restored machine |
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| She's a beauty |
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| Clean as a whistle |
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| So proud of her |
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| The bean reservoir |
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| Close-up of the beans |
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| The only part that is still broken is a small rib in the plastic cover |
Tools:
Metal lathe & accessories
Screw driver
Brushes
Drill
Surface plate
Sandpaper
Materials:
New motherboard
New water inlet adapter
New high-temp silicone o-rings
High temperature spray paint
Pliers
Dental pick
Cost:
$475.00
Time:
15 hrs
Conclusion:
I'm using it at work right now and some people are already very sad about the prospect of me selling the machine.
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