I'd be sure to use a food grade lubricant. Dow 111 is what I use and it's safe for you; I'm guessing the other lubricant is not. Hope this helps. Herman
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 2:19 AM, Eric Christoffersen <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, even stretched the orang is working fine. Fwiw the last change > machine was hissing periodically and giving "ps5" on display. Replacing > oring allowed steam pressure and proper function. > > My machine is an early brewtus 2, I think 2005? On at least my 6th seal > not counting the unsuitable home depot jobbers. > > Something else to mention. Napa sells a lube: silglyde? Used for o-rings > on car's intercooler. Now using it on all the rubber bits I replace, > recently the seals for the brew lever. Thoughts? Seals didn't want to seat > without lube. > > Really impressed by how well this machine has held up. Impressed by the > simple construction when the brew head was apart. $1500/9 years it has > provided an amazing return on investment. > > > On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 8:08:36 AM UTC-8, bmacpiper wrote: > >> Wow! Leave it to wally world to have them for 2 cents... >> >> As far as I'm concerned, if what you have works, who cares? :) >> >> I run my machine on a timer for about 14 hours a day, and in the 7 or so >> years I've owned it, I've now replaced the o-ring twice. So you may have >> o-rings in stock for a while... :) >> >> If you want a 007, ping me privately and I'll send you one. >> >> best, >> bmc >> >> Sent from my apple IIe >> >> On Feb 19, 2015, at 22:22, Eric Christoffersen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks for the correction. Wish WLL could have told me that. So its a >> dash 007. Rats. >> >> I wonder how long those 99 extra op-rings will last me? >> >> And now I see that Walmart sells 100 dash 007 in silicon for $2.43. >> >> Anyway, glad I'm not the only one that's been replacing it regularly. >> >> On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 8:26:17 PM UTC-8, bmacpiper wrote: >> >>> Hey Eric! >>> Not that you need it now, but for your future reference and the sake of >>> the archives--the correct o-ring is 007 S70, available from The O-Ring >>> Store and I'm sure many other places. I think I paid 5-7 cents each. I've >>> already sent one to Benoit and one to Craig a couple weeks back. >>> >>> Best, >>> bmc >>> >>> Sent from my apple IIe >>> >>> On Feb 19, 2015, at 18:18, Eric Christoffersen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> My original ring lasted 4 years. The cheapos from home depot only lasted >>> a week or so. Some expensive white orings from home espresso repair ($1 >>> each!) lasted about 1.5 years apiece. >>> >>> Late last year I ordered a 100 pack of red silicon orings from Grainger, >>> $10, supposed to be good to 450f. They are slightly small but holding >>> fine. I'm happy to mail some out but probably cheaper to source your own >>> locally. >>> >>> Orings I got are Grainger part 1REA9, size is 'dash 005' made by >>> rtdygert. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 7:43:03 AM UTC-8, WestfaliaBoy wrote: >>> >>>> Hey everybody - I am located in Kamloops, BC and my O-ring for the >>>> vacuum relief valve has finally given up the ghost (after 10 years!) - >>>> Lucky me. Anyways, after doing some reading I have figured out that better >>>> to use some specific o-rings rather than a cheapo non-fitting one. Anyone >>>> have extra's that they have ordered - I will send out cash to more than >>>> cover postage etc. Let me know if you can help. Thanks in advance - Craig >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Brewtus" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Brewtus" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
