Haha, good point (about doing 5 of them)! Do you find them used and refurbish for resale or something?
There was a thread not too long ago about joystick wands; I'll see if I can find it. If you keep the old ones, WLL now sells the white teflon seal that fails. They're not cheap, $5.71 each, but cheaper than replacing the whole shaft with seal. I've never had the rubber o-rings or the white teflon ring seals fail on either wand, but who knows. Pretty sure they sell those too. If you open the vacuum valve you'll see that there's really nothing to fail except the o-ring. So you probably still have a spare, even if you exchange. :) Best, bmc Sent from my apple IIe > On Aug 11, 2015, at 23:00, James Roybal <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm thinking about the joystick wands. Does anyone have the part numbers? > Maybe not though since I never steam milk... > > I'm not interested in how everything works cause this is the 5th machine I've > done, lol. > > The over pressure is actually new. It was recently replaced by the previous > owner. Since I have an extra vacuum valve it will just be replacement if it > needs it. > >> On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 3:25:38 PM UTC-6, bmacpiper wrote: >> Nice, getting the lever type wands? I keep thinking I should do >> that...maybe next time. >> >> On the vacuum valve--there is an o-ring that can get crusty, usually cleans >> up really easily and the mating surface as well. Otherwise just the o-ring >> is all you need. They're about 5 cents, look in the archives for my post on >> the part number. >> >> The over pressure has a teflon seal and I just would check its mating >> surface also. >> >> And hey, might as well see how it all works, right? After all, you didn't >> come this far because you're not interested... :) >> >> I did find some good schematics of the e61 group, fortunately, after I took >> mine apart without noting how it came apart. There are various types of >> shafts, i.e. triangular, etc. that make it pretty easy. Such a simple >> genius of a system... >> >> On the auto-refill circuit, this really is important I think. The >> electromagnet fits around a tube, inside that tube is a plunger that snaps >> back and forth. That plunger was covered with scale/stone in my case, very >> fine layer, and it was sticking. I think this ultimately led to some of my >> other problems. Instead of soaking, I used the back of a blade (carefully) >> and scraped off the stone until smooth. There's also a rubber seal in there >> to check, and a small triple orifice. >> >> Too much fun! >> >> bmc >> >> Sent from my apple IIe >> >> > On Aug 11, 2015, at 10:01, James Roybal <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Nice catch on the group lol. I'm considering replacing both wands but I've >> > already checked the hot water wand. Clean as can be. The group I'm just >> > waiting for parts. As far as I know you don't descale safety valves or >> > vacuum valves. I have a new vacuum valve waiting if it needs it. >> > >> > -- >> > 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.
