I have a probable solution for you. I had the same problem with a Brewtus II. The original temp probe failed. WLL no longer stocks it and sold me the PID upgrade kit.
I could not remove the temp probe. I spent a lot of time and tried many tools. A local plumber could not remove it. My auto mechanic could not budge it. I was on the phone several times with WLL. Nothing worked. Absolutely nothing. I spoke with Todd Salzman. He assured me they could fix it. They did. I finally drove up to Rochester from NYC and watched a wonderful repair technician Johnny Kemmitz solve the problem. That was easier for me than shipping it and as a bonus I could watch them doing the repair. He tried to remove it mechanically with tools and failed. He then let it heat up to operating temperature. Of course since the probe is not working, you can't read the temperature. He let it heat for about 20 minutes. It then spun out effortlessly. He said that for a few years Expobar had been using some very aggressive thread lock compounds. Heat works!!!! -- 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.
