It would be great if you could show pictures and part numbers. Sounds like a great mod. Glad you got it to work. Herman
On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 9:20 PM, winnipegger65 <[email protected]> wrote: > There has been a few posts both on here and Home-Barista regarding the > retrofit/upgrade of the knobs to joysticks. I thought I'd give that a try > after my steam wand got kind of wonky. It still works but I used that as > an excuse. I don't exactly have a natural talent for these kinds of > retrofits but I can say it really is easy. If I can do it so can you. What > you'll need is both the joystick wand, either steam or hot water, *and* the > adapter kit. I think Chris calls it the 'Izzo' kit. You'll need that make > everything work. > > The adapter kit comes with 3 parts. 1) an adapter which converts from the > Brewtus thread type to the type on the steam wand. When remove the flair > nut from the Brewtus steam wand, and try to put that on the joystick wand, > it won't fit. You'll need to first screw on the adapter to the joystick > steam wand and then the Brewtus flair nut will work great. You should also > use the Teflon tape on the screw threads just to keep things from leaking. > Also, before you even put flair nut back on, you should make sure the steam > wand itself is nice and tight. I used a socket to get to the nut on the > inside of the machine. I was lucky enough that the socket was deep enough > to reach the nut past the threads of the steam wand. You'll need metric > sizes. > > The second pard of the adapter kit is a little copper washer. I didn't use > that because it wasn't needed to make everything fit. Of course once I > turned on the machine it leaked. I guess that copper washer is needed after > all. So, after unscrewing everything, retaping with teflon tape, I put the > little copper washer between the pipe coming from the Brewtus and into the > adapter on the steam wand. It really only fits in one way. I screwed it > tight and was worried the flair nut would 'bottom out' before it got tight > enough. It did seem to bottom out or at least get close to it but this > time, when I turned on the machine and let it warm up, no leaks! Be safe > and if you're messing around with the machine without the metal cover on > it, wear safety glasses. If something blows and your face is in there > looking for leaks it would be really bad. > > Finally, the third part of the adapter kit is some kind of washer, bigger > than the copper washer. This time I really didn't need it and wasn't even > sure what it's for. Maybe another brand of machine needed it. > > All in all, like people say, it is a very easy DYI upgrade and works very > well. It looks like the Brewtus was made for 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
