I took the boiler out, put it in a vice with padding etc all around -had my son hold it with an oil filter wrench (rubber strap) and got it off with a wrench (Big crescent). Was a little unnerving.........
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 9, 2017, at 12:36, jpaul <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did some more digging through the Brewtus archives and found a reference to > 37mm. > > Planning to use yellow teflon on the threads after a thorough cleaning. I've > also read that people have had to fashion their own gaskets, hoping the WLL > replacement comes with one. I've rebuilt engines and a thousand other things > so I'm not afraid of complexity but the fragility of the boiler and the force > necessary to remove the element are concerning. Planning on leaving the > boiler in place, using an oil filter wrench next to the end plate of the > boiler and an impact wrench to loosen. > > Any advice is appreciated. > > JP > >> On Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 11:45:46 AM UTC-8, jpaul wrote: >> After a couple of months of french press I'm eager to replace the dead >> heating element in my brewtus ii. While the new parts are on their way from >> WWL, I'm girding for the fight, planning to use an impact wrench. I've seen >> various reports on the size of the heating element nut. I've read 1 7/16ths >> works but from the conversion table that could either be 36 or 37mm. Anyone >> know the real size? >> >> Thanks! >> JP > > -- > 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.
