When I removed my elements, I had a vice, but it was pretty scary the amount of torque it took. One thing that I have purchased that probably would make the whole thing easier now is a radiant wire heater (Bolt Buster). I got it originally for taking out exhaust manifold bolts out of my aluminum block Range Rover engine, but I have expanded it's use to ANYTHING that has corroded connections - what a time saver..... Something to consider if you do any other automotive work, or maintenance on bolts of any kind...........
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:44 AM RW <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ira! Will take a look. I've bought 4 used machines. I think about > the worst part of fixing them up is dealing with heavy scale inside the > boilers. With the Brutus decided to remove the two boilers and doing some > soaks with sulfamic, vinagar, maybe with try citric too. The heavy scale > just takes a lot of time and rinses. Probably should remove both heating > elements, but haven't yet. Should have tried start up the machine while it > was still all connected to see if anything was obviously defective, but I > doubt I could have understood what was going on perfectly. The tap to hot > water off the bottom of the steam boiler was completely covered. After > rinses and one few hour acid soak of the steam boiler it seams like much of > the scale/slime is gone, but quite a bit still holding on to the element > and at the base. Thinking what's would be the best way to remove the > elements with the boilers out. Don't have a vise.. Research time🤔 😅 > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 10:07 AM Ira <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Roger, >> >> You might find this useful. >> >> www.roasterthing.com/downloads/brewtus.zip >> >> Everything I've ever collected on the Brewtus. >> >> -- Ira >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/13310664655.20210318100735%40gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/13310664655.20210318100735%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAFYsYV9k2qbsqcLEtZv7QBGhJz9LpXBfeo5u9PBFNbpXjUWKCQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAFYsYV9k2qbsqcLEtZv7QBGhJz9LpXBfeo5u9PBFNbpXjUWKCQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAFxcCjQtr7fMdSnX_FjfCscNf7kCJpB04AGXjyNSxJzNpLryrw%40mail.gmail.com.
