Thanks for the videos. Busy restoring one myself, but need to repair the refill logic box. Please give us more details on some some of the steps between video 2 & 3, you missed out on filming a lot of the actual cleaning and repair work. How did you go about cleaning and polishing? Also how did you remove the little plastic discs that hide the screws on the steam and water knobs?
You can pop out those plastic discs by pressing hard on the side of them. Cleaning was quite challenging; it took me several days. It involved a series of descaling baths and then polishing the rest of the boiler. Additionally, I had to replace the heat exchanger and make a few other improvements. Unfortunately, the machine also needs a new board after I replaced all the wiring and checked it out; the board gave out. I'm currently waiting for the part. You can see some of the progress on our Instagram, although I didn't document the many descaling and cleaning baths.
@@DeLucaEspressoRepair Thanks for the feedback. Sorry to hear the board is also faulty. Where are you sourcing a replacement. It seems like the transformer on the board is the week point. I'll be replacing that and a couple capacitors first to see if that hopefully fixes it
@@michielbesier4256 I got it from Pasquini. You'll have to email them though. I tried fixing the board but it needed a lot of work so it was safer to replace than to fix. The R.L.3 Sonde is pretty easy to repair so fingers crossed
Do the two clear hoses that you had just laying off to the side connect to anything? I've watched all the videos and it seems like the answer is no. Is this the case? If they do connect to something, what do they connect to. Thanks
They connect from the expansion valve output to the water tank or to tray, the other one is the discharge hose, is connected to the 3 way solenoid valve and then tray. Hope this helps
Thanks for the videos. Busy restoring one myself, but need to repair the refill logic box.
Please give us more details on some some of the steps between video 2 & 3, you missed out on filming a lot of the actual cleaning and repair work. How did you go about cleaning and polishing? Also how did you remove the little plastic discs that hide the screws on the steam and water knobs?
You can pop out those plastic discs by pressing hard on the side of them. Cleaning was quite challenging; it took me several days. It involved a series of descaling baths and then polishing the rest of the boiler. Additionally, I had to replace the heat exchanger and make a few other improvements. Unfortunately, the machine also needs a new board after I replaced all the wiring and checked it out; the board gave out. I'm currently waiting for the part. You can see some of the progress on our Instagram, although I didn't document the many descaling and cleaning baths.
@@DeLucaEspressoRepair Thanks for the feedback. Sorry to hear the board is also faulty. Where are you sourcing a replacement. It seems like the transformer on the board is the week point. I'll be replacing that and a couple capacitors first to see if that hopefully fixes it
@@michielbesier4256 I got it from Pasquini. You'll have to email them though. I tried fixing the board but it needed a lot of work so it was safer to replace than to fix. The R.L.3 Sonde is pretty easy to repair so fingers crossed
Do the two clear hoses that you had just laying off to the side connect to anything? I've watched all the videos and it seems like the answer is no. Is this the case? If they do connect to something, what do they connect to. Thanks
They connect from the expansion valve output to the water tank or to tray, the other one is the discharge hose, is connected to the 3 way solenoid valve and then tray. Hope this helps