Rad! I had the same thing happen in covid times. I went for a slightly more powerful motor 😂 and thus began my coffee machine modification phase. I call it a 'sleeper' coffee machine because it looks like a cheap turd, but drives alright.
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This is dangerously close to exciting 😄 But this is the type of thing I can firmly get behind! Awesome work!
Nice! How did you fix it? Solder and iron? Hammer and sickle? Crystal and ball?
Ouija board and the dead pump.
Someone really should release an IKEA product with a pamphlet that is essentially an Ouija board
Quick, it's your retirement party -- you have to give a long an intricate speech to your friends and loved ones. As the spotlight shines upon you, the crowd chants, implores you to deliver a recollection of your finest moment in explicit detail...!
Duct tape, WD40 and super glue. I can make an arc reactor in a cave with those items.
If this was covid times,you would've been allowed to walk tge streets freely. Because coffee is an essential service.
What coffee machine is it?
I have two Magnificas. One is coming on 15 years old and I've repaired it a few times now. Loves to eat the o-rings.
You have to buy the orange--red ones, I can't name the composition off the top of my head but they last the longest. Source: a decade of fixing espresso machines.
Yah, the Viton ones. I picked up a bunch from FluidSeal when I was grabbing other seal kits for cylinders, they perform better than the N90 and don't go brittle.
It's kinda crazy to me that most coffee machines are made of plastic. Hot water rushing over plastic day over day seems like a bad idea
Depends on the plastic.
The plastic on this pump looks fine, so either the motor itself failed or a rubber seal did - which is what I'd expect on a pump. The seals are the component that's most challenging to make last.
These pumps tend to last 10-30 years. Also no hot water goes through them in espresso machines.
Excellent work! How's the coffee?

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