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Permalink Reply by Al Sterling on June 21, 2009 at 10:07am

Casha..... are you by any chance using Bob Miller from RJM for the LM repairs?

Permalink Reply by Stephen Curtis on June 21, 2009 at 1:43pm

If the master switch is only on 'fill' instead of 'heat', that could be the problem. Otherwise it would probably be something you would need the tech for...

Permalink Reply by Alun Evans on June 22, 2009 at 4:53am

Sorry to hear about your problems, how come the techies dont work weekends?

Permalink Reply by Kevin Ayers on June 22, 2009 at 7:47am

Do you have no hot water out of the groups, and no steam out of the steam wands? If its just no steam/tea water, then it's probably the pressure stat. Other way around, and it's probably a heat element in the brew boiler. Does the sight glass look normal? If it's both, then maybe a brain issue. Fun stuff.

Permalink Reply by Colleen on June 22, 2009 at 11:22am

if it's the water out of the groups, there might be an easy fix. i had the same problem on my la marzocco a few months ago. if you lift up to top front piece (not the grates, but the part above the groups) there will be a little button all the way on the left-hand side. press that. i can't remember exactly what it's called or what it does, but it fixed out problem of not hot water coming out of the groups. hope this helps.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Ayers on June 22, 2009 at 11:49am

Thats the temp saftey sensor. When it trips it flips up a little button. It means the top of that group got too hot, and would lead one to believe there are other issues.

Colleen said:

if it's the water out of the groups, there might be an easy fix. i had the same problem on my la marzocco a few months ago. if you lift up to top front piece (not the grates, but the part above the groups) there will be a little button all the way on the left-hand side. press that. i can't remember exactly what it's called or what it does, but it fixed out problem of not hot water coming out of the groups. hope this helps.

Permalink Reply by Casha Garcia on June 22, 2009 at 4:48pm

No...we are not. Why do you ask?

Al Sterling said:

Casha..... are you by any chance using Bob Miller from RJM for the LM repairs?

Permalink Reply by Casha Garcia on June 22, 2009 at 4:49pm

I checked that... thanks! It ended up being a total mechanical error, nothing we could have done to prevent it or fix it. 2 parts had to be replaced... :( but our dear ol' machine is up and running again thank goodness!! Thanks for the help!

Stephen Curtis said:

If the master switch is only on 'fill' instead of 'heat', that could be the problem. Otherwise it would probably be something you would need the tech for...

Permalink Reply by Casha Garcia on June 22, 2009 at 4:49pm

I have no idea... don't they know that on the weekends people still need their fix??

Alun Evans said:

Sorry to hear about your problems, how come the techies dont work weekends?

Permalink Reply by Casha Garcia on June 22, 2009 at 4:51pm

Thanks for the reply and the help in trouble shooting. It actually ended up being a total mechanical error; nothing we could have done to prevent it or fix it, simple wear and tear... why it had to do it on a saturday morning... I have no clue! :)

Kevin Ayers said:

Do you have no hot water out of the groups, and no steam out of the steam wands? If its just no steam/tea water, then it's probably the pressure stat. Other way around, and it's probably a heat element in the brew boiler. Does the sight glass look normal? If it's both, then maybe a brain issue. Fun stuff.

Permalink Reply by Casha Garcia on June 22, 2009 at 4:52pm

It ended up being a total mechanical error, nothing we could have done to prevent it or fix it. 2 parts had to be replaced... :( but our dear ol' machine is up and running again thank goodness!! Thanks for the help!

Colleen said:

if it's the water out of the groups, there might be an easy fix. i had the same problem on my la marzocco a few months ago. if you lift up to top front piece (not the grates, but the part above the groups) there will be a little button all the way on the left-hand side. press that. i can't remember exactly what it's called or what it does, but it fixed out problem of not hot water coming out of the groups. hope this helps.