S1 V1 temp sensor o-ring?

[TruthBrew]

Hey folks, long time owner of an original S1 V1 but haven't been on the forum in a long time.

I had some steam leaking out of the steam boiler, tracked it down to the temp probe which was replaced once before a few years back. The cause was a cracked o-ring. Is there typically an o-ring on the steam boiler temp sensor? I couldn't see it on the parts breakout diagram and couldn't recall if that was something I added or it was supposed to have one.

Thanks all.

Jeff

[chas]

Sounds like you're in for a call to CCS on Monday. I have discovered other places where the machine has o-rings that aren't shown on the parts list.

Giving it some more thought, when your machine was new it probably had that type of sensor where there was a hollow tube that screwed into the top of the boiler. The sensor was a silver cylinder with long leads that you pushed down into the bottom of the tube. Depending on when you initially replaced the sensor, did you just get a new cylinder sensor(7540) or did you get the new stubby screw in style (8919) that replaces the old sensor and the tube? If it's the latter I would think you might be able to get by with just wrapping the threads with a couple of wraps of teflon tape as either a permanent or at least a temporary repair.

Part number references above are from page 16 of the parts manual.

[TruthBrew]

chas,

Yea, it's the new stubby part 8919. Thanks for that part #, I have the new PDF now. Looking at it, I agree that I could get away with just teflon tape at least until I confirm it and see what o-ring I need.

thanks!

[chas]

It's been a long time since I've seen you around the ole forum. Glad to hear that the old S1 is still plugging along.

[TruthBrew]

Yea, has been a wicked long time! We've used the S1 pretty much daily since we bought it in Dec 2005 with only minor problems overall. Great purchase, money well spent.

[TruthBrew]

For fun, here's my setup (still). I did add progressive pre-infusion, modify the Macap M4 to stepless and change knockboxes in 2008 though.
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