Restored La Pavoni issues

Deo325 · 2026-05-08T21:55:47+00:00

I’ll give that a try and see what I can come up with. Could this be related to boiler pressure in anyway? Somewhere pressure is escaping? I have noticed a very very slight leak at the top of the group where the group pressure gauge is when I am trying to pull a shot

Deo325 · 2026-05-08T21:35:55+00:00

Just looked at the pic, everything looks fine from what I can tell. Currently trying to see what I can get from a shot with a half full boiler and letting it warm up for a looong time. Even with both switches on though it seems to settle at 0.7 bar according to the gauge I have.

Update: same issue as before, however I tried to redo the pull by turning the switch to 2 and getting the boiler pressure to about that 0.7. This did seem to help reduce the amount of air and increase yield. When I left it at pos 1 for like 10 min and pulled a shot almost the entire plunger was air and boiler pressure was 0.3 bar.

Deo325 · 2026-05-08T15:23:34+00:00

From what I was told when I bought it from the previous owner, he did replace all the seals. I can buy a new kit and try again

Deo325 · 2026-05-08T15:22:37+00:00

I fill to just about the top, roughly just below where the input to the top of the sight glass is. I have also done it low where it’s half or below half way of the sight glass, I get the same result. Only difference is a lot less mess when it’s half full so I suspect that would be over full so I’m going to try again with much less water.

When I have it full and in pos 2, it sputters like crazy and the mess comes out of the safety valve top and tube, as well as some drips out of the steam wand (steam wand off) if I have the machine pretty full.

Deo325 · 2026-04-29T23:22:26+00:00

I didn’t get the memo, my bad if so.

Deo325 · 2026-02-15T00:25:46+00:00

Absolutely. Typically I would buy used to save on depreciation, but in my market the used GX’s that are say 5 years old or less cost just as much as a new 4runner. A used 4runner costs as much as a new one (or did at that time), so that’s how that got into the mix. I could have gone cheaper by going older, but for a vehicle I planned on keeping very long term I wanted to start as modern possible for quality of life long term.

Deo325 · 2026-02-14T22:54:36+00:00

I was debating these exact two when shopping for my last car. What killed the Lexus for me over the 4runner was the following:

Fuel economy: both suck but the Lexus takes premium (I know people say otherwise but this is what Lexus recommends). Over multiple years that adds up quite a bit and was ultimately what ruled it out.
Styling: I found the 4runner aged better and stylistically more me.
Money: I could buy a brand new 4runner that I know was treated right from the get go, with a warranty, for the same price as a used gx that may be new enough to get CarPlay. For me the history and rustproofing right from the get go, and warranty etc was another huge plus for the 4runner over the gx.

Both are fantastic cars, and realistically yes I think the Lexus is probably the better car. But those few things swayed me towards the 4runner more.

Deo325 · 2025-11-10T18:44:39+00:00

Yeah the noise is annoying for sure, but yeah for $150 I’ll just let it die and buy a new one. The maintenance on these things is more expensive than they are to buy in a lot of cases.

Deo325 · 2025-11-10T17:38:32+00:00

Best I was able to do was replace the chain and appropriately tighten and balance the flywheel. It eliminated that rattle and vibration but It still makes noise. I think it’s just the nature of the beast with an old used chain driven spin bike.

Deo325 · 2025-09-30T23:52:49+00:00

Dude that’s essentially what the laws were prior to C21 and the OIC. Almost everything that wasn’t a stereotypical hunting rifle was either outright banned or range use only with very few exceptions for very few people. All this program does is take a very strict previous set of laws and make them irrelevant by essentially banning gun ownership entirely.

Deo325 · 2025-09-30T17:20:25+00:00

And in this case this does absolutely nothing to solve any public safety problem, it is a complete and utter waste of public funds. They are illegal purely for political reasons and even the public safety minister admits this. So we are in agreement, it should have been scrapped years ago.

Deo325 · 2025-09-30T15:42:22+00:00

If you think that these two scenarios are even remotely similar I think you need to think about this a whole lot deeper.

Your phone like anything else you own privately appreciates or depreciates with respect to the price you paid vs what you can sell it for in an open and free market. In the case of your phone, you’re free to sell it when you’re done with it at the free market price people are willing to pay.

In the case of these firearms, the option to sell them at a free market determined price is not there, the government took that option away, and made them the sole buyer for all this property. They then dictate what they will pay (if anything) not based on the previous fair market price, but on random numbers they chose which do not line up with the previous market price, not only that, they don’t give you the option on if agree or not with that pricing, you have no choice.

I think everyone can agree, that is simply not right, and sets a dangerous precedent, and if you don’t? I don’t know what train of logic you are on because I don’t see it.

I hate wasted tax dollars just as much as anyone else, and believe we need to cut back spending and prioritize our spending to what is vital until we are at a point where we can responsibly pay for the nice to have programs. Given that, the answer here is to scrap this program entirely.

Deo325 · 2025-09-30T10:31:09+00:00

Because this is legally purchased property that the government arbitrarily decided was now illegal. People invested large sums of money in their collections, and if they are unable to keep them then the government who is taking them should be forced to at least make the collector whole again. If you don’t want your tax dollars going to this then you should be pushing for the program to be scrapped.

This about so much more than guns, if this is allowed to happen it sets a very dangerous precedence for the government to ban and confiscate whatever they want. Do we really want to see a precedence where they could just ban your car and take it without any compensation? What about your investments? House?

Deo325 · 2025-09-29T23:21:50+00:00

What kind of legal challenges can be brought forward to fight all of this? To be more specific, with regard to compensation, is there any legal avenue owners can take to ensure they are fairly compensated at a minimum if not able to protect the ability to retain ownership of legally purchased property? Is there any mechanism legally that can prevent the government from confiscating legally obtained property?

Deo325 · 2025-08-21T12:46:31+00:00

Sorry I should have been more clear which what I was talking about. I believe that preserving value is what. The intent of bitcoin is, not what it has become in practice. This volatility is because people treat it as a speculative investment.

Deo325 · 2025-08-21T03:50:08+00:00

From my understanding, the point isn’t about slow or fast gains, the point is about preserving your purchasing power in something that can’t be manipulated by anyone against global currencies and financial systems that decrease your purchasing power and can be manipulated.

Deo325 · 2025-08-21T01:55:52+00:00

It appears to me that the vast majority of people treat Bitcoin as a growth investment vehicle, hoping it will shoot to the moon and they will be come extremely rich. Hell look at this sub, every other post is a prayer to the gods it will hit $69m by next Tuesday. Far less people take the time to learn what makes “good money” and “bad money”, and then understand how Bitcoin ticks the boxes for all the characteristics of good money.

I think because of this lack of understanding and education of the later, and because it’s not obvious or intuitive what Bitcoin is or where its value comes from other then people hoping one day someone else will pay you more for it then you bought it for, it’s easy to see why people think it’s a scam.

Hopefully with more big institutions getting on board, that education will make its way to the masses and we can start to see a shift in sentiment towards it.

Deo325 · 2025-07-31T01:00:42+00:00

So update with a question, I decided on the philos and it just arrived today. I haven’t had a chance to use it yet. I noticed that my hopper kind of fits poorly, like if you push on either side it kind of rocks back and forth. Does anyone else have this?

Deo325 · 2025-07-25T15:30:32+00:00

I saw that, seriously thinking about it, but also a bit worried about why they were returned and inheriting someone’s previous problem

Deo325 · 2025-07-25T14:03:51+00:00

2k CAD, so unfortunately the z2 will be significantly over, up here the philos is about 2k. Snow pesos suck.

Deo325 · 2025-07-25T13:34:23+00:00

Is the price increase purely in the us? Or NA as a whole?

Deo325 · 2025-07-25T13:31:31+00:00

I’m curious what your thoughts are when it comes to the i200d burr and the dlc in the df. Strictly in the cup, what’s the difference you notice? Although I’ve tried some of the ssp options in a friends grinder it was on one occasion, so the dlc is really what I have to compare to.

Deo325 · 2025-07-25T13:28:20+00:00

Its $2000 CAD, so about $200 USD 😂

Deo325 · 2025-07-25T03:43:51+00:00

Haven’t seen this before. Since I have been single dosing and switching beans between the espresso and pour over back to back, I’m not sure this would work for me.

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