I've recently bought a few 'parts or repair' em69XXs and Brevilles. To be precise it ended up being 1 x em6900, 2 x em6910 and 2 x 800es. The 6900 was indeed trash due to an attempted DIY collar mod. One em6910 and one 800es are not heating up (I've taken the bellow shower screens off this em6910). They were all just seriously dirty. And when I say dirty I mean DIIIRRRRRTY. As you can see-


The machines were all in this sort of condition and were still in use. At least until they "stopped working". No wonder they stopped working, it was probably in protest!! Clean your machine people, there's no excuse for this.
The good 800es actually only needed a clean. Nothing else. I gave it a good clean inside and out, replaced one panel and a portafilter from the other machine and did some minor mods. It's now making great coffee:



So out of five machines I've disassembled 3 for parts and have definitely resurrected one so far. If I can get a decent collar I'll get a good em6910 from it as well. Most of these machines would've lasted longer if they'd been looked after better that's for sure.


The machines were all in this sort of condition and were still in use. At least until they "stopped working". No wonder they stopped working, it was probably in protest!! Clean your machine people, there's no excuse for this.
The good 800es actually only needed a clean. Nothing else. I gave it a good clean inside and out, replaced one panel and a portafilter from the other machine and did some minor mods. It's now making great coffee:



So out of five machines I've disassembled 3 for parts and have definitely resurrected one so far. If I can get a decent collar I'll get a good em6910 from it as well. Most of these machines would've lasted longer if they'd been looked after better that's for sure.




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