Hiya.
I picked up an old Rancilio z9 from eBay for hardly anything, figuring that it would be a good project for restoration to teach me a bit about the internal workings of such machines. Its hardly worthy of the title extreme machine, but owners of such machines will hopefully be able to relate to my request.
The seller took it out of a shop they bought, having verified that it pumped water (but nothing else), but failed to take with it any of the plumbing equipment, including the pump.
So, I now have a machine that heats up fine, but no pump to get any more water into it.
I found a few pages of parts at coffeeparts, for example, but I dont really know what exactly I need. Im keen to not spend lots, as this is more a hobby project than anything else.
Can anyone help with some suggestions?
Thanks,
Sam.
I picked up an old Rancilio z9 from eBay for hardly anything, figuring that it would be a good project for restoration to teach me a bit about the internal workings of such machines. Its hardly worthy of the title extreme machine, but owners of such machines will hopefully be able to relate to my request.
The seller took it out of a shop they bought, having verified that it pumped water (but nothing else), but failed to take with it any of the plumbing equipment, including the pump.
So, I now have a machine that heats up fine, but no pump to get any more water into it.
I found a few pages of parts at coffeeparts, for example, but I dont really know what exactly I need. Im keen to not spend lots, as this is more a hobby project than anything else.
Can anyone help with some suggestions?
Thanks,
Sam.

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allow another $200 ish for a motor.
At least I have learnt something today!!
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