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  • MrWalko
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    Ok, so I pulled the steam valve. It's an 11mm nut. One O-ring is pretty good but the other looks like it's going. Lubed it up with some Inox and re-assembed. Seems to shut off well now. Maybe it just had some gunk in the pipe?

    That pulls it back out of sell territory for the moment. Big win. Thanks guys!

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  • MrWalko
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    Originally posted by tez1 View Post
    In another thread, this may be easily repaired by replacing the two o-rings on the valve shaft for the steam. easy to do and just need a small screw driver and a opened ended 15mm (or thereabouts) spanner
    Yeah, I've just seen that. Cheers. It may be something I have a crack at. I'm pretty handy at repairs so it may be worth a go. I'd love to squeeze a few more years out of it as it's been a brilliant little machine and even though mine's old, it's still pretty much the latest they have in that series.

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  • tez1
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    In another thread, this may be easily repaired by replacing the two o-rings on the valve shaft for the steam. easy to do and just need a small screw driver and a opened ended 15mm (or thereabouts) spanner

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  • roosterben
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    Market value used and fully working would be $200-$300, maybe $350 tops.

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  • MrWalko
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    Sunbeam EM7000 Resale value?

    I'm trying to assess the value of a used Sunbeam EM7000 machine if I decided to sell it. Let me explain...

    We've had if for years and it's been a brilliant machine. Barely ever had an issue until recently, despite pushing it pretty hard for a long time. Lately however, the steam wand is starting to play up, in that it won't shut off properly. I looked at repairs, but everywhere has multiple weeks of wait time and usually involves the machine being gone for weeks on end while they assess, wait for parts, and then do the work. I simply can't be without a machine that long.

    So then we considered an upgrade. Haven't decided what we want yet, but that's a separate issue.

    The question is whether we fork out for the repairs (likely $150-$250) hoping to make that back, or whether we sell it for parts. Would love to know whether people think that there is sufficient value in an older machine in good order or whether it's a lost cause.


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