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  • JohnA
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    Re: ECM Giotto Problems

    Originally posted by 65697C7C7C080 link=1197631361/9#9 date=1197891806
    Spoke to Chris at ECA and turns out I had the wrong seal in the wrong place - it doesnt even go in there. The seals I needed to replace I didnt even know were there - pulled then out and they were completely worn out as they sit around the lever shaft that rotates in them. The 2 grooves in the shaft are grease pits. I replaced the correct seal and it works sweet - no drips.

    Ill post the correct lever handle parts explosion soon.

    My lever developed a leak a few weeks ago and i ordered
    new teflon gasket
    the 2 rubber gaskets
    and a new sleeve

    put it all back together and still have a leak

    following the exploded view diagram online i think i put it together properly

    group stem cam inserted
    teflon gasket onto cam holder fitting
    the the 2 rubber seals onto the stem clam
    sleeve
    spring
    cam holder plug
    then the handle

    is this the correct way

    Thanks

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  • Dimal
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    Great info Andy..... 8-)

    Any chance of reducing the size of those wider images, they dont quite fit within the width of the page making it necessary to scroll up and down the page each time you need to scan across them, might be annoying to some.... :-?

    Mal.

    Thanks Andy

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  • Andy-Gadget
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    Re: ECM Giotto Problems

    Just had to replace the "Black Box" on my Giotto premium, had it on a good spike busting power board to try and prevent this from happening, but such is life.

    Bobby at ECM got a replacement down to me post haste, but it was different to the one that came out, no problem with that, but it meant that I couldnt use the photos I had taken of the old wiring to connect up the new one.
    The new one has the actual wiring colours on it, but in italian :P

    OK, I thought, I ride Italian bikes, I can translate, with a little help from my Guzzi manual :

    Thought I would post the conversion for anybody else who has to do the same thing



    Old black box.



    New black box.



    Giotto guts


    Edited for smaller images, problem with having a hi res MacBook Pro, sorry

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  • Dimal
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    Re: ECM Giotto Problems

    Originally posted by mattt link=1197631361/0#14 date=1198028879
    Sorry Mal. Didnt know. Cheers.
    All spelled out in the Sales and Posting Policy Matt, wouldnt be a bad idea to make yourself familiar with it ,

    Cheers,
    Mal.

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  • mattt
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    Sorry Mal. Didnt know. Cheers.

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  • mattt
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    Got it. Nice identity.

    Cooling flush is being utilized. Also waiting for the pressure increase to reside during the boiler reheating before pulling the shot. Is that right?

    Shots are improving. Had friends over for dinner last night. My mate Scott reckons Ill have it down by the 100th coffee

    Went to Di Bartoli yesterday - awesome! Got a tamper which makes a huge difference over that crap piece of plastic ECM ship with it.

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  • Sammus
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    ;D OK it also took me a while to get that, but it made my day! lol ;D ;D

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  • yeeza
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    ;D ;D ;D Ok Identity, it took me about 5 times of reading it, but I just got your joke... good one! ;D Poor Chris. Lets hope Mattt gave it a good cooling flush before hand

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  • Identity
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    Re: ECM Giotto Fixed

    Originally posted by mattt link=1197631361/0#9 date=1197891806
    2nd too much coffee in the group handle so the head was resting on the puck[/color]
    Is Chris still okay? Sounds painful

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  • mattt
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    Re: ECM Giotto Fixed

    Spoke to Chris at ECA and turns out I had the wrong seal in the wrong place - it doesnt even go in there. The seals I needed to replace I didnt even know were there - pulled then out and they were completely worn out as they sit around the lever shaft that rotates in them. The 2 grooves in the shaft are grease pits. I replaced the correct seal and it works sweet - no drips.

    Ill post the correct lever handle parts explosion soon.

    Now I just need to work on my technique - such a hack! 3 shots this arvo: 1st underextraction - I need a proper tamper. 2nd too much coffee in the group handle so the head was resting on the puck - no flow. 3rd over extraction - either cos the group was still touching the puck or too hard a tamp. Plus my milk was shocking - not used to the power. I guess Ill have to unlearn my old Sunbeam habits

    Plenty of time though...

    Can I just put in a plug for Chris at ECA (ECM importers). Super helpful! Generous with his time! Sent me the replacement parts for free!

    Non-Sponsor contact details removed.....

    Mal.

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  • yeeza
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    Toosey, good to see your working through it all mate, Ill come over and put that power point in for your new machine for ya soon, looks like its gonna be in the new year though mate.

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  • Coffee_Kid
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    Nice to know you found the problem. Chris is 2muchcoffeeman from Talk Coffee, he does the pimping 8-)

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  • mattt
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    I took apart the waste assembly as well - filthy. Its now all clean too. I forgot how to put it back together but figured it our after a while. Yesssss!

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  • mattt
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    Here is the disassembled lever assembly. NB arrows where seal should be. Its all clean now. Nice!

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  • mattt
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    Thanks D, CK & 2mcm,

    The ticking has stopped - must have been from the move - weird.

    The lever handle still leaks but Ive found the culprit. Pulled the lever assembly apart completely this morning before heading to work and have had a closer look this arvo. 2 tiny seals on the shaft set into grooves - one was missing though Im pretty sure the remains of it were distributed through the shaft and the other was brittle - it cracked out under my fingernail. Ill put in a call to ECA on Monday to get the seals, then it should be ready to rock (or should I say shoot).

    I bought it from a small tax office (4 staff) so I dont think its had much use. However I think they keep it on pretty much non stop - I dont reckon they even turned it off at night. The water tank has discoloured at the top from heat so I think it got a bit melty, melty, if you know what I mean.

    Who is Chris (or do you mean ECA Chris)? Does he do the pimping that Ive read about in another thread? If you do mean ECA Chris, he suggested Di Bartoli (I assume this is Renzo).

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