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Frothing jug
For milk frothing issues, soak the milk jug cover in hot water and rinse
several times. If it has a froth control that can be removed by sliding
in the direction of travel towards the edge whilst jiggling it gently
up and down. Clean off the little o-ring with a toothpick, be gentle.
The control should easily slide and click back in place when done.
Froth still no good? Examine the milk coupling to ensure the o-rings are
in the right spot and are pliable and undamaged. There should be an
o-ring (usually green) on the top spigot, a (black) o-ring at the front
of the bottom spigot and a (red) oring at the rear. The groove halfway
along the spigot should be clear. Now with the toothpick and a hot moist
cloth clean all the crud from the milk coupling, especially inside the
smaller spigot. Check the tiny hole at the back of the larger spigot is
not blocked.
Check the flow from the hot water spout is good. If not, there are
internal issues, try descaling. If it is, test the frothing jug, if it
is still weak either the jug cover or the milk coupling needs to be
replaced. Get them to try a known good test jug at your local coffee
service center to find out which, most will be happy to do this at the
counter.
turn the water main off, unscrew the spigot base just below the handle, and pull out the silicon cup. delime spigot and inlet with a deliming spring or a screwdriver. make sure the cup is pushed all the way onto the handle post and reassemble.
if you can get hold of some plumbers ptfe tape then that might fix the problem, dissasemble the spigot and wrap the tape round the stripped threads, then do up tight. a heavy duty filler such as chemical metal would do the trick too.
if you cant get hold of these bits then there is a temporaary fix that might work, dissasemble the spigot and coat the threads with loads of egg white, put it back together and heat it up until the egg cooks, with a bit of luck it will expand enough to seal the joint (this can work on leaking car radiators too).
good luck
I have a Westbend 24 cup coffee urn with a leaky faucet. I tried finding areplacement spigot for it but so far no luck. My spigot has a screw in the top that allow for disassembly. It looks to me that if I could get a replacement rubber O-ring I could fix it myself. Does anyone know where I could get this?
Thanks
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Take the cup warmer off the top and find where the water line comes into the machine, follow this line to a tap that has a screw in knob. If you turn the know clockwise it will slow the flow of water to the hot water spigot.
You need to take a paper clip and clean the little holes where the water comes out on the left side (It's like a screen). Also you should pull the silver thing that adjusts to allow taller cups underneath up and down several times. You should do the latter every week. It helps get rid of some of the coffee grounds that block the aforementioned little holes.
I have a Farberware L1360 with the same problem . If there is water in the pot , in about an hour a nice little puddle forms . It is leaking right where the spigot attaches to the body of the pot. I can see a rubber washer squeezing out around this spot. Maybe It melted? I think it needs some heat resistant washer to replace it. Farberware co. doesnt really exist anymore. you can barely get parts. If the spigot itself works, mine does. I can't see buying a new one if it just needs a washer. Does anyone know what type of washer would be a good replacement?
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