1. Remove bottom of unit to access the area for repair & take photo for reference
2. Remove water hoses & wiring
3. Unscrew element from base
4. Replace heating element & thermostat. (Thermostat changed as a matter of course)
5. Reassemble the machine, plug in & make coffee
6. Sit back have a cup of coffee &
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Probably the hardest part of the repair was finding the correct size driver bits to access the component parts in the lower part of the coffee maker. There are two different sizes of t or star bits needed luckily I have every small size in a bit selection kit.
Removing the heating element was straightforward with just two screws a c
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The thermal fuse is crimped connections and is a little ôfiddlyö but easy enough.
The only other issue was the spade connections on the heating unit were soldered to pin connections the new heating element has pin connections (male) so the old spade connections need to be removed and soldered onto the new element , not difficult but impossible if you donÆt have a soldering iron!
Repair took about an hour.
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Thermostat leads burned, wire connector burned, part of wiring insulation burned off, bottom of coffee maker\'s plastic bottom melted when thermostat failed/burned.
1. Removed the bottom of the coffee maker to expose all the electrical parts.
2. Disconnected the wiring from the failed thermostat.
3. Removed the thermostat.
4. Removed the heating elements and the wire leads to the thermostat and heating element.
5. Cut off bad piece of wire, installed a new connector.
6.
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7. Reinstalled heating element and leads - probably the most difficult task because of the need to clamp heat sensors in the wire-leads onto the heating element.
8. Installed new coffeemaker bottom.
9. Tested the coffeemaker with water.
1 Unplugged coffee maker and completely emptied water tanks.
2 Turned upside down and removed 5 screws.
3 Using pliers pulled electrical connectors off Heating Element and Thermostat.
4 Using pliers removed spring clamps holding hoses and disconnected from element.
5 Removed pressure rod holding element and thermo
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6 Using nut driver removed thermostat from element saving the washer and nut.
7 Parts stating with 6 and going back to 1.
* I put a tube of heat shrink on the pressure rod, I believed this to be the culprit in rubbing a hole in the heating element.
UNPLUGGED machine from the electrical socket
Removed bottom cover, unscrewed the nut holding the thermostat, unplugged the two connectors and replaced it, the put everything back the way it was.
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heater element had corrosion holes, thermostate rusted and thermo fuses open.
1. Unplug coffee maker, use T20 torx security bit for the 5 screws to remove the bottom piece.
2. Use a multimeter to check thermofuses for continuity, replace if reads OL.
3. Then use the multimeter to check the heating element, it should read somewhere around 17ohms.
4. The thermostat didnÆt turn power off to the heati
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5. Use a phillips screwdriver to remove the 2 screws for the bracket holding the heating element in place.
6. Then use a nutdriver to remove the nut for the faulty thermostat, replace with new thermostat.
7. Reinstall all electrical connections, screws and bottom piece.
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