Fixed my coffeemaker
 

My electric drip coffeemaker had stopped functioning. It was producing steam and not much hot water. I figured this could only happen if it wasn't getting enough water. But the reservoir was full. After disassembly I discovered a vinyl hose connecting the reservoir with the heating element. Inside the vinyl hose were two little rubber valves which I assume are there to stop the hot water from going back into the reservoir, forcing it to expand up the outlet. Inside one of those rubber valves was a relatively large piece of unground cofffee bean, hindering the flow of water into the heating element.
Back to good coffee in the morning.

Nice work.:cool: A lesser man would have tossed it and bought a new one.:D

I like my French press. I can see everything that is going on in there and I'm actually capable of fixing anything that goes wrong with it.

Exactly... 99.99% would have chucked it. The MB ideology has really taken root with you.
Guess you thought it was a monovalve...

Just the idea of trying to properly clean a drip coffee maker . . .

A crisis narrowly averted. ;)

Well now, that didn't help the economy one bit. You didn't spend a penny.

OK........now fix mine:

Nothing, whatsoever, from the pump up to the basket...........

Sorry , my expertise is limited to the pumpless.

I did my fair share to keep $40 in the bank which can be loaned to some small businessman to make his payroll.

I'd have fixed mine.... :D

Though most coffee makers I've seen die was because the heating element finally failed....not much you can do about that.

Well the bank probably can't loan out your $40 because they're more than likely currently losing it on oil futures. Maybe you should go buy that second coffeemaker. Two working coffeemakers just might be a better investment.

I know a dealer you can take it to.
Doesn't matter what the problem: " well, um, probably 1500 to 2000 dollars, should be done by this afternoon...":mad:

do I get a loaner until mine is repaired?

My studio mic was DOA for over a year now...ever since it fell off a boom stand.

Took it apart this weekend and found a detached transducer wire from the soldered end. Resoldered and voila! Working again!

But noisy PC power supply fan hampered the euporia of testing the newly-repaired mic. So I pulled the power supply from one of my defunct PC cases and swapped fan motors. All quiet again!

Loving the revival of repaired gear for no $$$!!!