Have a look at the following photo. That is all there is to a basic (the Nemox) Espresso machine (plus pump and wiring of course). I have laid everything out so you can see which bits fit where (zoom works). The only oddity about the Nemox is that the overpressure valve (top leftish) goes from the hot side of the boiler. Steam valve is shown on the top right. The small copper coil is the feed to the boiler pressure gauge. The copper pipe in the lower half of the boiler is so that the hot water from the top is fed to the grouphead when brewing. The small spring and dome gasket near the bottom fits in this tube to prevent water returning to the boiler, and to prevent drips from the grouphead while steaming. Its not rocket science.
Anyway. Speaking (or blogging) of the retired Nemox, I have bought a cheap and broken X1 in magnificent yellow that I will have a go at fixing - without using any of the non existent FF! parts. I suspect some of the bits from the retired Nemox will fit - we'll see. It is the older model with the 52mm portafilter.
The description of the problem from the vendor was:
"This has at least two significant faults that we know of- the pump had stopped working, and then it suffered an internal electrical flashover. The cost of repairs I imagine would be well in excess of the value of the machine..."
Sounds like my kind of fun!
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