Getting Inside a Francis Francis X5

[@leam1978]

i appreciate this video--i recently was gifted a used x5, and am now trying to deal with the gasket. do you have advice on how to get to that?

[@katergil]

Maybe you can help me fix my steam wand! The original manual doesnt have a parts list, and since it's been so long out of production, there aren't many options for replacement parts. My steam wand seems to have lost a gasket where it connects to the machine, which made it verrrrrrry loose when I tried to reattach it after taking off the top plate. (Thanks for the help with that by the way!) I'm wondering if you'd be able to give me a shout about what your steam wand connection looks like next time you get into your machine. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 I live in a small city so its extra hard to find resources to fix geeky discontinued coffee equipment. Yikes!

[@patrickhacksthings]

I think I can get back into it and see what it looks like, where the steam wand meets the body. It'll take a bit before I can dive in (I was hoping to have a video as a response this past weekend) but I'll see if I can get some useful data for you asap.