Arrarex

DIY - Arrarex by Francesco

MANUALS
caravel-vam
	refurbish a caravel is very easy, only the VAM 1.0 has the piston not removeable and is a little bit difficult to insert the upper piston gasket	how to replace the seals
		troubles with heating element
caravel ursula		caravel ursula rebuild (contribute by Adam Ward)

SPARE PARTS The Arrarex machines are no longer produced since the 80s, and original spare parts have long since disappeared from the market. To retrieve any missing parts in your machine (lid, drip tray, heating element, ...), a good solution is to buy a machine cheaply from which to take off the necessary spare parts, but pay attention to the exact model, because apparently all the parts look equal but there are a lot of differences and if you buy a kettle or a lid without check the model, probably does not fit, furtermore sometime also the same model parts are not interchangeable. The spare parts more requested (portafilter, basket, heater, gaskets) are offered as replica by some sellers. On request I can provide only the following parts:
		NBR gaskets: cheap commercial gaskets wich different size compared to the original ones but suitable	Silicone gaskets: custom gaskets identical to the original ones, food grade
VAM 1.0	piston type 1a	full kit NBR piston gaskets	full kit silicone piston gaskets	piston type not removeable and without the small hole on the bottom
VAM 1.1	piston type 1b	full kit NBR piston gaskets	full kit silicone piston gaskets	piston type with hole on the bottom with smaller o-ring than later type
Caravel 1.0 - 1.2	piston type 1c	full kit NBR piston gaskets	full kit silicone piston gaskets
Caravel 1.3 - 2.0	piston type 2	full kit NBR piston gasket	full kit silicone/EPDM piston gasket
Caravel 2.1 - 3.2	piston type 3	full kit EPDM gaskets
Caravel Ursula		full kit EPDM gaskets
	replica grid