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steam knob pin on my classic somehow jammed itself closed and wouldn't turn even with massive set of pliers on it. had been leaking from the wand for a while but I'd been making do with just keeping a jug under it. had also cracked the inside of the steam knob so it would work but wouldn't always grip properly and i finally swallowed my pride and spent a tenner on a part that should be about £4 tops.
£55 lighter and about 20 minutes of fiddling I was back up and running with a new steam tap, steam knob, no more leaking and I finally installed the replacement silvia steam wand arm that's been sitting in my parts bin for over a year.
so nice to have such a serviceable machine that something can be fixed as quickly as the part can be shipped out to me.
only thing I'm not sure about is I also found a 3 hole nut for the steam wand in my parts bin which I put on but now I can stretch the milk but cannot get the milk to spin, I assume it's a matter of practice but may end up changing it back very quickly if not.