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Ah cool, do you screw in the allen bolts a bit and use those? Or just straight onto the sides of the fixing ring itself where the allen bolts go in (as per attached image, as I couldn't figure out a concise way to word it)?
Also (apologies for the pestering btw), but how do you keep the boiler in place? The best (looking) method I've seen was using a wooden post with holes drilled in it to allow the grouphead bolts to go through, then just clamp the post in place. (will try to find a photo here)
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mmccarthy
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Yeah, straight on the edges of the fixing ring as per the pic.
That method you mentioned sounds good for holding it in place. I think I just used a wooden... stick? dowel? where the grouphead joins the boiler. It might have been a chopped down broom handle once.
I will absolutely say my method is probably not the technically best. It did work though.
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I watched a video where they used a piece of angle iron, attached the boiler to it through some holes they drilled (no group head attached) then clamped the angle iron into a vice. If that makes sense. Seemed like a decent method
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MCamb
I use an oil filter wrench and a big bar.
I've also seen pics of at least one of those expensive tools snapped. I'd be gutted if I spent that money on a single-use tool that didn't help.