Mackenzie Aiken

Try this from the troubleshooting guide.

This exact model does not.

The most likely reason for your coffee maker's slow brewing pace is that it needs to be cleaned. Water from your tap can build up calcium and minerals deposits in your coffee maker and make it brew slowly. To clean, run a solution of vinegar and water at a 1:1 ratio through your coffee maker: set it up to brew a full 12 cups (6 cups vinegar and 6 cups water). After you run this through your coffee maker, run two full cycles of plain water. You should repeat this process every 40-80 brews, depending on how quickly your coffee maker builds up these minerals. If you've cleaned your coffee maker and the problem still persists, you probably have a clogged valve. Coffee grinds can sometimes get trapped in the valve and make the coffee brew slowly. This device has a valve replacement guide that may be of use to you. Instead of replacing the valve, simply remove it and wash it out. Be sure to replace the valve in the correct direction when you replace it in the how water tube.

If your coffee is brewing cold, it is likely that you have a faulty heating element. To remove the heating element, follow the power cord replacement guide to get to the electrical component of the coffee maker, but instead of removing the black wires remove the red, white, and blue wires (see top picture). To detach the actual heating element, follow the instructions to remove the heating plate, except remove the heating element rather than the plate beneath (see bottom picture).

Well, without further information I can point you to a number of things. If coffee: It is likely your decanter is off center during brewing. Additionally, if you own a glass decanter, it's possible that it is cracked and leaking. If this is the case, you may want to replace with a metal thermal decanter that is more resistant to that kind of damage. If water, there are several things that could be going on. Your first step may be to visit the Troubleshooting page for this device as it has several causes for water around the base. Many users experience cracked water tubing in these types of coffee makers regardless of brand, so that is something you should definitely check.

As far as I know there are no replacement parts simply for sale. Replacing with similar parts from another machine seems the cheapest way to deal with the problem; however excercising your power as a consumer and simply buying another brand coffeemaker may work out better in the long run for you. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

I am unfortunately unaware of the answer to this question. I hope someone else can answer it.

That is indeed the question. Because of planned obsolescence companies basically assume you will just buy an entirely new coffee maker. My best suggestion is to buy a similar model at a thrift store like Goodwill and use the parts from that.

Well firstly make sure the valve is pointing the right direction in the rubber tubing. As for your question about pumping water, that I can't answer. Try soaking the valve in alcohol then warm soapy water, there may be residue from the grinds on the ball causing it to stick.

Your best course of action might be to go to a thrift store and look for a similar model by Mr. Coffee and simply replace the valve. Drilling the hole initially might have thwarted additional attempts to make this valve work.

Unfortunately no. Because a lot of things are built with planned obsolescence in mind, it's very difficult to find parts. I would check thrift stores for same brand cheap coffee makers that might have similar equipment.