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Post# 264515 , Reply# 1   1/23/2014 at 01:49 (3,718 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Hi Walt,
Did you buy this machine brand new from an authorized dealer during a demo?? If so your Filter Queen Distributor or Health-Mor may be able to help you. They should be coming out about twice year to look at your Majestic. They clean it, check it over and can supply with you with any filters needed. You are just outside of the 5 year Full Warranty. Acting quick they may still help you completely free. The current market model has a lifetime service policy, I'm assuming yours did too, but you'd have to check your paperwork assuming you bought it brand new!! If you purchased this online or second hand then you have NO WARRANTY or service policy with any HealthMor distributor. I would try some Lysol Disinfecting Spray on it. I don't believe that harsh scrubbing will do you good and you'd want to be careful soaking that you don't allow grommets holding intake shoot in place to rust. Remove Gasket from the dirt tank and that can soak separately. Replace the exhaust filter located in your scent chamber on top. Depending on what you picked up, your odor could be all throughout unit from power head to wand to hose. Did your power head get completely cleaned up upon motor replacement. Wash agitator brushes and housing. A disinfecting multipurpose cleaner like Lysol MultiPurpose Spray works good for this. Look down wand and look for any residue in there. You can spray Lysol into wand, rinse and allow to dry. You can spray multipurpose cleaner and some water into hose. Swish hose around and rinse. Hang over a railing to dry for a while. Once semi dry you can attach hose to BLOWER port on top of housing and air dry hose remainder of way. Cleaning parts a few times may help. Any households with pets, tobacco use and heavy dust I definitely recommend the MediPur carbon Charcoal cone!!! That is an odor absorbing cone. Also use Filter Queen water based scents in exhaust cap. Again, no harsh scrubbing and scouring, you want the chemicals to do the work and using enzymes to kill any odors. |
Post# 264545 , Reply# 3   1/23/2014 at 11:32 (3,717 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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I use ozone to depderize vacuums. I've got one of those air cleaner ionizer things that makes ozone and I keep it just for this. We also have one at work. Sometimes even after washing everything the odor will still be there because plastic being porous will absorb odors and slowly release them, so if I have a stinky vac that still smells after I service it I let it suck ozone thru it for a few minutes until the exhaust smells of strong ozone and nothing else for a few minutes. Then the smell is gone and since the ozone kills the odor by chemically destroying it it won't ever come back.
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Post# 264596 , Reply# 4   1/23/2014 at 20:22 (3,717 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 264693 , Reply# 6   1/25/2014 at 01:23 (3,716 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Yes, the felt in the exhaust cap, should be replaced.
What foam donut are you referring?? Are you talking a motor insulator? I wouldn't touch anything around the motor. I see no need to have to go up into there. All I'm suggesting is as follows: All parts cleaned and sanitized: Wand, hose, power head, dirt container New cellulose white cone, new Medipur charcoal cone, new premotor filter, new felt carbon exhaust filter in exhaust cap area!! Older machines before the 2003 75th Anniversary model had a white or felt looking donut like felt filter in the exhaust cap. You just twisted the metal lock and replaced it. All of those filters would be included in a Genuine Filter Queen 6 month filter supply pack, with exception of Felt exhaust filter which would sell separately for around $1. |
Post# 264712 , Reply# 8   1/25/2014 at 10:20 (3,715 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)   |   | |
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Seems every time I mention ozonating a vacuum someone gets concerned, but there are some things to consider. The most important is how temporary it is, and that ozone itself depleats very rapidly. Ozone is very commonly used in various industries to remove odors and also to disinfect things as it does kill bacteria as well. I don't really worry about this because I only need to do this a few times a year and it's such a brief run that I guarantee no harm will come to me over it. The dangers are in prolonged and continuous exposure, not occasional and very short times of use. Also until the machine is fully deodorized the ozone won't actually come out the exhaust, the way ozone works is that the ozone molecule comes into contact with the odor causing gasses or whatever and a chemical reaction breaks down the odor molecule and the ozone, so once used the ozone is gone. Ozone is also not a stable molecule so given a few minutes and the. Ozone will decay into air anyway.
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Post# 265755 , Reply# 10   2/2/2014 at 00:07 (3,708 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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I took apart a majestic back in my day, so the cleaner's wiring is likely interfering with your filter replacing! If i remember correctly, you should be able to release the switch's wiring by un-screwing the toggle switch with a pair of pliers by lifting up the switch pedestal? that should enable you get some clearance. the motor on the Majestic I had lifts out? |
Post# 265785 , Reply# 11   2/2/2014 at 08:12 (3,707 days old) by jade_angel (Fort Collins, CO)   |   | |
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Can you take a photo of what the motor unit looks like after you take the filter support cone off? There *should* be three screws under there that can be unbolted to separate the top and bottom of the motor housing, but maybe there aren't on the newer models. |