Thread Number: 34893
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Eureka Upright Model 2314 |
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Post# 376546 , Reply# 1   8/7/2017 at 21:13 (2,446 days old) by broomvac (N/A)   |   | |
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I feel your pain. Sometimes I come across a vacuum in excellent shape save one or two parts which are broken, almost totaling the whole machine due to the parts' high cost or worse, unavailability.
That said, I think you may be in luck. I'm not super familiar with the particular model of Eureka vacuum you have, but almost all Eurekas and Sanitaires are similar enough that you can interchange parts. Maybe the item in the link below could be a direct (or close enough) replacement of the part that is broken on your vacuum? You may be able to detach the soft bag jacket from the entire cracked fill tube/coupler and install this piece instead. If you need the lower, black piece only, I'd bet you could perhaps detach the black portion of the replacement part from the translucent fill tube and use solely that half. Perhaps this lower section could even be swapped onto a bag with a cloth fill tube? This part may exist in different colors too, but the black and translucent one is what I came across on my 30-second trek on Google. You could always spray paint it to match, too. I've made an effective gasket on the cheap for my S661 which utilizes this kind of adapter out of wide foam insulation tape from Home Depot cut with the correct pattern using a utility knife, but OEM gaskets can be obtained, too. Think it'll work? Good luck! broomvac CLICK HERE TO GO TO broomvac's LINK
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Post# 376561 , Reply# 2   8/8/2017 at 09:09 (2,445 days old) by kirbyvertibles (Independence, KS)   |   | |
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Hey Louis long time no see. I hope all is well.
You might be able to replace the tube. I'm not entirely sure but is there like a wire or something hidden way down in there where the bag meets the tube? I seem to recall cutting that wire and finding another of those tubes though it was a long time ago and at this point not even sure if it was a Eureka. If the tube is one with a cloth bellow it may be a bit harder to find. If it's the all plastic then should be no problem. Missed you in Tulsa, take care. Phillip |