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Post# 227026   4/6/2013 at 16:14 (4,008 days old) by mieles7 (TX)        

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I've got two Orecks that I need to find the age, a 2600 and an XL21. The XL21 has a Date stamp of 03329, and the 2600 has a 5 digit code (which I'm assuming is the date) of 00082. A post in the archives said that the first two digits were the year and the last 3 were the day the vacuum was made, but that would mean that the XL21 was made in 2003, 2 years before the vacuum was released. How do I find the age of my vacuums?


Post# 227032 , Reply# 1   4/6/2013 at 16:39 (4,008 days old) by ilikeoddvacuums ()        
thats strange

i thought the XL21 came out in 2001 do you have any pictures

Post# 227038 , Reply# 2   4/6/2013 at 17:06 (4,008 days old) by mieles7 (TX)        

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The earliest record of the XL21 on their website is 2005. If you want to check, you can go on the wayback archive. I'll post a link to it.



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Post# 227056 , Reply# 3   4/6/2013 at 19:03 (4,008 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah)        

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The XL21 did come out in 2001. I'm not sure when they started puting the 'date manufactured' on the machines but if, for example it is 03221 you machine was made on day 221 of 2003. January 1st would be day 001 and December 31st is day 365. I hope that helps.
Justin


Post# 227062 , Reply# 4   4/6/2013 at 19:31 (4,008 days old) by mieles7 (TX)        

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Thanks for the help. I wonder why they didn't put the XL21 online earlier?


Post# 227072 , Reply# 5   4/6/2013 at 19:53 (4,008 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah)        

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It was a Dealer's Only model for the first few years. The dealers got upset with Oreck when they started selling them online and Factory Direct. I left the local Oreck franchise in 2006 so I missed it when the Oreck family sold out and the dealers were 'thrown to the wolves' so to speak. The local franchise lost two or three of the local stores as a result of Orecks being sold at the Big Box stores. If the boss had not been such a bully I might feel sorry for him, but he is and I don't.
Justin


Post# 227079 , Reply# 6   4/6/2013 at 21:07 (4,008 days old) by SBakerde (Millsboro, DE )        
Justin

I currently am an authorized retailer and service center for Oreck. And I have to agree the Oreck Corperation has really hurt their loyal dealers. I worked for a Franchise Owner before the big sell out a few years ago, Things really were a lot better then. I left him in 2009 sometime after that the Oreck Family sold out and nothing has been the same since. To be honest I may not be keeping Oreck much longer.

Post# 227171 , Reply# 7   4/7/2013 at 09:46 (4,008 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        
As for how long the date-stamp has been in use,

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I can say that it has been in use since the late 1990s, as early "XL" cleaner had the date stamped on there maker's plate, but with the word "DATE" in front.
if you find 3-5 numbers in a row on the maker's plate of your machine,
such as "99123", indicating your oreck was made the 123rd day of 1999,it's likely your cleaner's date stamp.

on older models, such as the XL9100,there appears to be no 5-digit code, as there is also a diffrent maker's plate design.While i am not certain, the date code for thesse older models may reside in the serial #,indicating my XL9100 was manufactured the 6th day of 1989?

-Alex.


Post# 228393 , Reply# 8   4/14/2013 at 17:31 (4,000 days old) by mieles7 (TX)        

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Another Oreck question. How do I fix the XL21's handle release? The vacuum offers no resistance if the upper section is pushed down or up.


Post# 228409 , Reply# 9   4/14/2013 at 20:37 (4,000 days old) by Oreck_XL (Brooklyn, New York 11211)        

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The date code equation does not work on Orecks prior to 1997. It was towards the end of the production run of the XL9100 they started that format. At the time, the XL9200 was the TOL model in the Oreck store, the 9800 was the middle of the road and the 9000 was the BOL. Also, the XL21 was released in 2000 I have come in contact with alot of machines that began with the "00" date code. IIRC there is a plastic clip in the top of the base housing that holds the handle in place when in the upright position. Hope this helps.

- Hershel


Post# 228435 , Reply# 10   4/14/2013 at 22:20 (4,000 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.)        
Handle issue...

It could be one of two things or both. Take the baseplate off, and take the motor screws out and the pivot screws out. Then pull the pivot out, and raise the motor up and look in the housing, there's a piece of plastic with a ridge on it, and a place is notched on the fan housing for these to catch and hold the handle up. It could be the detent, or the fan housing, or both.


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