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| Post# 297239 , Reply# 1 9/6/2014 at 09:02 (3,519 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I gave.. One of those away a few years ago, Got it in a pile of old vacs, it cleaned up like new and performed well, but I personally dont collect the new stuff, about the newest thing I own is a Silverado.. | ||
| Post# 297243 , Reply# 2 9/6/2014 at 09:34 (3,519 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
The dual sweep agitator wasn't all it was supposed to be. It never raised the nap since the brush was always going in a 'forward' direction. There were problems with the bag too. It always seemed to have a hole develop in use, right at the top where the full bag indicator's underside touched the top of the paper bag (which is a single ply, fairly thin bag). Lots of dust leakage, not very good filtration. Nice for the time, but the whole dual sweep power nozzle was loaded with problems. I fixed many of them in my time.
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Post# 297253 , Reply# 3 9/6/2014 at 13:14 (3,519 days old) by Durango159  (State College, PA) |
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They're interesting high suction power machines. 
The bags for the unit are Panasonic C-3. My family had the Panasonic JetFlo 240 MC9527. They purchased it Brand New from a dealer for $240-- but that may have been discounted cause my dad may have traded something in with it?? Very similar machine the MC9527 but NOT the DualSweep power nozzle and it had a gas pump handle grip. I was in 6th Grade I believe when my parents got one. At about 4 years old it needed a $50 on/off switch repair. At about 6 years old it smoked up our house and was replaced by a Hoover PowerMax S3603-040 canister.
I don't ever remember the holes in the bag that Tom mentioned. I was always the one that changed the bag and did maintenance on it. I changed the bags at about 3/4 full sometimes they got fuller-- it had 2 heavy shedding dogs to clean up after. The PreMotor filter was white and was supposed to be static charged--claimed in the manual as non-washable due to the static charge. There was an in-accessible post motor black colored filter at the exhaust on back of machine where a hose blower port was located. With machine being used in "RUGS WITH FULL POWER" mode the machine dug power nozzle a little too low on certain carpets and slowed agitation. I was replacing stretch belts about quarterly as the machine wouldn't groom as well. My Dad used to yell at me if he saw me using machine in the plain "RUGS" mode which I thought cleaned better with better agitation than the "RUGS WITH FULL POWER" mode. Power heads are very very quiet! | ||
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Post# 297277 , Reply# 5 9/6/2014 at 15:08 (3,519 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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These machines are hard to find parts for. I think mine dying out early was a lemon and not the norm for these machines. I have a friend that found one of these -- non-reversible agitator model, refurbed at a local vac shop for about $90 and it works very very well. With condition being as this guy says and you have the funds, I'd push closer to $150 for a maximum. Others feel free to post opinions!! These were VERY powerful machines. Power settings for any cleaning task. 14" power nozzle with dual brush agitator, on/off brush roll foot pedal, long retractable cord, 360 swivel hose. The hose handle is a universal end that will fit many other attachments from Kenmore canisters, Eureka and most central vac tools. If you have an air turbine nozzle around the house or get a Hoover Windtunnel one that would it, this Panasonic would power an air turbine nozzle extremely well I think!!
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