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Thread Number: 38850
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Lux 5000 bagfull light comes on for nothing |
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| Post# 412665 , Reply# 1 8/13/2019 at 10:19 (1,711 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada) | ||
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Edit: I talked to my friend on the phone a few minutes ago and he told me no matter what is the position of the dial, the vacuum stops working as soon as he connects the flexible hose on the machine and the bag light comes on. | ||
| Post# 412711 , Reply# 2 8/14/2019 at 01:33 (1,710 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 412719 , Reply# 3 8/14/2019 at 09:03 (1,710 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
There is an air tube that runs from the automatic control all the way to the front cover and connects on the other side of the bag fill tube. The hole that communicates the bag fill tube and the air tube has a clog in it. You'll have to use a stripped bag twisty tie to push through there, after removing the air tube, which will clean it out and the machine will work properly.
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Post# 412723 , Reply# 4 8/14/2019 at 10:45 (1,710 days old) by kloveland  (Tulsa) |
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I would also check the bag valve as mentioned in my previous post. When you pull out the valve stem make sure both O rings are there. I've circled them for you in the picture below. The bottom o ring should not come out of place when you remove the valve stem (knob) from the valve.
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| Post# 412726 , Reply# 5 8/14/2019 at 11:32 (1,710 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada) | ||
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Thank you guys, it'll surely help. I'll let you know what's going on as soon as I have the machine in hands. Madman: I told my friend there could be a blockage in his hose, but he answered that he ran something all the way up and down the hose and it's all ok. | ||
| Post# 412755 , Reply# 6 8/14/2019 at 22:20 (1,709 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada) | ||
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Kenny: what you call an o-ring in this post is the same part you called a seal in your previous thread, right? There isn't a seal in addition to two o-rings, right? | ||
| Post# 412771 , Reply# 7 8/15/2019 at 06:09 (1,709 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada) | ||
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I brought the machine at home late yesterday evening and I couldn't resist to take it apart to know what is the culprit. It ended up it was the valve: the little plastic lip that retains the upper o-ring is broken. I put a spare valve from an AP-100 in, and it works like a charm ! I'll post a few pictures later today. | ||
| Post# 412772 , Reply# 8 8/15/2019 at 06:42 (1,709 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada) | ||
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Here are a few pictures of the machine itself (very clean machine, by the way), and of the plastic retaining lip broken in four pieces laying in the valve body. Last picture shows where the pieces were before they broke apart. | ||
| Post# 412777 , Reply# 9 8/15/2019 at 07:58 (1,709 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada) | ||
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I put this picture just to show you another way these valves can break... I just pulled it out of a Diplomat with a bad motor and a broken rocker switch, thinking I could use it on another machine but I won't .
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| Post# 412811 , Reply# 10 8/15/2019 at 22:08 (1,708 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 412825 , Reply# 12 8/16/2019 at 08:30 (1,708 days old) by quebecois (Waterloo, Canada) | ||
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Tom, is that what you were talking about in reply #3 ? | ||
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Post# 412867 , Reply# 13 8/17/2019 at 17:24 (1,707 days old) by Kloveland (Tulsa) |
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I fiqured | ||
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