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treetopguy2028


Joined: Jan 6, 2015
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Working on Fantom Twister 7000LX 14" Bagless with an intermittent response for the switch.
Original Message   Jan 9, 2015 12:58 pm
I am 74 and have repaired vacuums as a hobby for many years. This winter has been so bad for my work as an arborist that I have taken to vacuum repairs. I enjoy the challenge and want to declare that the designs of vacuum cleaners prove the old adage"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link". I am new to this Forum but not to Internet forums. Last week I joined www.abbysguide.com forum and today the very small Yahoo Group vacuum_cleaners (only 14 members). I will post photos of the Fantom's electro-mechanical switch mechanism and a plastic spring loaded device that was loose inside it. I cannot find a source for a schematic or parts so I am having to mend broken parts with two-part epoxy. A plastic spacer inside the agitator brush broke into four parts so I will turn a replacement out of dogwood or hard maple on my General-Interational wood lathe. I am doing the best I can without information and my customer has no owner's manual. Manuals seldom have a parts diagram detailed to the full extent. I am also reconditioning my own Bissell 8975 and a Hoover Conquest 14" C-1418 that belongs to our church. Next week while volunteering at a museum I will work on a carpet shampooer that is stuck...probably a gummed orifice. My search thus far has shown that Fantom models kind of entered the market about the time Dyson did. It may be so that AMWAY bought the Fantom line for their distributors to sell from their Catalog. If anybody out there can help my plight please toot your horn and sound off. Thank you!
This message was modified Jan 9, 2015 by treetopguy2028
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treetopguy2028


Joined: Jan 6, 2015
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Re: Working on Fantom Twister 7000LX 14" Bagless with an intermittent response for the switch.
Reply #8   Jan 24, 2015 7:59 pm
Your reference was not a problem CountVacula. I have achieved a solution with the Radio Shack connectors 23-444 except for two black plastic mystery parts. The customer took the vacuum apart to try to fix it but got stymied with it. When I mentioned I repair vacuums he dug the Fantom out of his closet and sent it off with me to try. I have tried to find the fit but batted zero so I'll shoot a pic and post it for the group members to toss a dart at it.
CountVacula


Joined: Dec 25, 2014
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Re: Working on Fantom Twister 7000LX 14" Bagless with an intermittent response for the switch.
Reply #9   Jan 26, 2015 12:45 am
Do i have to have a Yahoo e-mail account to participate in your group?
treetopguy2028


Joined: Jan 6, 2015
Points: 10

Re: Working on Fantom Twister 7000LX 14" Bagless with an intermittent response for the switch.
Reply #10   Jan 31, 2015 9:59 pm
I do not have a vacuum group per se. My web site www.shermanstops.com pertains to wooden toy spinning tops which I turn on a wood lathe. I blog on two pages in Facebook but Do not have a web site for my tree service as all my accounts are local, earned by referrals, my business card and a weekly ad in the local newspaper. The Fantom reassembly is almost finished, down to the handle assembly and motor assembly. Their merger will be finished off with just two screws. First, I must make a pair of twist-lock tabs for the bottom panel to affix to the motor housing. Using seasoned dogwood I will make three pair each going a direction of grain that does not match the other: with, across and end grain coated with cryoanalate (Super Glue).. The original tabs were made of plastic that broke up. I enjoyed our dialogue and wish you good luck with your machines.
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