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You were right. After I installed the foam sleeve and tested it this morning, it stopped causing the ball to rise. Thanks for pointing me to the problem.

Could anyone explain why it’s doing this? The suction shut off ball seems to be cutting off the suction prematurely.

Flushed out the fan and am about to lubricate the bushing. Turns out the water pressure was enough to show my that the bushing is a problem.

indeed. It was only $20 and it looks barely used.

Found this at Habitat For Humanity and I couldn’t resist! I’ve been looking for these for a little while now. The motor needs some work done, but afterwards it’ll be my Shop Vac for giant jobs.

Motor transplant was a complete success! Motor was dated August 1993 and the 500 itself with the original motor dating back to November 1987.

Ooh, Yeah. this ain’t good. Some of the motor mounting in the housing as completely destroyed.

The motor shaft in my 500 went bad a while ago, so I needed a new motor. I finally got a good parts 103 machine at Goodwill. The cashier gave me a discount because it was missing the bag. I already have another complete and working 103 and the motor assembly in this is good. “Tomorrow is...

They had completely different motors.

I meant put a motor from an older Maytag Windtunnel into one of these units.

Updates - August 6, 2025 Currently made a WANTED listing on Facebook Marketplace for one of these units.

Here's some vids of it running as well. These used the same motors as the Windtunnel Twin Chamber, Lite, and Supreme. Hoover wide path bagless demo Hoover Widepath (Tempo Bagless) Apartment Vacuuming

I have the red "PowerReach" model of this. Mine seems to be driven by some sort of turbine in the nozzle.

I just came back after a couple weeks and, wow. I'm kinda happy for this change if it includes an actual thread search feature. That thread archive site was clunky to maneuver.

More pics of it. As far as I know, the bags don’t limit airflow. I just tested hose suction with both my 103 (No paper Bag) and my 533 (Paper Bag. Dirt Devil Type G) and the suction was pretty much the same. Try the correct bag type (Dirt Devil Type G Bags) to see if it helps with the suction...

abobotek The hose cap you have is the correct one on that model. Judging by the bag design, yours probably has the bag adapter molded right into the casing. My 533 has a bag adapter that came separately from it.

More Pics. Ben, I’ve seen pics of this model in old threads here. I’m glad to have one!

Picked this straight up once I saw it without thinking twice.

There was also a Windtunnel and even a Turbopower variant. The Windtunnel variant came in Red, Blue, and a silver color similar to the Lowes Exclusive Preferred and Savvy models. The Turbopower was called the Turbopower 3000. Given the number in the Turbopower range, it was a lower end model...

I have a blue 3 gallon All Around and I’m wondering if there’s any info on this very early looking All Around model.