free FITLER QUEEN 700

[thevacomaticiec]

i get a call ya that vacuum guy eys thsi is he speaking i got a old vacuum free for you . oh yes what is it ?
fitler queen brown its yours im on my way . Put a belt i n pn works like new

 

[lesinutah]

Nice

Job Mr. Vacuum man.

 

[panasonicvac]

Very nice!

I love Filter Queen, it's like using a shop vac for inside the house. Same with Rainbow, Silver King, FairFax, Numatic, etc.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

thanks every one she work s great

 

[mjhoshaw]

I'll add my congrats

I'd write "nice find" but it kinda found you! I love my pink 2-speed model 31. It makes a great vac for my model train room. Low speed is perfect for layout scenery work, and if I suck up something by mistake, it's easy to retrieve it. Not having a curved hose handle makes it very easy to use in tight spots.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

she needs a motor its arching and slowing down im on the hunt for one as shes free might as well fix it

 

[thevacomaticiec]

i think mine needs a motor as it slows down and arching blue in blower port or new carbon brush

 

[panasonicvac]

I'd polish the commutator in the armature first before replacing the brushes or the motor.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

id need a stone firrst so you think its the commutator ? that makes it slow down and arch blue

 

[lesinutah]

Coil

It's a process of elimination.
Commutator
Carbon brushes
Field coil
Armature

 

[centralvacs1928]

If it runs normally for a short time and then begins arcing and slowing down, that indicates that one of the carbon brushes is sticking...one of the less serious and more easily remedied issues that a motor can have.

Try taking it apart and replacing (or just removing, cleaning, and reinstalling) the carbon brushes.

My Thoro-Matic commercial canister that I use on service calls was modified many years ago with a motor from a Filter Queen and it has done the same thing to a greater or lesser extent for years. It's been fine lately and I never even got around to servicing it, but there have been times when I thought the motor was on its way out.

On the other hand, if it runs slowly and arcs at the brushes continuously, the motor is permanently damaged and needs to be replaced (unless you want to try your hand at re-winding the motor...)

 

[panasonicvac]

Usually that does solve the problem from my end. Can't say for certain as what Owen pointed out, it could be either the brushes or the motor itself has gone bad if polishing the commutator doesn't do it.

 

[lesinutah]

Blue sparks

Is usually a color of electrical issues. I've had 2 ds80s burn up because of faulty coils and it was blue.
Idk it could be commutator going bad but my money if it's not comutator or brushes it's faulty coil not producing enough current and u tested the comutator with voltage meter it's the coil.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

i got the new motor today works like a charm 2 speed barely hear it run good suction im happy

 

[human]

Good save...

Sounds like that Filter Queen found the right home. Congrats on your vacquisition. I hope you enjoy it for years to come. It was certainly nice of your friend to think of you like that.

I had a Filter Queen Majestic once that was really beat down. I only paid $5 for it, but then spent more than ten times that amount to fix most of the issues it had, but by the time I did all that, it still didn't work very well and I had gotten to the point where I had lost all interest in the machine. It stayed down in my barn for five or six years before I finally donated it to my church's rummage sale. It was a nice enough machine; it just wasn't the machine for me.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

ya i mgiht sell it to afriend who likes filter queens she bought parts off me in the past or might keep it while i can time will tell. Its nice to play with witch i will for sure do eheh meaning use the vacuum more.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

Put an Electrolux aerus hose on the Filter Queen dx31 . Works good

 

[human]

I did the same thing with a Eureka canister a few years ago. It had a good original hose, but having no other accessories for it, I attached an Electrolux wand and power nozzle to it and used it as something of a 'frankenvac' for several years. Now, I've obtained a Eureka Rotomatic power head for it, and plan to put it back to its original configuration, as soon as I can get some wands for it.

 

[thevacomaticiec]

added pig tail and electrolux aerus hose to the fitler queen dx 31 no tape to show at all looks factory works like a charm too .