It's funny how these things go...
So here we were just talking about these and another one came my way today for $4. It's the purple basic model, a Model 116.31912. No four position electronic switch panel, no turbo hand tool accessory. The pictures show it just as it came out of my car, dirty and no attachments. Those come along all the time, though, so no prob. I didn't even bother to plug this one in when I bought it, thinking I'd take it even if it didn't run. It didn't, no power. I took it into my vacuum cleaner hospital and quickly found out it had a bad cord. I pulled the handle and front access panel off (tricky), and found no power to the switch. The cord looked good, no cuts or abrasions to the outer sheath. I examined it back to the plug and found one of the plug spades loose. Simple fix, but someone else condemned the machine due to this defect.
This model, not having the four position electronic power switch, has the power on/off feature as a pedal switch on the left side of the nozzle. The more expensive versions of this have a cut-out for this switch but it's filled in.
Oh, this one has the handle lock pedal inop just like the one in the original post but I think it involves a broken spring. I haven't gotten that far yet.
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