Tom
I didn’t know you had this machine at one point! I’m glad I have it too, it might not get used much due to lack of available parts, thankfully none were missing and none are missing after the service, I made sure all parts went back where they belonged. It’s also actually very quiet for an Oreck and not a screamer. One shall say the sound is somewhat unique!
Blackheart- thanks for the compliment, I thought that it was going to be a little more complicated to work on until I started tearing it apart and found it to be very simple! I was told from someone who is very familiar with Oreck (he worked for them) that the reason for the dual air path was because the large fan moved such a large volume of air that one air path choked off the airflow quite a bit. But yes it’s a unique machine indeed.
