Tri-Star, my beauty

[queenofclean]

Hi, everyone,
This is my first post. I have been keeping my eyes open to buy a Tri-Star CXL or DXL for awhile now. I need a reliable vac to USE and don't have a lot of money. A guy is selling one locally but two things are making me hesitate. The bottom plate on the Turbo powerhead is pretty rusted. The exhaust also is fitted with one of those tuba-like hepa filters. Call me crazy but I love the look of the original metal grill that fit over the exhaust--the one with the red dot in the middle. I've called a few companies that have parts. The bottom plate was given the number CO-1039 and the housing for the filter seems to be the CO-70032. The added cost for replacement would squeeze my budget but then I discovered that the filter housing that goes with that order number is PLASTIC. Yuck. I'll only go there if I must. The parts guy didn't know if the Turbo's bottom plate also was plastic and he said the part was discontinued last year anyway.
H-E-E-E-L-P! Does anyone know where I can get those original parts fairly cheaply? I can wait longer for a complete vac to come up on eBay but I usually can't compete on the bidding. Thanks!

 

[danemodsandy]

TriStar Canada:

Is your best bet for service on CXL/DXL, etc. models. They do ship to the U.S. - just allow a little extra time, since there is a delay for customs/Homeland Security that TriStar Canada has no control over. TriStar here in the U.S. will refer you to a local servicing dealer for parts, which is even more time-consuming, because the dealer never has what you're looking for, and must order it from TriStar, which is what you were trying to do in the first place. TriStar Canada has stuff in stock and deals directly with consumers - much more efficient.

You need to know that bringing a TriStar up to really good condition is expensive. I have about $400 in my CXL, pictured below. It's absolutely complete, but getting it that way cost more money than I anticipated going into the project. Here's an example - the cast-aluminum floor tool and rug tool cost over #100 each.

Take it slow and easy, take your time, and do it as you can afford it. You'll be rewuarded with a fantastic vacuum.

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