ameijers wrote:

"J Swain" wrote in message
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Hi,

I bought a Canister vacuum from Sears, Sears model # 116.23812300, (I
believe it is actually made by Panasonic).
They had several very similar models on the floor and the one we picked
had a longer 8 ft hose. We thought that would come in handy, but it
actually is more of a hassle to use for everyday cleaning(multiple pets,
vacuum often). I am fairly sure that a 6 ft hose from another similar
models could be substituted for this, but the Sears parts customer
service only can tell me what's in their database as the original
replacement, not an alternate replacement. Has anyone replaced the
longer hose with the shorter hose or vice-versa with the Sears/Panasonic
Progressive type canister vacs?



Take a close up digital or Polaroid of the ends of your hose, with a ruler
in the picture, into Sears, and play with the demonstrator machines on the
floor. Or if the model you bought is still there, grab the hose from one,
and try it on the other. (May have to explain to sales droid what you are
doing, but as long as nothing is broken, or leaves sales floor, no reason
for them to care.

Probably want to wait till Xmas rush is over to do any of this. Small
appliance dept is usually dead quiet (at least in local Sears here), but for
next month it will be busy.

(brings back memories of, as a kid, using local used car lot as a reference
book, to see how to reassemble something under the hood....)

aem sends...



Thanks for the idea...I kinda did that online with another model and
looked up that it had a 6 ft hose and got the part number off the parts
web Unfortunately, you have to do some disassembly..it is not a simple
slide on hose, but integrated into the unit and the web drawing lacks
detail...I don't think they'd let me take one apart at the store