zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:18:29 -0700, "David Farber"
wrote:

JimT wrote:
On 8/21/2011 4:56 PM, David Farber wrote:
JimT wrote:
On 8/21/2011 4:46 PM, David Farber wrote:
JimT wrote:
On 8/21/2011 2:19 AM, David Farber wrote:
The model number is 113.179255.

A picture of the filter is he
http://webpages.charter.net/mrfixiter/index.html


The nut you see at the top of the picture won't budge. Thus, I
cannot remove the filter. I called Sears and they said it
should come off easily without any tools. The vacuum is less
than a year old and only used a couple of times. I don't think
I ever removed the filter before. You can see how mangled that
plastic nut is now after trying every tool the in drawer to
remove it. (Why would they use a plastic nut?) I must be
missing something really obvious. One other thing I should
mention, the owners manual shows the parts blow up which
includes a "filter nut lever." I didn't see anything like that
attached to or near the nut. Thanks for your replies.
Cut the whole thing off. It looks like it's made of plastic and
paper. What usually do is cuss a lot and mangle until I get the
results I
want.
Yes, epic fail. (I always wanted to use that term on the internet
(- Ok, I just kept twisting until the "nut" came off. Scroll
down and see the results. http://webpages.charter.net/mrfixiter
Then see what turned up a little while later hiding in a pile of
papers. Didn't anyone at the two Sears stores I called AND their
parts department know about this? Thanks for your reply.
OOPS!

Too much mangle and not enough cussing. Maybe you should have used
an "angle grinder". LOL
Angle grinder?
That was a dumb joke.

Could I have seen how the filter was installed on that so I
could have figured out how to replace the filter on the vac? (-;

Actually, I was thinking if you cut off the filter you might have
figured it out. Couldn't you access the manual online or is this a
good case for "reading the manual"?

I did access the manual online. It showed a nut with half a wing as
one previous poster, willshak, pointed out in his link:
http://www.svcvacuum.com/ridgid/73316.asp

When I called the Sears parts department, they confirmed the same
thing. It was only that one piece of paper I posted online that was
tossed in with the vac somewhere that shows the correct parts
blowup. Must be a well kept secret at Sears.

There was a change in the way filters mounted and there were
conversion kits sold. I looked up your model number and it showed
the "wingnut" mounting. Yours is much older?

Your closing question mark has me confused. Are you saying I can convert
mine to the wingnut mounting? Or is the wingnut mounting the older type?

Thanks for your reply.
--

David Farber
Los Osos, CA