Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Home Repair (alt.home.repair) For all homeowners and DIYers with many experienced tradesmen. Solve your toughest home fix-it problems. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
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. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA |
#2
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac.
On Aug 21, 8:19*am, "David Farber" wrote:
The model number is 113.179255. A picture of the filter is hehttp://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. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA Well the bolt head on your pix is now pretty chewed up. I think the only thing you can do now is cut the head right off (angle grinder, hack saw?) and replace the bolt . When the filter is off you can grip the stem of the bolt with locking pliers or similar tool and unscrew it. |
#3
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
"David Farber" wrote in
: 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. If his is anything like the old, old SHopvac, you don't need the nut. All the filters I have had were frictionfit (some fell off easily, though!). I just bought a replacement at Home Depot since the guy I had lent the vac too gave it back so filthy, I chewed off half the filter trying to clean it with a garden hose :-( -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
#4
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac.
On Aug 21, 8:31*am, Han wrote:
"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. If his is anything like the old, old SHopvac, you don't need the nut. * All the filters I have had were frictionfit (some fell off easily, though!). *I just bought a replacement at Home Depot since the guy I had lent the vac too gave it back so filthy, I chewed off half the filter trying to clean it with a garden hose :-( -- Best regards Han email address is invalid- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have a Craftsman that is probably 20+ years old at this point. But it uses a similar filter and looks like the same or similar design. On mine the filter is held on by a special plastic wing nut, if you will. That wing nut is large and has only one side, more like a lever. Sounds to me that could be what Sears is describing. If that is what you had, almost all of it is gone at this point. The special plastic wing nut is likely formed around a steel nut and in your case almost all of the plastic is gone. Something must have been very wrong with this from the factory for it to have gotten stuck on there like that in less than a year. My 20+ year old one still works perfectly. Have you tried spraying it with penetrating oil and letting it sit for a day? If it won't come off with pliers at this point, the only thing left to do would be to carefully cut it off with a hacksaw, grinder, or try a nut splitter. Then you can get a new nut from Sears. |
#5
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/DryVac.
David Farber wrote:
The nut you see at the top of the picture won't budge. What are you doing? That filter is extremely clean. There is no need to mess around trying to remove it. Yes, I agree that eventually (when you start putting it to some real use) that you'll want to remove it to slam it against a tree trunk or brick wall to get the fine dust out of it. But at this point it simply does not need to be removed. I have a 10-year-old Rigid (sp?) shop vac (the large size) and I keep re-using the same filter. The filter looks like a cross between brown cardboard and really thin leather. Once every year I'll rinse it under warm water, opening every fold and flushing out the fine mud. Then I'll put it outside on top of the AC unit where it dries. |
#6
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac.
On Aug 21, 9:29*am, Home Guy wrote:
David Farber wrote: The nut you see at the top of the picture won't budge. What are you doing? That filter is extremely clean. *There is no need to mess around trying to remove it. If he wants to use it to vacuum up water there is. Yes, I agree that eventually (when you start putting it to some real use) that you'll want to remove it to slam it against a tree trunk or brick wall to get the fine dust out of it. But at this point it simply does not need to be removed. If he wants to use it to vacuum up water there is. I have a 10-year-old Rigid (sp?) shop vac (the large size) and I keep re-using the same filter. *The filter looks like a cross between brown cardboard and really thin leather. *Once every year I'll rinse it under warm water, opening every fold and flushing out the fine mud. *Then I'll put it outside on top of the AC unit where it dries. |
#7
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/DryVac.
" wrote:
That filter is extremely clean. There is no need to mess around trying to remove it. If he wants to use it to vacuum up water there is. He can still use it to vacuum up water - with the filter on. I've done it. Once you're done, just turn it upside down (like he has in the picture) and let it dry out. Sit the whole thing on top of the outside AC unit and let the hot air dry it out. |
#8
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac.
David Farber wrote the following:
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?) Because the vac is sometimes used to suck up water and a metal nut on a metal rod would rust solid. 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. Did it look like that before you took the tools to it? This is what a filter nut should look like. This one is white, yours is black. http://www.svcvacuum.com/ridgid/73316.asp That nut should only be put on and taken off with your fingers, no tools required. Did you remember righty tighty, lefty loosey? Thanks for your replies. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
#9
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
" wrote in
: On Aug 21, 8:31*am, Han wrote: "David Farber" wrote innews:j2qbm4$aj2$1@dont -email.me: 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. If his is anything like the old, old SHopvac, you don't need the nut. * All the filters I have had were frictionfit (some fell off easily, though!). *I just bought a replacement at Home Depot since the guy I ha d lent the vac too gave it back so filthy, I chewed off half the filter trying to clean it with a garden hose :-( -- Best regards Han email address is invalid- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I have a Craftsman that is probably 20+ years old at this point. But it uses a similar filter and looks like the same or similar design. On mine the filter is held on by a special plastic wing nut, if you will. That wing nut is large and has only one side, more like a lever. Sounds to me that could be what Sears is describing. If that is what you had, almost all of it is gone at this point. The special plastic wing nut is likely formed around a steel nut and in your case almost all of the plastic is gone. Something must have been very wrong with this from the factory for it to have gotten stuck on there like that in less than a year. My 20+ year old one still works perfectly. Have you tried spraying it with penetrating oil and letting it sit for a day? If it won't come off with pliers at this point, the only thing left to do would be to carefully cut it off with a hacksaw, grinder, or try a nut splitter. Then you can get a new nut from Sears. Even then, the Home Depot "MultiFit" filter fit fine for my similar vintage Shopvac. ~$20 for the HEPA one. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
#10
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
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. Is there any chance the the whole end turns to loosen it? |
#11
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
"David Farber" wrote in message ... 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. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA Take a look at a new filter.... http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...313944142 390 Looks like the lever nut was already off, the filter is just stuck, and you've mangled the stud... |
#12
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
willshak wrote:
David Farber wrote the following: 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?) Because the vac is sometimes used to suck up water and a metal nut on a metal rod would rust solid. 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. Did it look like that before you took the tools to it? This is what a filter nut should look like. This one is white, yours is black. http://www.svcvacuum.com/ridgid/73316.asp That nut should only be put on and taken off with your fingers, no tools required. Did you remember righty tighty, lefty loosey? Thanks for your replies. Now that I see the photo from your link above of what the nut should look like, I had nothing like that. I probably should have taken a "before" photo but that would have meant I knew I wouldn't have been able to remove the nut. There was just that black rubbery knob at the end of the filter. It used to have some sort of edges to it. I tried fitting it with a socket but nothing would grab it, sae or metric. Yes, I'm pretty good with the left loosey stuff. (-: Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA |
#13
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
Bob F wrote:
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. Is there any chance the the whole end turns to loosen it? I can spin the entire filter if that's what you mean but whatever is securing it at the end of line does not rotate when I spin the filter. Is that what you meant? Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA |
#14
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
Rick wrote:
"David Farber" wrote in message ... 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. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA Take a look at a new filter.... http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...313944142 390 Looks like the lever nut was already off, the filter is just stuck, and you've mangled the stud... I see the new filter with the hole at the end. I really can't see the end of the stud on what I have here. Is it metal? Wouldn't it have threads on it? That would be pretty easy to notice if the nut were missing, no? Here's a scenario I could imagine. If the vacuum cleaner does not come preassembled, then I mount the filter on the stud. Next, I cannot find the wing nut in the parts bag or it just gets lost. Needing to secure the filter onto the stud, I grab something from my workbench that fits securely on the end of the stud. On the other hand, if it does come preassembled, I really can't think of any explanation for this. Thanks for your reply. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA |
#15
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:26:26 -0700, "David Farber"
wrote: Rick wrote: "David Farber" wrote in message ... 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. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA Take a look at a new filter.... http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...313944142 390 Looks like the lever nut was already off, the filter is just stuck, and you've mangled the stud... I see the new filter with the hole at the end. I really can't see the end of the stud on what I have here. Is it metal? Wouldn't it have threads on it? That would be pretty easy to notice if the nut were missing, no? Should be, but as others have said, the nut is a one-armed "wing nut". It should be pretty easy to notice that it's not there. ;-) Here's a scenario I could imagine. If the vacuum cleaner does not come preassembled, then I mount the filter on the stud. Next, I cannot find the wing nut in the parts bag or it just gets lost. Needing to secure the filter onto the stud, I grab something from my workbench that fits securely on the end of the stud. On the other hand, if it does come preassembled, I really can't think of any explanation for this. You're probably close. Someone lost the nut (mine has fallen off, into the muck below) and replaced it with something close. ...and stripped the mess. You'll likely have to force it off, somehow, or cut it off and replace the parts necessary. Parts should be available because they built millions of the things (and those with the same parts). Here's a link to the manual: http://www.hammerwall.com/Download_Manual/44725/ |
#16
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac.
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. |
#17
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:32:02 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: That filter is extremely clean. *There is no need to mess around trying to remove it. If he wants to use it to vacuum up water there is. And when after cleaning-up sheet rock dust. |
#18
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac.
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:21:27 -0400, willshak
wrote: Did it look like that before you took the tools to it? This is what a filter nut should look like. This one is white, yours is black. http://www.svcvacuum.com/ridgid/73316.asp That nut should only be put on and taken off with your fingers, no tools required. Did you remember righty tighty, lefty loosey? When installed on the filter the "wing" should be on "top"... not on the bottom closest to the filter. Hand snug it but not to tight. OP ignore the UK advice about using an angle grinder. Seems the Brit's think every project requires an angle grinder. -- 25 year old Craftsman Wet / Dry VAC still kickin' it. |
#19
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
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. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA |
#20
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
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 |
#21
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
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? 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? (-; -- David Farber Los Osos, CA |
#22
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
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"? |
#23
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
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. -- David Farber Los Osos, CA |
#24
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
On 8/21/2011 5:18 PM, 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. I bought a Ridgid vacuum for $20 on sale at Homedepot. They were almost giving them away. It uses that wing nut and works fine. I clean the filter with my other vacuum but I only use it in my backyard for picking up leaves. I've never replaced the filter in about 5 years. |
#25
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
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? |
#27
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:48:49 -0700, "David Farber"
wrote: 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? Sorry. The wingnut mounting is a newer type (where "newer" ~ 20 years). The docs for the number you listed show the wingnut, so I don't know what that's about. There was a conversion kit from the older type (don't know what it was) to the wingnut style. If you have an old vacuum, the kit might still be available. Parts for your vacuum, in some form, should be available, anyway. There were millions of these things made. |
#28
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
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. Maybe next time you think of buying something from Sears you will remember this debacle and go somewhere else to spend your money. Sears has been on the downhill slide for many years. Kmart may be successful at putting them out of their misery. |
#29
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:02:23 -0500, Gordon Shumway 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. Maybe next time you think of buying something from Sears you will remember this debacle and go somewhere else to spend your money. Sears has been on the downhill slide for many years. Kmart may be successful at putting them out of their misery. While I agree with your sentiments WRT Sears, there are a ton of these shop vacs running around. I have one (from 20ish years ago), too. They won't get any more of my money (or shopping time), but I do have some of their junk. |
#30
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:53:59 -0500, "
wrote: Maybe next time you think of buying something from Sears you will remember this debacle and go somewhere else to spend your money. Sears has been on the downhill slide for many years. Kmart may be successful at putting them out of their misery. While I agree with your sentiments WRT Sears, there are a ton of these shop vacs running around. I have one (from 20ish years ago), too. They won't get any more of my money (or shopping time), but I do have some of their junk. My 40 yr old vac died about 10 years ago. I still have the tools that came with it - even the wide brush with the two small wheels. Yeah, they had wheels back then. The OEM plastic wheels broke many moons ago so now I have shiny aluminum wheels now! The only time I go back to Sears is to have a broken tool replaced. Don't get me started on their replacement bait and switch tactics. I bought the "industrial" or "professional" or whatever tool way back when and paid extra for it. It fails but they quit making that tool years ago and replaced it with the new and improved "Super-Duper" series and they try to make me settle for their current standard crap because I didn't buy the "Super-Duper" stuff! Now, see what you've done, now you got me all ****ed off about Searz... Aw, crap! |
#31
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
Gordon Shumway wrote:
Maybe next time you think of buying something from Sears you will remember this debacle and go somewhere else to spend your money. Sears has been on the downhill slide for many years. Kmart may be successful at putting them out of their misery. Why would Kmart want to do that? It owns Sears. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico |
#32
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' Carry Wet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:54:43 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote: Gordon Shumway wrote: Maybe next time you think of buying something from Sears you will remember this debacle and go somewhere else to spend your money. Sears has been on the downhill slide for many years. Kmart may be successful at putting them out of their misery. Why would Kmart want to do that? It owns Sears. Precisely my point. By the time Kmart strips away anything they believe is worth keeping, like the tools, the rest will be used as a write-off. |
#33
Posted to alt.home.repair
|
|||
|
|||
Replacing the filter on a Craftsman 5 Gallon Clean 'N' CarryWet/Dry Vac. (Epic Fail!)
On 8/22/2011 9:31 AM, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:54:43 -0400, wrote: Gordon Shumway wrote: Maybe next time you think of buying something from Sears you will remember this debacle and go somewhere else to spend your money. Sears has been on the downhill slide for many years. Kmart may be successful at putting them out of their misery. Why would Kmart want to do that? It owns Sears. Precisely my point. By the time Kmart strips away anything they believe is worth keeping, like the tools, the rest will be used as a write-off. Huh? They recently built a "Grand" Sears here. Must be 5 acres. Too large IMO. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
How do you clean your wet/dry vacuum cleaner filter? | Home Repair | |||
Clean inner filter | Woodworking | |||
Cleaning a "Clean Stream" Gortex filter... | Woodworking | |||
how to keep filter media on Jet & other DCs clean | Woodworking | |||
Diatomaceous earth pool filter: How often to clean? | Home Repair |