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SamIam

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Keith,
I took your advice


The hg went straight to 15.

So, there's got to be a blockage on the intake side of the blower. I've removed and checked the hoses, cleaned the lint basket and filter and looked all thru the waste tank and I can't find a blockage anywhere.


It's a leak maybe your new lid gasket is loosing some suction that's where my 405 starts to fail.

http://www.jondon.com/gasket-waste-tank-lid.html

Make sure your using the right one and there's no gaps. 99% of the time it's the lid gasket.
 

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You're right Sam. The lid gasket (although new) was leaking. I took some Seran Wrap and went around the entire machine, holding it up to any place that might be leaking air. The waste tank lid was sucking it in so I know it's leaking some. Can't say whether that is the "entire" problem, but it's certainly contributing. I ordered another new gasket and will be installing it tomorrow. I'll post the results when it's done.
 
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Make sure you scrap all the old crap and glue off use marine goop or if anybody else has a good suggestion use that.
 

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By the way if you idle down the machine you would hear the leak.
I took your advice when you posted about replacing the lid seal. It made a huge difference for me.

It was leaking so much I didn't hear it at first. But, as I was working on it I had a small leak that screamed until I got it sealed up.
 
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OK so I got the new lid gasket on. Sure enough the new one I put on 6 weeks ago was leaking. So, now it's pulling 14.5 hg. If there's a good side to all this extra crap I had to got thru, it's that it has helped me learn the machine a lot better. So, I appreciate all the help you guys offered up.
 

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