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My oreck upright model xl3640 is not turning on. A clothespin was accidently vacuumed up, and the machine was immediately turned off to remove it. The bottom panel of the machine was taken off to remove the clothespin and to make sure that there were no remaining loose pieces in the spinning unit of the vacuum. When the machine was turned back on again, it no longer worked. All the leads are attached to the motor, and I am curious how to discern whether the problem is a motor that needs to be replaced due to strain on the motor, or if it is just a fluke timing of the power switch going bad.

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The Oreck XL3640 power switch goes bad most vacuum service center can order a new switch it has 3 wires remove screws from handle to get at switch hook up wires to new switch color code of wires of wires are black white black just put on right terminal on switch My oreck upright model xl3640 - _1284.jpg

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