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Posted on Jun 02, 2009

Tank Cap is stuck

Hi,

After steam cleaning my living
room rug, I tried to remove the tank cap which is now stuck.

Clockwise or counter-clockwise, it rotates with difficulty (as it alwasy has), but it will NOT COME OFF! I've had this unit close to ten years and this has NEVER happened before.

How can I remove the tank cap, please?

Thank you for any solution you may provide. Joe

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I had the same problem. I was able to use two butter knifes (using dull edges) to 1. pry up cap slightly and 2. pull gasket over lip of cap

I then worked the gasket off by lifting the cap right behind where I was removing the gasket.

Once the gasket was off, I was able to remove the cap easily.

I then put the gasket back on, undamaged, and could use like normal.

The difference between the lock and unlock position is only around 20-30 degrees.

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