How to repair the power switch on a Craftsman leaf blower vacuum 

That damned intro music is about 500 times louder than it should be. Woke the kids and scared the shit outa me. Thanks.

My model has the same symptoms… and hopefully the same root cause. I’m taking it apart (16 screws!) with you right now as I type this (03:00). I sure hope you fixed the switch by the end of the vid, LoL. 😊

Thank you for sharing your experience. I don't understand; what did I miss? I thought you were going to remove the bad switch and install a new switch? You disconnected the wiring and reconnected the wiring to the same parts? I am baffled because I disassembled my Toro Power Jet F700 Electric corded leaf blower; cleaned-up the commutator and reassembled the parts back together (correctly?) and it won't start.

I hope this works! Im using a friend's blower and forgot to check the on switch prior to plugging it in, upon discovery picked it up and proceeded to the porch, it work d fin until the n xt time it was turned on then nada, thanks for using your time to teach others, it's a lost art

You need a Harbor Freight cordless screwdriver. Saves lots of time.

Thought I had the same issue so I took it apart turns out the soldering was missing and burnt on the back of switch power cable. Easy fix also just reapply soldering for a good connection and up and running again.

I'm surprised you didn't take the opportunity to add a little lube to the motor. With the simple journal bearings in there, adding some lube can extend life of the motor. That's why I'm opening mine up... but though I removed all the screws, I cannot get it to come apart. You don't really show how you do it (other than to remove screws), so I guess you had no trouble with that step?

How in the world did you get the housing apart? I simply cannot.