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The Rupes look good, but twice as much as I am willing to spend right now. I thought I was going to get mine repaired around $70...and ended up spending $150 to order the Griot's. Paul - an autopsy will be coming...once I figure out how to remove the handle, just spins and spins??? Can't make...

Thanks for clearing that up...I finally figured out what a "Rupes" was, but couldn't figure out how to edit my post.

Sounds like a Griot's 6" is in my near future. Was going to ask about the 5" plate /5.5" pads. I just purchased a new set of pads since I read that 6.5" pads on a 5" plate was hard on the polisher, even though my 7424 came with the 5" plate and 6.5" pads. PhxDarius - I searched for a Rupes...

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Porter Cable 7424 Parts List and Diagram - Type 1 : eReplacementParts.com Lots of "obsolete-not available" parts when I look online. So guess it is dead.

You got me, I was trying to get the "porter cable 7424 hd-plus" - I think basically it had a different counter balance and maybe a longer cord. But apparently I ended up getting the vanilla PC 7424. (now that I have looked back at old emails). Sorry for the confusion.

I bought a PC 7424XP kit from Autogeek quite a few years ago...in 2007. I use it to buff out my car really well once a year and the occasional detail on the wife's and some touch up throughout the year. It wasn't heavily utilized. I noticed the last few times I used it that it would get hot...