Hi, There should be a little actuating rod poking down from the roof of the bucket chamber which contacts the bucket-float at one end and a microswitch at the other. I'm not familiar with your model but there will probably be some substitute mechanism for telling the machine that there's a hose attached. Does it run when you put the bucket in?

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