Apologies for the lack of updates on this, but TBH I have not done much myself!
One thing that happened shortly after I got it is the broken handle fully went
Didnt really surprise me, and I glued it up
I have bought (well, reserved, yet to pay for it) a non broken DC03 Clear wand (thanks richieg), so I'll keep this broken wand for storage, and keep the unbroken one for display use!
Saturday morning, I was up in the loft doing something else and bought it down with me
The wand went straight on the sofa, not going to do anything with that
Cyclone off
These pictures highlight what a pain this stripdown was, the see through plastic either didn't focus or bounced the flash back...
Either way, there is a screw under the switch cover. I didnt put the switch cover back on after replacing the switch so I didnt have to battle it off again. It is now temporarily mislaid...
The little switch housing lifts up and out
Cable off
Empty
The side handle is held in at the top by this peice of moulding being held in by the switch housing, so the handle goes all floppy at this point
The removeable suction channel part comes out next, was a bit bendy getting it out
Seal removed
Tools off
Hose out
Hose removed from the changeover valve
Pivot part removed from the housing
Split down some more (no idea what these parts are called tbh)
These were hiding inside the hose
Seal pulls out
Pivot seal out
Hose locking tab and spring removed
Back to the main machine now, and nestled inside the suction channel is a screw
This releases the tool holder, pre motor filter and pre motor filter housing
This is the non washable one, needs replacing, it's minging
The locking mechanism splits down
The top handle looks easily breakable
So it and the little seal are removed
I took the post motor filter out, which is also in need of replacement
Time to move down
The little inspection window did this whilst removing it, which isnt a massive issue as you will see later
The baseplate is borrowed from my Absolute+ DC03
it can have it back now
The belt lifter tool is very tricky to use on a dc03 as it doesnt sit right, and the tab of the clutch housing it sits on is damn fragile, so gingerly I wrestled the brushroll out
and split it apart
Baseplate seals out
The LHS rear wheel comes off now
and onto plastic casualty number 1, this thread snapped whilst removing the clutch cover screws
I re-belted the clutch when I first got it as the ones in it were so stretched the brushroll barely turned, so that's one job I havent got to do now!
The other rear wheel comes off
The cleanerhead lifts off now, and reveals plastic casualty number 2
Cleanerhead removed, it's off with the bumper
Little window seal out, which broke but I'm not too fussed about that
One of the base plate retaining brackets is screwed in
This little chap pops out of the brushroll housing (no idea what it is tbh)
Plastic catastrophe number 3 (pretty sure I didnt do this though)
Tiny crack on the other side too
Lower motor cover off now
Seal out (which was pointless as you will see)
Reference shot for the motor wires
Neutral wire connects on the other side
Crap shot but the motor is immaculate
spotless!
Motor seals and suction channel
Removing the suction channel releases the post filter holder too
which allows the spinal cord to come out
There's a seal hiding at the bottom
One up by where the cyclone meets the chassis
and naked!
Cyclone now
Lower part split
The cyclone release clip pops off the top
The seal needs removing
An screw
This enables the inner cyclone bits to be pulled free
The cyclone bin seal pulls out of the top part
The release valve sits under the clear plastic hat
A seal holds it all together
The shroud pops off the cone
Everything was then washed and put for drying.