Amy bought me this years ago, she found it in our local British Heart Foundation and bought it home!
This is what it looked like on the 18th Jan 2014
Sadly, when trying to remove the power pedal, I broke it
After this it sort of languished about, unloved because I broke it. We were living at my mums at the time after evacuating our flat due to the rats, and I used it as a garage/car vac for a bit, and generally treated it like crap.
Last winter, I obtained several random dolphins, including another Z2230, an earlier one, in worse condition
They've sat in the shed for far too long, so I got them all out. I scrapped a bodily broken dark blue dolphin, which is a shame as it was quite rare, but too broken to bother with, so had the good motor out for the other z2230 which had a blown motor, pinched the unbroken power pedal from it and replaced it with a blue pedal, and decided to refurb it!
Poor, unloved thing
Week 36 1991
I was waxing and glossing up the 2260 whilst doing this, hence why its in the background. I cracked out a few beers and got to work
First to go was that sticker, which is a shame as I like originality, but it was too far gone
Hopefully the white bits will fade down happily in time
Bag door off
Bag fill indicator off
and split
The Escutcheon (yep, thats what its called) comes off
The crevice tool is there, I forgot to get it out of the shed...
Upholstry tool is in good order
Dusting brush is iffy but do-able
God knows how long this bags been in here
CUL8R
The filters weren't too bad tbh, I put them through the washing machine and they came up very well
Bag holder out
The screw holder bungs removed
and the hose entry assembly removed
The mouldings for the electric bits as per the 2260 are present but unused
Bag door seal removed
Post motor filter housing removed
The post filter was washed too and was fine
Wiring cover removed
Power slider removed
1200w superboost button removed
Power slider and superboost indicator gubbins lifts out
They both sit on a bespoke housing
Superboost button removed
Lucas prince of darkness
reference shot of the wiring
The plastics are a different shade on the pedals
Motor and cord rewind assemblies lift out whole
Power switch holder removed
There are 2 neutrals coming from the cord reel, one to the motor and one to the PCB
Cord reel lifts out
In hindsight, I wish I had cut the cable down a bit as the end is very bent, maybe another day
The power button spring was missing, so the cord reel one was removed
Motor housing seal removed
Motor housing removed
Fancase seal off
motor out
The rf supressor is on a bit of a state
It was like that when I bought it, and I left it alone, it does still work, despite it exploding a bit at some point in its life
Out it comes
The motor itself was very clean, so I dripped a bit of oil in the bearings and left it be
Looking a bit emptier now
Bag door catch out
Bumper off
Rear wheels off
Front wheels off
Parking bracket removed
Machine done, it's onto the floor tool. Not sure if this is the one it originally came with as I have a few now, but it's a floor tool, and that's good enough for me!
Baseplate off
Brushes out
Changeover plate out
Elbow out
All that was washed up, dried and polished in the usual fashion. I then did some shopping, and repaired the motor
Checked what wire should go where, and ran it past tech12 for reassurance
The black wire has the end of the coil wire with it as well, so it's tucked nicely into the motor housing out of the way and to ensure it cant move
Red live wire plugged in too
Motor back in
PCB fitted
Switch fitted
Cord rewind fitted
button covers and cord guide fitted
Motor housing seal fitted
Rear wheels now
with a drop of grease to smooth it out
Front wheel reassembled
One of the small guide wheels underneath has a side missing, but it doesnt seem to bother it
Bag door catch fitted
Parking bracket screwed in, this has been off before by the looks of it and had the wrong length screws refitted
Bumper on
Hose input housing fitted
Electronics dumped back in
speed control and superboost light fitted
cover fitted
Bag door seal fitted
I fitted new filters as the old ones were still drying at the time
A new bag
Bag door and escutcheon fitted
Post motor filter fitted. They seem to work better if fitted like this, then the cover fitted as they blow up and into position, the cover wont clip on if their just laid on top
Tool tray fitted
Tools fitted
And she is almost done!
Floor tool next
I found the extension tubes in the shed and gave them a good polish, and put it aside whilst it waited for its hose (and others) to dry
I found another pedal spring from the cannibalised dolphin
and the machine is done! It joined its friend
I did find the/a crevice tool
The floortools are very different. The grey one is ace on carpet, not as good on hard floor. The black one is rubbish on carpet as it holds itself too high, but ace on hard floors
I found a hose end, and got it polished up
And she is done! (again, I wont abuse it this time though)
I've used it alot tbh, it's slightly nicer to use than the Z2260 as the hose is lighter and less bulky. The blower mode is handy too, I pointed it at the extractor fan in the bathroom and nearly choked to death!
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