I've had this for years! I found it on ebay 5 minutes from work and bought it! When I first got it, it didn't run so well
The pictures start in 2013
Dust
It was clean underneath
Ah
Pure filth underneath the hood
The original cable was perished from the handle bail to the motor
so I removed it
I replaced the wires, and refitted the old shielding
Removed the motor
It slowed down when using it I seem to remember
Fan off
Fancase bearing was looking grubby
Coil and Armature even more so!
Some wiring reference shot
Rubbish picture, but the coil was under a thick layer of greasy dirt. I was amazed it ran at all...
Cleaned that off
Cleaned the motor housing out a bit
refitted the coil
and the armature
The carbon brushes are a bit worn though. No more pictures from the past, I put it all back together and it ran well, then I just forgot about it for the last few years.
Until last week!!
When I got it down from the loft! I forgot to mention it had all the original tools and tool holder and airtight hose!
I started on the tools
A small oblong dusting brush
A small round dusting brush
A long wooden wall/floor brush
Crevice tool
Blowing adaptor
This is the adaptor that connects to the machine
The adaptor can be taken off the end of the hose
The cardboard holder is immaculate as well
Extension tube and bent end
and hose
I cleaned the tool caddy off
which made it quite damp but it dried out very quickly
I got some tools out
and started unscrewing the brushes
Dusting brush
Lovely detail on the bakelite
The larger dusting brush does the same thing
and finally the larger, wooden brush
And the tools were disassembled
Onto the machine itself now
Bag removed from the top hook
The bag (and blower attachment) is held on with 2 thumb screws
It's been a few years since I cleaned the bag out
Sadly the bolt that holds the bag onto the collar is rounded full off
I left it alone. Couldnt cut a new screwdriver slot as I would cut the bag, much pressure with the screwdriver as was either rounded it off a bit more, or slipped off towards the bag...
I left it alone and went back to the top of the handle
Switch housing screws removed
and the cover is removed
Switch wiring reference shot
The paint put on by Hoover to denote something is still present
The mains cable earths to the handle behind the switch
The top bag hook is held in by a screw
and lifts out once the screw is removed
The handle is held in with the usual Hoover bolt at the bottom
I do like this design, no having to remove cables to remove the handle like the junior/senior
To remove the plug, a fibre pin has to be tapped out
The plug and handle cables can be withdrawn. Thankfully the wires are immaculate so don't need replacing
It's seen a Hoover service at some point in its past too. I removed the sticker as it was pretty much gone anyway
Getting there now! (joking, another 115 pictures to go...)
I found the serial number stamp
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-irxM0R_CFKo/VqUlhcXQdwI/AAAAAAAAxKU/BsrJY9B1po8/s800-Ic42/upload_-1.jpgand removed the baseplate
Agitator out
brushroll end caps off
Yummy
The brushroll bearings were
fished out the wobble washers
and the same on the other side
With some considerable fiddling the brushroll end caps came out and the brushroll was sick everywhere
The brush strips were knackered too, they had gone very soft and sparse
Back to the machine, the rear wheels are held in place with this bolt
The whole thing is sprung, as it is part of the mechanism that locks the tool adapter in place. A dyson brushroll axle came in handy to tap the axle out
Once removed, the wheels came off
and the springs and bracket for the aformentioned tool adapter fall off too
Onto the tool adapter chute now
It has a little flap that does a shit job of keeping the suction to the floor when the tools are not in use, held in with a small spring
I did try to remove the front wheels but just could not get the circlips off, and realised that even if I did get them off, I may not get them back on again
Underneath done, the hood can come off
revealing the motor
The yolk to motor wire runs through the bottom of the handle
There is a slight interlude now for the tools, which were dry and could be polished
Back to the machine, and the metal brackets that form something to do with the dirtfinder can be removed from the hood
The bolt holding the handle bail together can be removed
The socket is held in with a screw
and the handle can be withdrawn, and the wiring disconnected
The spring that keeps the handle sprung falls out at some point around here too
Quick shot of how the wiring attaches to the socket inside the handle
and the handle bail is removed and stripped
The handle release pedal is held in place with a small bar which is easily tapped out
I started taking the bag holder bolts out, but only one side could be removed
The other side is blocked in with the chassis moulding, and I could get a spanner to it but not turn it, so I left it be!
The motor is next, and I took it apart out of sequence, only having a brainwave when re-assembling it so ignore these pictures for now, I took better ones on re-assembly...
4 screws release the motor, and the belt spindle has to come off first
Then the fan can be lifted off
revealing the fancase bearing
tiny carbons out at this stage
I took the bearing out first, which was a bit stupid as the nuts fell into the motor...
Then the bearing holder (which I should have done first...)
Motor wiring removed
(again, what should have been the second step) is to unscrew the top cover of the motor
The small fan that cools the bulb unscrews next, then the armature can be withdrawn. The coil needs its connections unscrewing now
Then the brush holders removed
and she is stripped!
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