Author Topic: Bugs: Have you run into them when fixing/refurbing? (Read 10610 times)

Parwaz7862 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 30, 2017, 12:01:04 am »

A few days ago I worked on a DC14 Origin which was stored in a shed for a while; there was a live spider

taran57 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2017, 05:24:32 am »

Never ever ever ever ever ever try to take a handheld apart.
If you do the only re assembly tool available is a hammer.

Madrat · « **Reply #17 on:** March 30, 2017, 11:54:40 am »

GeorgeJ · « **Reply #18 on:** March 30, 2017, 03:04:07 pm »

Quote from: taran57 on March 30, 2017, 05:24:32 am

Never ever ever ever ever ever try to take a handheld apart.
If you do the only re assembly tool available is a hammer.

Just bought a filthy DC35. I am going to try to take it apart as much as possible to clean it.

^{^{^{I also have a few hammers.}}}

taran57 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 30, 2017, 03:23:58 pm »

Have fun

GeorgeJ · « **Reply #20 on:** March 30, 2017, 03:25:35 pm »

I sense sarcasm lol

Parwaz7862 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 30, 2017, 06:03:36 pm »

The cyclone strips down nicely, the wand - nope
The head- kinda

GeorgeJ · « **Reply #22 on:** March 30, 2017, 06:21:05 pm »

Quote from: Parwaz7862 on March 30, 2017, 06:03:36 pm

The cyclone strips down nicely, the wand - nope
The head- kinda

Darn, I was hoping to clean the wand out.

I also didn't get the head

Are there any decent, cheap aftermarket ones? I'm not paying the suggested $110 for it.

MonochromeMarc · « **Reply #23 on:** March 31, 2017, 12:32:31 am »

Hi all,

My 'bug' story was many years ago a customer brought a Hoover junior in for repair stating "it won't pick up" the job was passed to me and straight away I could feel the bag was full. I unzipped the outer bag to find the paper bag had split and an avalanche of maggots came flooding out all over my bench !

To cut a long story short the vac was fixed (outside in the back yard) but the customer never returned to pick it up !

Marc.