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Earlier in the year, I get mentioned in a facebook comment. Something about a ratty old vacuum coming my way for a refurb. Whatever, nae bother!

Via Dilys at Autovac, I recieved a parcel back in August!


It was a wonderful beast

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Very Orange



Looked very at home by my parent's 1970's fireplace, on their 1970's carpet!



But it needed to be moar orange, so home it came, looking very out of place on our modern carpet!



First things first, remove the cable

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Then remove the bag

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The top handle screw incorporates the later style top cord hook, so removing the nut allows the whole thing to drop off

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The holder can be removed from the cable guide

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The handle nut sits in a groove to stop it turning when assembling

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And the top handle can come off!

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Apart from a tiny chip in the cord hook, it was in very good condition, no work needed here bar a clean and polish!

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The bottom handle part was slightly more worn when it came off, decades of not being tight enough probably

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Packed out by this ancient bit of card

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Next, the carry handle cover needs to be removed

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Revealing a cable join

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Which handily slides right out

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Mains cable clamp is removed first

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Then everything else is undone/falls out to leave an empty shell. One of the captive nuts fell out, I removed the other one so it didn't get lost

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Judging by the crimped cable ends, it's the original cable too

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With the cable removed, the top guide can slide off

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Now, it's time to turn her over

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And remove the base plate, which is screwed on rather than the thumb latches of old, although the latch mouldings are present on the lower chassis

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The very worn soleplate seal was carefully removed flr cleaning and plumping up

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Out came the brushroll, which had fantastic brush strips

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Some fluff under the non removable furniture guard



Now for some more electronics, which sit under this cover

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This is the 2 speed switch, for changing the motor speed to a higher setting for use with tools

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Tis a lovely thing

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The green cover hides more wires

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Also holds the ratings plate

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June 1978

The rear of the 2 speed switch housing lifts off the machine with the switch and wires removed

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Under the green cover sits the on/off switch, which is removed with 2 screws

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The switch cover lifts off the switch

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Now, we can remove the tool adapter tray with 4 screws

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It was a bit grubby

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This plastic flap seals the suction when the tools are not inserted, and is pushed up with the tools adapter

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It has a rod and spring through the middle, this gets gummed up with fluff and jams up

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Next, we can remove the rear wheels, since the adapter plate holds these down

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The axle is connected to the adjustment lever with this bracket here

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1 circlip needs removing, the wheel taking off and a metal bush slid off and the whole thing slides out and off the machine

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The bracket is held with another circlip higher up, we'll get to that later

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For now we can remove the 2 top hood screws! And reveal a lovely tidemark

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We can get at the bracket now, remove this circlip

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And it's free! Note the swarf coming off the screw threads too as their removed! The main thread is the metal caps on the end of each standoff, but the screws must cut a little thread as they went in in the early 1970's

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The height adjustment lever slides off now

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Another circlip keeps a very thin metal cable bracket in check

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On the other side of the machine we have the handle recline pedal

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The bracket is unscrewed, and the spring retrieved from the other side of the room

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This stepped piece forms the pivoting mechanism

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This being the pivot bar

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Then the whole pedal assembly slides off the end, being unhooked from various pivot brackets along the way

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With ALL that removed, the main bar that holds the handle fork on can be tapped out

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Which brought with it the white bag latch, which should slide, but at the moment does not too well

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The broken bulb was removed

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Could be vintage, could be very modern, the GE logo hasn't changed!

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Getting there

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The main reason for popping the bulb out was to flip it back over without smashing the bulb into the carpet, and remove the front wheels

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They simply slide out after removing the circlip

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Back the right way up, we'd better remove the time bomb

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Bracket removed, screws replaced so I know where they go when this is not refitted!

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We can now remove the main wiring loom

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The black wires go to the RF supressor, the yellow and white wander off to the switch and motor

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It all lifts out when removed

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Next, the screws holding the motor to the chassis can be removed

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And the motor lifted out, revealing some hidden dirt

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The compacted dust crumbled nicely, good to know this hasn't been damp

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The chassis is now naked!

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This metal shield plate lifts off the main motor

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Revealing it to be a bog standard Senior 652 motor

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The seal pulls out

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Belt spindle and fan off

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And the spacer washers

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Carbons next, and the genuine ones have decades of life left!

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The top bearing can be removed now

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The cooling fan spun off the shaft

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The top cover removed

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The field coil is bolted down, so they were removed

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And lifted out

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Empty!

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Armature looks in fine order

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Just the bag left now, and I'm presuming this is the original fixing method, penny pinching removed the metal band and bolt and replaced it with a cable tie! Either way, snip

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Probably hasn't been off in a while, or ever

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Lovely



Bag fill tube next

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Genuine bellows

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Split

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And lastly, the brushroll was stripped

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The knackered bearings flung hard into the bin

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A big pile of washing up was waiting for me

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Which was done, and whilst it dried I cleaned the gunk off the coil with a baby wipe or 7

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Cleaned the wiring up

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And stripped the plug down

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Then, a bowl of warm but not hot water, and some washing machine liquid was thrown together

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And the bag was thrown in, swooshed about a bit then left to sit for an hour or so

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Another good swoosh about produced this, which isn't terrible by any means

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It bought the vinyl back though, it went rubbery again, and smelt lovely, not of dust!



I hung it up to dry, as it was lovely and warm back in August, not 8" of snow as we have had today!

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Then, I made a start on the metalwork. The brushroll axle came up nicely

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I buzzed the rust off the motor shield, rather than polish it up

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Brushroll end caps before



Brushroll end caps, wheel axle and brushroll after. The brushroll has been stripped

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And then I painted it with Euro Car Parts finest hi build primer and Poundland's finest black paint, which came out alright! I'm rubbish at painting whole machines, but getting good at brushrolls!

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I also had a brainwave, and masked off the beater bars, so they stayed nice and polished

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Next, I got my finest dirty rag out, and a good blob of spit and gave the plastics a good rub down...

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Which made it come up rather nicely! Time for the bit I love the most, EXPLODED SHOTS!

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Then, time to put the brushroll back together

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Brush strips slid very carefully in so I didn't chip the paint

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2 new brushroll bearings obtained from my diminishing stash

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And 2 new plastic spacers

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Fitted

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Beautiful

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 :thumbsup:

Bag stuff now, the bellows were fitted to the flange

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Fill tube was fitted to the flange

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The much cleaner bag was laid out ready to recieve

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A new cable tie

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Nipped up



Next, a Genuine Sebo Bag (couldn't go sending a pattern Sebo bag up to a sebo dealership now could I...) was procured from the shed of broken dreams



It's head was chopped off

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And it was fitted to the bag fill tube, giving the machine an instant massive filtration upgrade!

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The bag assembly can be thrown on the the 'done' pile

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Motor now

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Yes the bearing went through the wash, and yes it is fine with it! Just needs a little lubrication now, which it needed before tbh

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The coil was bolted down

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Armature dropped in

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