Author Topic: Hoover Convertible U1124A May 1961 - Stripdown and Refurb! (Dial-A-Matic) (Read 13859 times)

beko1987 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 05, 2018, 11:33:55 pm »

And screwed down

Off to one side

As it's time for the hood!

First on is the release pedal, and the rubber pad needs fitting to the pedal

Then fitting to the machine

Rear wheels

Time for the height adjuster knob now

Hoover Convertible U1124A May 1961 - Stripdown and Refurb! (Dial-A-Matic)

And bracket

beko1987 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 05, 2018, 11:37:58 pm »

Front wheels

Then it's time for the hood to be lowered down over the body of the machine

Then the two pivot points can be done up

Bag door now

Felt pad in, as well as the two felt strips that run up channels on the side. One of these was half out, which I think made the adjuster knob harder to turn

Diverter valve fitted

And the suction ducts screwed down

The knob can be screwed down now

Then finally the bag door can be screwed onto the main machine

beko1987 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 05, 2018, 11:40:13 pm »

Release pedal spring fitted

Then the wonderfully clean external hose can be fitted

Brushroll next

Strips in

And assembled fully with new bearings

Fitted

Baseplate fitted

Big scary spring fitted

beko1987 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 05, 2018, 11:45:03 pm »

External hose pushed fully home

Up top now, and the cable is fed through the strain relief and screwed down

And fitted

The handle can be fitted and screwed fully home, making it less wobbly than it was before

Cover clips on over the screw it seems

And by jove it's done!

That would have been the middle of October going by Charlie's birthday balloons, and come November I chose it for that month's vacuum!

Where it served a DC04 it's arse on a plate!

It was very good

beko1987 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 05, 2018, 11:53:33 pm »

Well, deeper pile carpet like my mums anyway. I did find a toolkit from my Hoover Freedom fitted it though, which was nice

Teamed with a Hoover BrushVac they make a good team!

However, November turned into December

And it was time to not use it anymore, however... In the intrim above, a chap called Jae from America gave me some lovely detailed instructions on how to REALLY take the motor apart, so apart it all came again!

Up top first

Straight in with belt spindle removal

Then off with the carbon brushes

Smash out the 3 pins on the other end of the motor

Then lever the end off

beko1987 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 05, 2018, 11:57:55 pm »

But (and I missed this last time), lever on the first bit, not the second and BOOM, out it all comes!

All laid out! Sadly the upper hidden fan wasn't really dirty as apparently they can be

But meh, we've come this far!

Inside here are 2 nuts

Undo those and the top black part falls off

These two springs keep stuff under tension, and releases the coil

I could also now get to the top bearings and pack it full of grease

Lovely! It's not done until it's messy!

That done, it can all go back together

With another blob of grease on the other end. I know it should be oil as it mates with a sleeve bearing, but I could not find my oil at the time...

beko1987 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 06, 2018, 12:00:23 am »

Job done, back in the motor goes!

But before I screwed it down, I had noticed that the suction from the tools was pretty lacklustre for it's wattage, so I helped it along by sealing up the motor housing with silicone

And then the inner suction channel

Just in case, and it did improve it! The motor sounds smoother too, although not quiet and low pitched like an equivilant dirty fan would be! It did knock the high pitched whine off though!

So there we go, although I'm not finished with it yet, I am for now! Bye

ryevac · « **Reply #22 on:** January 06, 2018, 12:18:05 am »

MVacs · « **Reply #23 on:** January 06, 2018, 02:52:04 pm »

Bazzing strip down.

I wouldn't mind a mint one of these in the museum actually. Shame about that front grille.

I spy a Dyson brush roll removal tool puller being repurposed in there..........

beko1987 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 06, 2018, 03:47:31 pm »

Yes, it's a shame about the grille, but the price was fair, and it's just one of those things! Do have a plan to improve it some more though!

Yep, the puller of the belt tool was just pointy enough to tap the 3 locating pins out!