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Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« on: March 17, 2020, 11:39:40 am »
A year or so ago, a viewer of my youtube channel sent me this, a wonderfully rare, special edition Hoover Purepower!



It was very complete



Dates from 1997

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And has a see-through cleanerhead

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It's also got a poorly motor


So let's get it apart, and we shall start by removing the cable

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and the tools

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And the hose

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The ends of the hose pop off and unscrew nicely to aid washing the hose

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and the crevice tool can be removed

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2020, 11:43:16 am »
Now we can remove the post motor filter



Which looks nice*

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The inside of the cover wasn't too bad though

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And gives us a date of 1997 for itself

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The diagram on the back has survived nicely

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Inside the machine looks very grim though



Moving up to the top and we can take the main handle off



Which just unscrews

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Under the handle is another screw

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2020, 11:46:41 am »
Followed by 2 more under the bag door

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This reveals the wiring

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Hoover still held the royal warrant at this time

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With that off, the PCB that drives it all can be slid out

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The opaque cover plate screws onto the PCB and comes out with it

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Screws on nicely though

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This is the slider mech for the speed control

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2020, 11:50:25 am »
See, seethrough!

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The mains switch seems to mount up top

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But remove the cover and the switch is actually sideways inside the housing

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This clamp releases the mains cable, which can then be removed easily

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The air pipe can come off the bag full indicator sensor



And with another screw the housing for it all pulls out

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To remove the wires from the housing the horrible spring slip needs to be removed

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Bag door seal can come out now

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2020, 11:53:33 am »
Bag door time now



Which doesn't take long as there's only one latch here

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DON'T

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The bag holder unscrews from the back chassis

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bringing with it some of the tool holder from the back which shares its screws

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The bag fill spout can be unscrewed now

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Which brings the rest of the tool holder with it

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Nice bit of build up under here

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2020, 11:56:54 am »
The filters can now be removed

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And that's the top end stripped! We can move onto the bottom half now

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The hood unscrews

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And the rubber seal pulls off

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Onto the next layer, and time to take the brushroll out

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The Dyson belt worked well

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Brushroll stripped

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Front bumper removed

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2020, 12:00:00 pm »
Time to separate the two parts now. Flick the locking rings out

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 and remove them

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The two halves will be apart now. I remove the brushroll seals from the bottom and top of the housings

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Wheel glamor cap is popped off

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And the wheel very gently popped off it's stub

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The broken lock pedal was extracted

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The retaining clip for the front wheels removed

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2020, 12:04:17 pm »
The front wheels can then be pivoted up and removed

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And split apart further

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The height adjustment plate pops out under the wheels

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And that's the bottom chassis stripped!

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Time to remove the motor cover!

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Which is carbon dust-tastic!

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The motor can be lifted out

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All rubber seals are removed

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It's so filthy!

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2020, 12:08:37 pm »
Onto the motor now!

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Unplug everything

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Slide the thermal cutout away

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Then remove the carbon brushes, and unplug the wires and unbolt the top housing

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Then tap the fancase off

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Remove the fans

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And we can find our utterly shagged bearing!

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Remove that, and find a replacement

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2020, 12:12:43 pm »
Then wash everything!

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Clean everything else that can't be washed

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Polish everything that can be polished

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Then it's time to re-assemble it



Starting with the new bearings on the armature

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Then fit the armature to the fancase



Fans on (the fan was washed as well)

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Then the fancase goes on

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2020, 12:16:10 pm »
Top holder can go on now over the coil once fitted

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Then everything is wired up

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Moving onto the machine, and the bag full air tube, spinal wire and motor housing seal is re-fitted

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Then the motor fitted

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The (much cleaner) motor cover can go back on

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and be screwed down

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Bottom chassis time

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Height adjustment mechanism back on

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2020, 12:18:51 pm »
Front wheels re-assembled

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With a smear of grease to stop the wheels squawking in use

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Adjuster change plate clipped in

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And the wheels are fitted. Time for a new recline lock assembly

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Fitted! Along with the rear wheels, which also got a smear of lubrication

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Brushroll seals pushed back in

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2020, 12:24:24 pm »
Time to re-build the brushroll

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And refit it

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The top half retaining rings get placed into position now

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And as the top half drops down the rings should close up nicely and hold it all into place

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(Fit a belt at this stage) and fit the bumper and fit the hood cover down onto the lower part

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Then turn around and see the hood rubber seals behind you, so have it all apart again and fit those

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Bag fill port now!

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Which means the tool holders get fitted too

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2020, 12:27:03 pm »
Bag holder and it's corresponding rear piece

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Then a nice genuine bag!

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Take the shiny bag door

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And fit the latch to it

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Fit the bag door seal

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Then piece the wiring back together for the switch and associated

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Refit the switch cover to the switch

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Then take the even more see-through after a polish top cover

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Re: Hoover Purepower S3155 - Stripdown & Full Restoration!
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2020, 12:29:40 pm »
And fit it to the PCB

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Then fit it all to the machine, along with the cover

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Top handle now. The plastic spacer tube goes in first

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Then the handle afterwards



Re-fit the post motor filter cover latch

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And the cover to the machine



Then lob it all to one side whilst you wait for the postman to come...



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