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Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« on: October 27, 2020, 06:01:32 pm »
Hi!

A fairly long time ago now, I had the pleasure of having a Hoover Purepower in. But not any common old Porepower, the Mk1 Autosense version, sitting here next to the machine it replaced, the Turbopower 2 Autosense




Once home, one of the common purepower issues presented itself as it fell over.

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It's seen some use

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But the hose was not crushed

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The ends unscrew

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And we can start on the machine itself.

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2020, 06:05:08 pm »
One screw up here

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and one larger one underneath and the handle pulls off

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Behind the handle sits another screw

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Then the bag door can be removed

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The bag door only has one removable item on it, the latch

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Then we can remove the other 2 screws

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And lift the plate off

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The PCB itself is held in with these 2 connectors

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Not too scratched up

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2020, 06:08:59 pm »
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The cover unclips from the PCB

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And the LED cover's pop out

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The power switch is part of the PCB

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Underneath that, it looks like a normal Purepower again

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Snip

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Machine side wires removed

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Flex removed from the other

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Almost as if for this very reason the plastic pegs always snap removing the snap on clips. But it's OK, as there's another one right next to it for re-assembly time...

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2020, 06:12:33 pm »
The bag indicator sensor pops out too

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We can move down now and take the bag out

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And throw it closer towards the bin

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Bag holder time

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The tool holder on the back falls off as you do this as well

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Then the Autosense sensor holder

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Which takes the other tool holder off

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There's the valve that works it all

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And the little microphone/acoustic sensor

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2020, 06:15:34 pm »
The whole assembly pulls out from the dirt port thanks to the dried out glue, and reveals all the crap surrounding the sensor, no wonder it took a while to change the motor speed

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This connecting tube pulls out too

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Then the electrical bit comes out the other way

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Bag door seal was almost off anyway as the wires run behind it to the motor

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Pre motor filter

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Then onto the base

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Height adjuster knob is first to come off

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2020, 06:18:46 pm »
Then the 2 screws at the back allow the hood to lift off too

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Upper hood seal peels off, and the belt route seals pull out

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I do not like this brushroll, but the owner requested it stays as he loves it (and fitted this one to the machine) so we have to live with it...)

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Out it all comes

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We can push the retaining rings out now

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And remove the top half from the bottom

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Mmmm filth

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Height adjustment knob retaining spring removed as itll fall out during washing and I'll loose it forever

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Bottom felt seals removed

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2020, 06:22:29 pm »
Bumper lifts off

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Wheels now! The glamour caps pop off easily

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Then with gentle bending of the soft plastic tabs (which WILL snap if your not careful) the wheels can come off the axles, and the axles withdrawn from the chassis

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These wheels are scrap, and have mega wobble. Their also cracked

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Front wheels lift out, and the tension spring will then fall off

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Some mileage under there

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The height adjustment plate lifts off when the wheels are removed

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Chassis done, it's time to find the motor

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Motor cover off

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2020, 06:25:25 pm »
The air pipe for the bag light comes off now

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Then the motor housing gasket

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Then the motor lifts out

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And we're done!

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Everything got washed, dried, polished and machine buffed and waxed, and then it was time to put it back together

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Much nicer now!

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The fancase seal can go back on the motor

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Then the motor fitted to the machine

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And all the cables and pipes routed nicely

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2020, 06:30:24 pm »
Motor cover screws on nicely, making sure the gasket isnt twisted anywhere

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Then it's time for the chassis

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Height adjuster plate and height adjuster knob retaining spring fitted

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Wheels are a lot cleaner

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And can snap in along with the retaining spring

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Time for the wheels...

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Which need replacing with these nice new old stock genuine Hoover ones!

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Which are a bit less used...

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And look amazing when fitted!

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2020, 06:34:09 pm »
It's like fitting a NOS bin onto a DC04/05, just makes such a difference as you realise how many decades it's been since you saw them looking all clean and shiny!

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Bumper can go back on now

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And the felt seals

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Time for a new (used) recline pedal

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Spring in (if you forget this spring you may as well order another recline pedal as they break so easily trying to remove them!)

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And a sound that could be it either snapping in home or snapping off confirms it's in

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Retaining rings positioned for re-assembly

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And if you lower the back part squarely over them they pull up and push in by themselves as you go

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The **** was re-assembled

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2020, 06:37:21 pm »
Along with a new belt

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Which it needed

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Hood time now

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Sealed up

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And dropped on

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It stands up on it's own now!



Nice new pre motor filter set goes in

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And the bag door seal
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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2020, 06:40:59 pm »
Time to assemble the autosense sensor now, beginning with pushing the sensor through the housing

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Then fit the tube to the plate, then push the sensor in until it touches the plate end

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Peekaboo. I dread to think how many of these just filled this bit up with fine dust in 6 months and they never worked correctly again!

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The sensor plate snapped nicely back into place, I didn't re-glue it

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And it can be dropped in and screwed to the rear tool holder

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Then the bag holder



Time to get the wiring back together

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Re-fitting all the bits into the lens cover as we need

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2020, 06:44:07 pm »
And it's functional again

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Then the cover plate screws on, and the bag door latch can be pushed in and the bag door fitted once more



I spent some time de-hairing the dusting brush

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And skipped forward a few days now as the hose was not fully dry. I did bin the old post motor filter though





As the replacement had arrived

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Which could be fitted, along with the cover

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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2020, 06:47:28 pm »
I applied some wax whilst I waited

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And soon the hose was dry

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It got tooled up



And we're done!



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One lovely Hoover machine refurbished, the owner was super happy with it too which is always nice. I hope one day this helps someone refurbish their own Purepower. Their getting rare, especially the early ones. And their not too bad...
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Re: Hoover Purepower U3456 Autosense - Stripdown and Refurb
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2020, 04:32:54 pm »
Nice write up as ever.  :bow:

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