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Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 02:53:13 pm »
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This came my way a fair while ago now, with a brief to make one good one out of 2 if possible. It might be possible...
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMidMNsqg3U
1 and 3/4 of a Hoover Senior
One with decent original paint, one already re-painted
We have a 652a from 1970
And a 6525c from 1972
I started with the complete one
Bag off
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 02:58:30 pm »
Not too ancient paper bag fitted
Bag holder is in good order
The bag bolt was removed
Don't think this has been cleaned recently!
Took the flange off the bellows
And noticed the nice original fluted flex fitted
As we remove the handle bolt
Luckily we don't need to care about these handles as Stuart had the good set powdercoated I think, so these are just so I can use it
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:03:16 pm »
We need these bits though
Bottom handle retaining plate and bolt
This handle has seen some use
Under the handle are 2 screws that hold the little plate on
Which has been smashed about before
Then a cord clamp
Which pulled out of the handle bail casting then could be removed from the cord
Can get into tearing this down now!
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:06:33 pm »
Baseplate off first
The belt was a genuine old Hoover one
Time to get the Agitator stripped! One end cap came off
And I could tap the axle through
And strip each end down
These were scrap
Brush strips slide out now
Brushroll done, it's time to get back to the machine
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:10:06 pm »
The tool entry port was in good condition, with it's original paint
Rear wheels now. Circlip off on one side
And one wheel washer and clip comes off
Then the circlip that sits behind the wheel can come off
Other wheel was oddly far far dirtier...
Wiring now!
Cover plate off
Which was hiding some grot
2nd switch cover now
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:12:38 pm »
They are a pretty switch
Under the switch box looks like it's been underwater once
Power switch now
Heavily used
We can take the hood off now
And begin to get properly dirty...
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:16:27 pm »
Hood retaining brackets off
Then I found the headlight bulb and laughed
Worked well, can't fault it that!
Time to get the handle bail off, starting with the first circlip
The height adjuster bar falls off now
Then the height adjuster pedal slides off
This is a holder for the flex as it comes down
Moving to the other side, the recline pedal comes off with one screw
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:20:05 pm »
With that off, and all circlips removed, the whole bail bar taps out of the handle bail, finally releasing the bag flange lock and spring
And the handle bail is also free
We start by removing the wiring block cover
and finally get rid of the mains cable, which has been looked at before
The flex itself can be pulled out of the external protector
First 2 wires off are for the switch
Then the resistor for the headlight wires
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:23:30 pm »
A wire clamp needs loosening
And all of this can be withdrawn
An screw here
removes the wiring connector
Then, the motor can be unscrewed from the chassis. Nice original clean paint came to light!
Sort this out in a second
After the front wheels
Which were Genuine Hoover compared to the rear wheels which were replacements.
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:27:31 pm »
The final 2 fingers for the painted chassis was they had painted the bumper too!
and painted it whilst the motor was fitted...
One carbon and link wire removed
More wires and carbons removed
Time to remove the top bearing
Not too filthy
Cooling fan off
And we can remove the screws that allow the motor cover to be removed
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:30:43 pm »
Coil is unbolted
Then the fan is held and the armature is untwisted from the belt spindle
Fan was full of grub
All the fan spacers removed
And I chipped off the rock hard motor seal
And finally I had the nice looking plug off for washing
That's one of them stripped (the 6525c) and ready for washing
And using the bag we removed as a bin for all the rubbish this generates
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:33:58 pm »
Time to strip the 652c down
Baseplate was filthier
Belt was way more perished and not a Hoover belt like the other machine
Brushroll was awful
End caps far rustier
Pretty much 0 paint left on this one!
The plastic bushings some of these had hanging on in there
Brush strips were way more worn than the other ones too!
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:37:04 pm »
Also note plastic brushroll end caps, a sure sign of prior work
Tool port cage was far worse paint wise
Switch was just as dirty
Nice front wheels
Stripped underneath
Copy/paste with the motor stripdown, although this did have an original Hoover flex fitted before it was chopped off in the distant past
Out
Motor was a fair bit dirtier
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:40:28 pm »
Caked on crap splattered around the cooling fan
And under the fan
Both fans!
Tore the rest of it apart
And had to chip the lower bearing out to uncover it
But, despite all this, the hood was in pretty good condition
Under the filth
Both motors went back together from a big pile
Spins with a small breeze now!
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Re: Hoover Senior 652a/6525a - Restoration for the ManchesterVacs museum!
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October 29, 2020, 03:45:32 pm »
Agitator shells got cleaned up
And primered then sanded
Both motors are done
And everything else was washed, polished, run over the wire wheel and became ready to go back together again
Built both brushrolls up with new bearings
And cleaned up end caps
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