Panasonic MC-E42N - Stripdown & Refurb

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Howdy.

I did this a year or so ago now, for another collector. With some tenuous distant link to his childhood, we have the Panasonic MC-E42N.

Which was growing something



Electronic Speed Control



Brushing and Barring Brushroller



It was a decent little thing. But, it hides a dark secret, which we don't know about yet!



Cable unwound



The filthy vintage MK plug has no place here



Handle comes off with one screw



Then onto the bag door

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The post motor filter slots off



Revealing filth



Bag door latch unscrews



The TOP QUALITY paper bag gets slung far away



And we can remove these 3 screws



Which makes the hose fall off



The hose unscrews and strips down nicely  from the ends



mmmmm



Onto the wiring now, and the 2 screws holding the front cover on can be removed

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The wiring cover came off really easily



But sadly bought something else with it



It's part of the body



The whole thing was covered in some sort of greasy crap, which was/had rotted the plastics!

Removing the speed control knob involves just squeezing these tabs



and discovering this...



Removed them anyway



And we can take a look in here



The bag piston indicator stuff lifts out, note the greasy crap



which was literally everywhere

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Whole thing didn't move at all!



Mains cable can be removed now





Then things lifted out of the way to get to the back of the switch



So we can push the switch out without the housing around it turning to powder...



Everything is sort of attached together when unplugged though...



So we need to move downhill, removing the rear wire cover as we go



And turn to the base plate



Which was flipping broken

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I removed the glider bars



Then the air duct



And the pivot peg that holds the hood to the chassis. Sporting a pack-out bodge as these wear...



Recline lock pedal now, one screw on the end of the bar



And it lifts out



Next are these two screws which are the hood pivot on the other side





Then the hood comes off the back chassis



Let's take the motor cover off now and see what joy lurks within!

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One surprisingly unperished post air diffuser



And the wires we need to seperate



Snip



Now the loom can be pulled up and out, removing all the electronics



This was loose, so I removed it, cleaned it up and re-pasted it!



More rock hard yet greasy bag housing seals



And more damage...



The pre-motor filter looks lethargic



But hiding under the fancy rear compartment cover are some tools!

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The tool door cover falls off if you open it too vigorously so that was easy



Revealing the lovely Panasonic tools



These 2 brackets unscrew now



Rear wheels now, nice and simple





This looks normal...





This looks like a date code but I'm not clever enough to decipher it



Then we can de-rubber the motor

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Back to the hood now



Belt doesn't look fab



On these brushrolls, you need a screwdriver





And splits down alot



Furniture guards off, these were the worst and got a whole sub_cleaning of their own!



With lots more broken plastic



All the grease was under here



Cracked



Not looking good...

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So... Everything was washed. And, I discovered that the remaining pieces glued together quite well... So with a lot of qbond, I fixed it...







And got it all structural enough to be able to get here!



We can fit the now spotless furniture sliver





We can gather the pile of brushroll



Fit the belt guard into the hood



Throw the brushroll together, with nice fresh grease in the bearings

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It can sit in here for now



The diffuser got hot glued back into place



And the motor was re-fitted, loom re-run and connected and sealed back up forever more



I wired the top end up as it stops the bits flopping about



Here is said new paste, the finest* stuff I had



Connect it all up



Then stuff it neatly back in



The bag door seal just about slid on to this! Wasn't quite as straight as it once was



But fitted onto the vac fine

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Back down to the bottom, the hood can be re-fitted to the body



And the bung on the other side



Recline lock can be re-assembled and re-fitted



Brushroll connects up to motor now with a nice new belt



Air duct back in



Then the glued up baseplate goes on (after you've fitted the carpet gliders.... oops)



This all needs hiding





The tools and cover go back on

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The hose wasn't fully dry at this stage so I screwed the body bit in as the hose fits easily enough with it on



Washed filter



A latch



And it's saved!











And when filming the after video

Realised that their actually not bad, certainly alot better than the newer ones, which took all the grooming and contact with the floor away!