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Panasonic MC-E42N - Stripdown & Refurb

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beko1987:
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.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJTH1JO3mns


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

beko1987:
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

beko1987:
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

beko1987:
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

beko1987:
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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