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Hoover Senior 612 - Stripdown, Restoration & Refurbishment

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beko1987:
I think this was a job for Our Mvacs, but either way, tonight's topic is about this lovely Hoover 612, with non original but genuine replacement bag!







It had a working lightbulb in



Although underneath was not too pretty...







Serial Numbers running from J.672400 started in January 1955, then the next batch of J.718880 started in July 1955, so March-ish 1955 she was made I'd imagine.



And some initial damage, although not too bad really



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beko1987:
Let's get started, looks a bit sorry for itself



The paintwork is not too bad



Here is everything for the handle



Time to remove the bag first



Looks lovely



Top clamp holder off



Then I removed the bag from the bag flange



Onto the machine now. Belt guard off



Brushroll and belt removed

beko1987:
Unscrew at both end caps until one turns, and remove that one



Then hit with a hammer to extract the spindle



Remove the other end cap and bearing and wobble washer from the axle, then remove the screws and brush strips from the brushroll barrel



Next, underneath the vacuum, undo the 2 hood screws



Then carefully flip over and remove the hood



Hood retaining brackets removed



The brass decorative strip unscrews from the top of the lens cutout in the hood



Then the Hoover letters were removed



With the hood now stripped, it's time to move on

beko1987:
The first thing is to remove the cable from the handle bail. 2 connections here



Then this guide thing is also a clamp, remove the screw



And pull it out



The handle bail spring can be removed from the machine too



Next, undo the nut and remove the handle bail bolt and washer





This inner spring is welded to the bail and can't be removed



Onto wiring now. This machine is original as far as wiring goes so it should work for other 612's. The red wire runs from the lower terminal on the bulb holder, around through a wire tidy and to the switch



The other red wire comes off the switch and to the live terminal for the mains flex

beko1987:
Things escalate quickly as we can remove the wiring terminal AND motor completely now



Motor housing-Chassis gasket peeled off



The neutral wire runs from the main cable to one carbon brush terminal. Then another wire goes from the terminal to the top bulb holder terminal



We can remove the neutral wire from the terminal block



Then the wires/carbon brush



Then bulb holder.



The next thing to be removed is the 1950's (more likely 1940's in design and manufacture...) RF supressor...

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