Well, this little DC03 is still about. I've never been impressed with the performance with it, although it did work. The lack lusture performance was confirmed with the now-Mvacs DC03 Clear, which worked MUCH better
Even with the top chassis blockage cover fitted properly, it was still bad. I used it upstairs for a bit, then tore it down the other night to see if I could work out the issue

It's switch cover was pinched for the 03 Clear

Tools off

The Upholstry tool annoyed me

The hose was broken too, the clip to hold it onto the wand doesnt work

The wand cap spring is bent too as the cap flops around

Wand release button off

Top cord hook off

Hose released from the bottom



Hose removed from the changeover casette

I split the hose end

and noted that there were no little tiny springs present to enable the wand clip to work (it's never worked, I've never stripped the hose out before). The hose and filter (the filter was a silly idea as per my other thread) went into the washing machine
Hose seals out

Switch housing out


Unplugged

Removed

Top blockage cover removed


Seal out

The spinal cord can come out

Cyclone-Chassis seal off

The little passthrough seal is different on this one than the DC03 Clear, but peels off nicely


Pre motor filter holder comes out now

Filter top/tool holder assembly unscrewed

Little seal removed

Purple base removed, which revealed that the white inner was not positioned correctly

Filter holder seal removed

It looks like there is a seal missing from here too


Filter housing - chassis seal removed

Moving down now, the little clear window is removed from the cleaner head

The base plate comes off now. This doesn't seem to sit correctly at the front though, and I can't work out why that is


Split

Wheels removed

Brushroll out

and split

Wheels off now


The broken clutch cover can be unscrewed now

and removed, along with the soleplate seals

Clutch and bumper removed

The brushroll housing can be removed from the chassis now, and it seems one side of it is broken


The removeable soleplate clip unscrews

I think this is part of the changeover valve, either way it unclips from the back of the cleanerhead

and the changeover valve seal pulls off

Looking barer now

Motor housing off

motor housing side seal lifts off

The tiny motor can be seen now


Motor is spotless

armature not too bad

motor seals and retaining bracket off

The motor suction channel is held in with 2 screws


This releases the post motor filter housing, which just needs a clip squeezing to be removed from the machine

The spinal cable and remains of the sealing grommit can be removed from the chassis now

The changeover valve seal from the valve to hose is removed from the chassis

The pivot plate for the side of the brushroll housing pulls out of the chassis

I went to remove the cup that the cyclone sits in, and it crumbled away in my hands. It had faded much more than the rest of the machine though, which weakened it muchly


The chassis is empty now!

Cyclone now

Bin and lower cone all stripped

top seal removed

Release clip removed

Cyclone screw removed

and cyclone bits withdrawn

Cone and Shroud split

Bin seal removed

Release valve cover falls out

release valve assembly unscrewed

seal out

Release valve split

all ready for washing

All was washed up, then the washing machine finished, and I learnt why DC03 Pre motor filters are not washable...

bit melted

bit broken



bit messy

Was like an explosion in a cotton wool factory, took fecking ages to vacuum up, and I had to clean the power head out on the Miele afterwards