Recent content by mjhoshaw

If you haven't already discovered this, look at Media starting on page 2. The pics are there, just not in a one-per-day format.

Greetings all,   I have a tan Elux model G that is lacking its dusting upholstery tool. Please let me know if you have a clean one for sale that still has good bristles. Thanks.   Joel  

Two new ones since 1990, no stats yet I purchased a Eureka The Boss upright in 1990, about the time I started fixing up and donating vacs to thrift stores. Because of the inflow and outflow of vacs, I didn't keep the Eureka long enough to wear it out. Since then I've purchased two new vacs, a...

Aerus bag subscription ! Seriously? What homeowner could fill 24 bags in three months? That's about two bags a week. I have three cats, and even with all their fur to pick up, bags last a lot longer for me than that. Just sayin'. FWIW, Amazon currently sells the 9-packs of Clean Obsessed type...

I'll add my congrats I'd write "nice find" but it kinda found you! I love my pink 2-speed model 31. It makes a great vac for my model train room. Low speed is perfect for layout scenery work, and if I suck up something by mistake, it's easy to retrieve it. Not having a curved hose handle makes...

I agree too I definitely would service your motor. Cleaning and fresh lube should ready it for many more years of service. Even if the bearings are noisy, with fresh grease they may last for years. I once had a postwar XXX with a noisy rear bearing that I chose not to replace because it still...

Boy I'll say I echo Rugsucker's post about not re-using a hose that won't release after you press the buttons to release the locking tabs. Been there with an aftermarket hose that I promptly discarded when it took a small army to get the hose to uncouple.

They will keep your motors cleaner I am a big fan of this and other brands of type C HEPA bags. They will keep out of your vacs' motors dust that even genuine 4-ply paper bags won't. A vac shop operator told me in the late 1960s that Electrolux has the dirtiest motors in the industry. Decades...

Tree needle clogs Hi all, as a kid I became frantic when tree needles would clog the hose of our E'lux model E. My parents ran theirs without the after filter, so all the upper harmonics of the motor were clearly audible and sent me into hysterics. Fortunately placing the hose into the blower...

Other side of my minty postwar XXX

My minty postwar XXX

And here's mine Amazingly, the original hose is still airtight, albeit stiff. Someone did a great job polishing the attachments. I think this one saw little use, because the wands are really clean without all the scratches they normally accumulate over time.

. . . I just scored an E'lux 475-watt XXX motor. I've owned several model XXXs as an adult. My parents had an early postwar XXX with flat skids, a saloon door, and a 475-watt motor. I wanted the sound and vibe of the original motor. In the past few days I won such a motor on eBay. I bid based on...

Great for you! I bought the same model last summer, to clean the cushions of our screened porch furniture of cat hair. Tape and manual "one-way" brushes failed. My E'lux Sidekick does the job but what a hassle dragging the whole setup out there. The 501 does a fantastic job on the cushions, as...

Running unloaded Fortunately motors of this era run much slower than today's, so IMO it is unlikely that running unloaded briefly will damage it (and the video seems to bear that out.) I determined that the fundamental frequency (pitch) of the motor in the video on high is about equal to F...