Recent content by paulg

Count me in ! I am very much looking forward to this convention. Though not a hard Winter, Chicago can get a bit dreary. Here’s my chance (OUR chance) to get some SUN and FUN in lovely Santa Fe. It’ll be nice to just get out of the house for a few days and enjoy meets, greets and whatever...

Thanks for the info! I appreciate the jump-start on finding these parts. Much obliged!

The wheels and casters of my Nilfisk GS90 (my daily driver) have become brittle and chipped. Do any of y’all have a favorite fix for NLA wheels on vacs? Or if any of you have a parts unit, I may be interested. Thanks for any info!

Indeed it does Pix enclosed.

Any good substitutes for the Sunbeam 601-1 belt?

My two cents, a manufacturer’s perspective My two cents: First of all, my background was engineer and product safety specialist for a large electronics manufacturer - and these reponsibilities included the launch and support for their vacuum-cleaner line. In my opinion, circuit boards were...

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But what does this mean? Previous model reconstructed at the Hoover Factory? Did I just get taken to the cleaners (excuse the pun)? Tell me what you may know about this doozy! Thanks for any info. Good or bad.

Apologies in advance. Vacuum cleaners like these are not my cup of tea, so I know little of them. This question probably came up a thousand times before. I hope you can advise me what I just bought. Back story.... went to an estate sale last week. Saw this vac but passed it up. ( I’m a GE-...

Hi, I picked up a low-hours Handivac. I've seen many Handivacs but am not an expert. However I do not remember ever seeing this particular floor nozzle. Can you tell me something about the age and why all other Handivacs I've seen have different floor nozzles? The original paper bag is...

Very much looking forward to this meet. Seeing friends again is really terrific. And every year the meets are a little different with interesting vacs, stories and a different mix of people. Always interesting with something new to learn and a few laughs to boot! It was great to see Sean and...

Both terrific ideas Thank you both for great springboards to get this unit going again. I appreciate the responses greatly! Really good ideas.

Howdy! Picked up a ROYAL 501 metal hand vac in great shape. However the black foam seal between the bag and motor body is shot. What do you do to replace this? Thanks for any info!

Funny you should mention cat litter Before I give this sweeper its "spa treatment" I gave it some tests. It was quite good at cleaning cat litter. It's not good at cleaning upholstery, curtains and furnace filters however.

Have handle I just removed it when I put it in the car. Seems to work well. Very quiet...