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My favorite Canadian machine, as for the look:

Here are some of mine, I also own a creme and red 86 that is my favorite (no picture for the moment).

Fantastic look ! DId you do all this polishing by hand or did you use a felt wheel or a cotton wheel and a buffer?

I think about aluminium enamel airspray can paint, or Tremclad or Rust-o-leum paint. I would just removed what is already flaking before I paint. Thank you for the tip, i'll be carefull not removing too much , i don't want the metal spring that holds the cover to become too loose.

I think about aluminium enamel airspray can paint, or Tremclad or Rust-o-leum paint. I would just removed what is already flaking before I paint. Thank you for the tip, i'll be carefull not removing too much , i don't want the metal spring that holds the cover to become too loose.

Well, I should have put a picture with my last post. The indicator housing has rusted inside and it shows through the window, really not cute...I think about a good sanding and painting it with rust resistant paint but I'm open to suggestions.

Madman, yes that's what I think too. Before I put it all together, I'd like to improve the look of the machine. First, I'd like to polish the aluminium housing. Should I use a smooth buffing wheel with buffing paste? the green one or the rouge ? Will a dremmel be useful for hard to access...

Thanks for the suggestion. Any purchase like this will have to wait till the end of a crucial phase of the pandemic here, as it is a non-essential product. Our government want us to stay home except to go to work and to the grocery and post office, more or less.

After a good cleaning of the internal parts, I got it back together and switched it on. I noticed lots of arcing for the very first seconds, then it calmed down to what you can see on the second picture. So I guess everything's fine in there, isn't it?

I have a few Electroluxes here of different models and with some of them the PN cuts out, and the same PN runs perfectly with other models, my understanding is that the electric connection at the canister end or the hose end is not consistant. Do you have access to another Elux and another hose...

To huskyvacs: screw was pretty easy to remove, it was the handle itself that was stuck in there. Handle is now separated from the housing without any problem, then it will be easier to buff the aluminium housing eventually.

I put my favorite home-made loosenut last night (50% acetone and 50% automatic transmission fluid), hammered the tube a few times (with a wood block) and open slightly the slot with a screwdriver and it came out pretty easily.

I'd like to separate the handle from the aluminium body, is there a way to apply reasonnable strength to achieve this without damaging the handle neither the body? I thought about forcing a big flat screwdriver in the slot shown there and then working the handle left and right while holding the...

Oh well, that 's pretty clear, thanks !!!