Recent content by redneckchinadian

So I'm working on an E2000 vac from the early 1980s and one of the issues the vac shop pointed out to us was the motor bearings were starting to go. You could kinda hear them screech a TEEEENY bit just as the motor was about to come to a full stop but it never made noise while running that...

Thanks Paul, I will try to see if I can understand the diagram and get it setup properly. I think I was close getting it right and just needed to have a visual example of what it SHOULD look like.

To be frank people have zero common sense and I personally feel society has become increasingly stupid with the passage of time. Gone are the days where people were able to critically think and problem solve. I have plenty of friends that are like customers at Walmart where they’d rather choose...

So I finally lugged my parents old e2000 home in hopes to bring some life back to it for fun and boy oh boy what the hell did I do to this poor vacuum growing up. It was so gorgeous and modern looking in 82' and my dumb teenaged self ended up beating it around pretty badly and now the case is...

Yes I am glad I got that all reassembled right. Couldn’t have done it without the help from you guys here. I wished I didn’t use magic eraser on the canister and instead should have used goof off first to get rid of the paint rub marks on the body. That would’ve maintained the uniform gloss in...

That is interesting! I had no idea but glad that it’s all out back the way the factory intended. I was a dummy and washed the power head base and I thought I used enough compressed air to dry the wheel axles and spring assembly but apparently not. It somewhat rusted up a little bit but an...

Winner winner chicken dinner! Figured it out after you said it hooks under the axle. There is a TINY little passageway in the elbow cover that lets it go to the axle. What does that little wire do precisely anyways? Not like the wheels would fall off if it wasn't there. Fixed! Thanks you...

I think this is how it is supposed to go in. It seems to just butt up against the corner of the motor to reduce vibration and noise maybe? It seems to act as a tension spring. I can't put it all the way down into the groove b/c then it would sit weirdly and the only way I could get this to...

OMG Paul you’re a lifesaver! I think that is it! Part number 13! It definitely is not a brush roll ring as the two metal ones in mine are metal and in place. The bigger question now is how the heck does this supposed retainer wire go in? Been trying to understand how that piece got in but no...

Recently acquired a decent Electrolux model 2100 with matching PN6 power head and it was badly clogged and mostly neglected when I purchased it and upon tearing into I discovered that the power head was CAKED in dirt and even had a clog in it. Not sure how long the previous owner had it like...

Hello, new member here. I came to this forum because like many others I have a small collection of vacuums and I need help with repairing one that I recently acquired. While I'm mostly a modern SEBO lover that I do have a weird soft spot for the Electrolux Canada made canisters from the 1980s...