Recent content by seanbar1089

I appreciate the help you guys are giving me. I actually disassembled the motor and took the housing out and measured it. However, I did so in millimeters instead of inches. The housing it was about 8 mm across and wide (so almost 3/8 of an inch). Mjhoshaw, in the video the sparking looks...

Thank you for the responses. Lesinutah, I am in the search for new carbon brushes right now. I went down to ace hardware, they only have ones for power tools and none of them are really the correct sizes. The ones in there are almost 6x6mm high and wide. There are some on Amazon but they are...

Hi! I've worked on electric fans and restored old GEs so i do know about AC motors. I know DC is different are uses carbon brushes but I haven't worked on them too much. Usually the vacuums I've restored are color coded in some way and the brushes are in better shape or do not need to be...

Thanks hoover28! I apreciate that! You have two points of contact, email and phone. How would you like me to contact you, and when would be a good time? Thanks! Sean

Thanks huskyvacs! I'm assuming though that I should wait till I have a new blade in there to run it so that the off balance fan doesnt wear the bearings? Do you know for how long I should run it the first few times? I guess im a bit worried that if I run it for too long in this state it can...

Hi! I'm currently restoring a hoover model 300. I'm pretty deep into the project, however, I think I may have made a rookie mistake when I bought it. One of the fan blades on the motor has a decent size chunk missing from it. I was hoping someone might be able to sell me a replacement fan...

Thanks hoover300! I'll go ahead and post a wanted ad in the market place here. I just to make sure though, It wouldn't have something to do with the new carbon brushes causing the motor for some reason to go faster then it should? The old ones were worn down so I bought two at ace...

Hi! I posted here a while back about help with brushrolls and I received some great advice which absolutely helped me in my restoration process so far. I'm hoping you guys can help me with another issue. I've been restoring this hoover model 300 for the past year or so now. However now that...

You guys are awesome! Thanks for all the help and advice! Bikerray, I apreciate the part numbers and will definitely keep an eye out. Bnsd60m9200, I'll go ahead and grease those bearings and see how they go. Dyonman11, I apreciate the lead and I'll go ahead and email ChicagoMike...

I apreciate that. I will keep looking out for them. I might put an ad on here since there is a supermarket. Just incase I wanted to fix my old beater bar for the 300, would you know what the right bearings are to replace them? Thanks for all the helpful info!

Thank you for the information. Is there a way that I can retrofit it with another kind of brushroll just incase I cannot source the original parts? The original beater bars seem hard to find and I can't really use,the one I have right now as the bearings are worn.

Hi, I'm a bit new to vintage vaccums so please excuse me if I'm asking a newbie question. I am restoring both a model 300 and a model 700 special (updated to a 725) vacuum cleaners. I would like to use them for use in my weekly cleaning. However, The beater bar that the model 300 came with has...