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I agree, I’m not too fussy about not being able to use it as most of my machines (past and present/future) will and are show pieces

Thank you. I dare say a donor machine might pop up one day or another motor. I’m not too fussy as to be honest most of my collection pieces will be more show than used.

And now until I source either a used replacement motor or I bite the bullet and buy a brand new one she lives next to my Sebo evolution 350. Surprisingly this is my first Electrolux canister, so was a bit disappointing this restoration didn’t pan out the usual way but hopefully one day I’ll get...

And now the afters. Still need to buy some polish and give her a very good polish but I am surprised at the results, given the initial condition this machine was in. Rear wheels are still heavily scratched but nothing much I can do about that, same as the under side of the machine.

Now with everything dry we can start with putting her back together again. For now, until I ponder over options, I put the motor back together and back into the machine (leaving the wiring loom unattached) Leaving the bag full indicator unattached as it also acts as a safety feature preventing...

And then another problem showed itself. A bad bearing. Unfortunately with these Electrolux motors, you can only remove the brushes, top bearing and field. The fan case is crimped and instead of a nut holding the fans together it is a pressed washer so cannot strip them down any further. Video...

A rather very dusty motor with a crispy surprise that absolutely stunk 😂 And now the reason this machine wouldn’t run is because some how the field winding has been snapped. Brushes have a lot of life in them (I wonder if these had gotten replaced at some point) even if they did stick due to...

Now we have ourselves a big pile of parts ready for a nice hot lemon bath. Wishy washy! Once that’s done and left behind a rather disgusting bath tub, set out to dry.

Motor cover/bucket is simply held in with 4 clips. Now with them removed we can split the bucket and remove the motor and wiring loom and set the motor aside ready to be worked on later. And more snapped pieces, this time it’s where the top of the motor sits as well as its tension/support spring.

Now the main gubbins are out I continue to strip down the body, removing a rather sticky furniture guard and the hose inlet assembly. The original colour begins to show itself now that the furniture guard is removed.

I can see this was supposed to have some sort of sticker on here as there’s residue and can make out “1000W” and “electronic” shame that’s gone. Also surprisingly found a tag that was on the cord when it was new.

Someone was here before me as one of the bits that hold the screw in is snapped.

Now with the buttons and cover removed we have access to its guts. Lots of broke pieces in here to jigsaw bath together. Motor removed now. I do like how these are just encased and lift out.

Forgot to post these earlier! More before shots. Really heavily scratched especially on the under side.

These filters from the 70s and 80s are notorious for disintegrating over time. Now with the post motor filter removed and the buttons removed we have access to the 4 screws holding on the motor cover, which can now be removed. The cord rewind button was hanging on by a thread.