Recent content by whatisthis

Original poster again. The vacuum is completely assembled and my friend has picked it up and taken it home. She is very happy. Many thanks to those that helped and gave advice concerning this project. BTW, I replaced the cord and plug (both were shot) and noticed the 'Belden' plug has a...

original poster here. after 20 minutes of studying the stuck bearing and fan assembly with a magnifier, i popped the stuck bearing out in about 20 seconds. a local bearing supplier (motion industries) sold me equivalent replacements for the top and bottom bearings for $14.63. the originals...

hi, i'm the original poster. from the additional pictures in this thread, it looks like everyone and his brother has one of these eurekas. that is good as i have another question. i have the thing mostly apart and i've found the cause of its problem, why it doesn't work well. the bottom...

another question you've given me great info on this vacuum, many thanks! and here's another question... the plug has one terminal ripped out but before replacing it i need to know, was the plug originally polarized? ie. is one terminal wider than the other, like with lamp plug terminals...

hi, i was handed this bad-boy and asked 'fix it?'. so i'm new to vacuum cleaners, but i've worked on nearly everything from edison machines to weapons carriers and everything in between. apparently vacuum cleaners don't have a serial number and model number on the data plate. this one doesn't...