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I think.... that's probably accurate;the car OM's wind up in the house when the car is sold. A neighbor ruined my parked Olds and so when the insurance paid me for the car, I kept the OM and some other stuff I bought for the car. It was going to be crushed anyway most likely. In another hobby...

"As for automobile owner's manuals, I wonder if they just get put in the house somewhere and forgotten about when the car is sold/traded?" I like that....think it's a very plausible theory. I always keep mine in the car/truck....even if I bring them inside, I return them back. I keep all...

Yeah..... I've bought used vacs and gotten extra attachments that never went with it. I figured they had other similar vacs and got confused or just threw them it. Hard to say. And yeah....where did the missing attachments go? People lose stuff when they move, especially smaller...

Depends...... on how you look at it and your budget. If you're collecting old vacs, why not get everything period correct? But on the other hand, if you're a cost conscious collector, you're not going to spend $$$ to match original attachments to original vacs. Elux hoses are a great example...

And this link.... You don't need holes in bronze bushings for oil dilivery if they are sintered, as the oil will pass through and lubricate the shaft. So if there is a 'wick' as such, it only needs to stay wet to deliver oil to the shaft through the sintereed bushing. However, in really old...

Here.... he explains this better than I can! Kevin

I'm still waiting..... for someone to cough up the $40 or so to buy the long length of clear, thin heat shrink and try it on an old hose. I couldn't imagine it being stiffer than that cobbled up tape wrap job. Kevin

As I've said..... many times, the aftermarket hoses going into the early 2000's were fine. I have quite a few. Then to make maximum profit and keep costs down they were made in Asia. That's when the chrome started flaking off and not fitting Sidekicks, etc, etc. There ARE issues with the...

MM.... if you find the YouTube vid on re-oiling a sintered bearing with your fingers, you'll think it's magic or slight of hand until you try it. Obviously, if you see fresh oil weeping through to the outside, you've re-oiled the bearing. It's like using a bearing packer or using your...

It's sad..... but true. The bins and boxes full of old attachments are mostly gone now. Sometimes you see them at thrift stores or even in antique booths. Everything comes up on eBay at one time or another.....but you'll pay for that convenience. I have to admit though, if it were not for...

Sintered.... is a term for a bronze bushing(and actually other bronze devices) that is porous. In this instance it refers to motor bushings designed to cup a steel shaft end with lubricant. It's difficult sometimes to tell a impregnated wet bushing from a dry bushing if they are both old in...

Good.... question. The ones I pictured above are about 1.25" in length. I don't remember length requirements because I bought brushes specific for Diamond J and never gave it a second thought. The motor in the Diamond J was a break from the traditional Elux motors, so you can't really compare...

There are.... two types of sintered bronze bushings;dry lubricated and wet lubricated. One is impregnated with oil and the other is impregnated with dry lubricant like graphite. The dry lube bearings can't be just converted to run wet with oil simply by adding oil to them. You have to chem...

I agree..... you can find the teal hose and keep it for show. But if you want to get serious about using your machine, get the OEM vinyl. A number of yrs ago here a member posted some pics of his Elux hose connection......it was amazing and huge! The colors, the patterns over the yrs.....very...

Oh..... they'll probably get it. I see this across many hobbies;ultra insane prices for complete sets of things in uber shape. There seems no bottom to the pockets of some collectors. Normally I don't care, but prices paid like that move everything else up the scale a bit at least. Kevin

What you really...... need is an Elmer(mentor), the first few time you rebuild a motor. And hopefully, you'll find someone that does it correctly and efficiently. There are a lot of vids on YouTube for rebuilding small electric motors that apply. Trouble is many of them are trash. And once...

You can.... try an Aerus dealer with varying results depending on where you live. Otherwise eBay. You can ask the seller directly if the hose leaks and how you would want them to test it. If they refuse, you don't buy. If they supposedly test it and you find it's really a leaker, you have...

The brushes..... I pictured on the left, up above, are very close to those measurements. So I'm guessing they are probably for a G. But it's the same design and were available as little as five yrs ago. Thanks for posting the brush specs for Diamond J. Now, if we can find a source, we can put...

Some.... will wax poetic about aftermarket hoses. And they were fine going into the early 2000's....I bought a bunch of them. Since then they have all become Chinesium junk. The chroming flakes off, they don't fit Sidekicks properly, the end fittings get loose from use etc., etc. YMMV. Aerus...

"The sheet metal on those machines is fairly thin and flexible. While hammering the dents out with a ball peen hammer and a block of wood might work ok, you could also try massaging them out with paintless dent removal tools. Then again, you could just leave them in place as well-earned 'battle...