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Nice! Must be an early one, I have 2 and neither have a date stamped motor housing!

Finally finished I refurbished this a few weeks ago and have only just written the thread up tonight! Not really played with the wet kit yet apart from sucking up some water, but it's not going to be overwhelmingly good... Is an average dry vac though, it's funkiness making up for it's gerneral...

A years not bad, your knowledge is still superb! May have a little proper look over it in a sec!

Yep, this one has a row of beaters and a row of brushes. 1980 you say, thanks!

Was the only vac there of any interest but was worth going! Works superbly, brushes are a bit worn but I have new ones in the shed! Will make a nice project!

If their brand new then possibly. Does it spark much in use? I bought a set of comm cleaning sticks from the US a few years ago to fix a compact motor that was giving me great and it worked well. Left the motor in the machine to do it so it was secure so was a bit of a faff but on a...

Literally just vacuumed now, 11.05pm with the Miele S5510 on its lowest setting after dismantling my old S5210 ready for sale! Did a good job, will get the deep down stuff another day with the Vax!

2am with the miele s5 on the lowest setting to clean up after stripping a vac and not waking anyone up... Gets the surface litter off enough to not get me told off, and she never notices... It's why I've not found better than the s5...if the vax air Revolve could be turned right down it...

Nice haul! Should be some good money in that once all refurbished.

Lol no worries. It's a vax product, so it won't be brilliant, every modern vax I've had has had a fatal flaw! I hope Roger gets one to review, I haven't got a good enough video camera or voice to do a speaky video...

Mine arrived today, and I'm impressed! It is very funky, very very funky! Works very well too, the brushroll is VERY stiff, and the suction from the 750w motor is very impressive. I know that a few others share this opinion as well, the hose could be longer, the big wheels are a bit wobbly and...

I bought one! Myself and a few others have purchased one of these each as they are £stupidcheap at the moment! Mine should be here tomorrow, I imagine 2 others will be too as we all ordered before 12pm! Can't wait. Do have a black Miele S5 to put on ebay though, and a DC05 to sell to pay for it!

And when I first got it home! http://https//youtu.be/_mWWlrJNBww

Picked this up for a tenner on Tuesday! The fan was full of rubbish as the bag holder went awl (!) and it was used a bit. Sorted that out quickly and I love it! Will replace the more basic s5 I have as a daily driver. Refurb coming soon, got the new wave to put back together and a dc05 to...

I picked one up the other week! Works very well, needs a good refurb and some tools though. Is from 1988

Well I had it apart today, along with a dc25, and it washed up beautifully, was quite clean really. Did break 2 small things though, so will have to get the glue out when it goes back together..

Oh dear, is the bug biting already? This is how it starts, you need a nice matching hoover 417 for above floor cleaning too don't forget! By sounds different, is it smoother, and not so roary? I bet the belts better on it. Compare it to your basement find one, if it's less streched, fit...

An early bagged purepower is something I've never had, but would like to try. Modern ones though? Yuk!

I agree, it has a lux contour/glider about it. Very similar feel to one using it too. I had the base plate off earlier to see if anything was blocked. It wasn't, but I've picked elastic bands up off the floor when dropped by the postman which had more tension in them! Their laughably...

If I had a Hoover grease gun I'd use it with pride! Whilst I did a few sets like this, in the end, when I got my Qualtex account bought 20 sets of new pattern bearings. I find that, whilst they clean up nicely everything is worn, so once the grease has flung and settled it goes back to...