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The biggest..... problem with these old Electrolux tanks is that some PO will have sucked up something wet/moist. Typically, as these tanks age, owners devalue their service and do things to them they would not do to a newer vac. So.....you wind up with a fair amount of rust inside. Depending...

Aftermarket hoses..... going into the early 2000's were OK....I have several. It was sometime after that the switchover went to all Chinesium. Last aftermarket hose I bought was about 4yrs ago. Chrome flaking off, would not fit my Sidekick until the chrome flaked off etc....lol. And don't...

This....... topic has been brought up often in here. The aftermarket hoses now are all Chinesium. The quality is hit & miss. There are often OE hoses on eBay, but you'll have to communicate with the seller on the leaking/testing part. Another route is to contact Aerus and buy an OE hose from...

So..... Hoover upright bought around '74, pink, no light and snaps instead of a zipper is a "Special"? Kevin

I like MM's.... theory and I now do see the radiator valve....good eyes! If there ever was a radiator under the stairs, that is a logical place to put a vent; to let that warm air escape above the stairs and off to the side like that because most people had rug 'runner's' as pictured. Kevin

I think they..... can't make the horsehair soft again or the process is lost....or maybe it's even material available to them now etc. In any event, that horsehair duster is too stiff. I have many Elux horsehair dusters, so it's no problem. I certainly wouldn't pay for another Hoover horsehair...

Hmmmm..... "The attachments on the retro Connie are interesting. I'm told they have the Hoover logo on them, but they seem to have been made by a third party. They look nearly identical to the fit all tools on eBay. In fact you can buy the whole set of three small tools that look identical and...

My only.... beef was buying vacs on eBay and receiving their bags full of someone's dirt. I know it was just laziness....but to me, that's like urinating on something and then handed it to someone. Kevin

While I've.... always been fascinated with these 'sweepers'....I consider them a stop gap measure;pull them out of the closet to touch up a carpet or clean some small, contained mess. However, I have seen them in smaller vacation homes or apartments where there are only a few thrown rugs or...

My guess.... is that it's always about convenience. People, the majority of, just don't like to fiddle with various attachments that much. The tool caddies and/or how you vacuum and carry all those tools around at the same time has always been an issue too....with various designed caddies or...

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...