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Pot metal..... can be welded too with enough surface area.....but you REALLY have to know what you're doing.I've seen it done. Aluminum is easy with a good TIG welder. But unless you know someone in the biz, or a welder personally, shops charge like $100/hr plus these days. So like I said...

Could be...... welded....depends on the material. Probably not worth the effort if parts are available. Kevin

I would..... stay away from sheet rock dust and fireplace ash. Even though the machines can handle them, they cause residual trouble.....especially sheet rock dust. Let a wet & dry vac swallow that stuff. It will be hard and that too.....but it's a W&D not a G....lol. Kevin

NIB....... can still age out. Just like a car that just sits in a garage, it will continue to age out. Kevin

The link...... is great. Replace all that old tubing. Tubing is standard size.....take some with you to a hardware store. That may be all it needs to start working again. If not....you have to dig deeper into that system and test gaskets for leakage. Kevin

I did..... find a commercial outlet online that sold long section of thin, clear heat shrink. I always wanted to try that as a possible hose repair. How stiff the hose would be after applying the heat shrink, I haven't a clue. Was about $40 for the material a few yrs ago........ Kevin

Interesting...... feature. It's good you found the rivet in time. Yeah, replace it with a screw if that works well. I want one of the Canadian Elux's......but I may never get around to finding/buying one. Kevin

I was.... all gun-ho to get like a D2......but then I heard about the ash, talc and other substances that just bounce off the water and go back out. Still, we always had one growing up for dog hair and dust on hard floors. Kevin

Assuming..... something the motor is turning isn't the problem....brushes, commutator, commutator segments, armature windings etc. Good YouTube vids on testing armatures. I have a 1205 motor doing exactly this, but haven't gotten into it yet....pretty sure it has fresh brushes. Kevin

That motor..... on the right looks like a Lamb motor. They were often subbed in by dealers. I used to restore Diamond J's specifically and never saw an original DJ with the motor on the right. Don't wanna start a war...just sayin'.... Kevin

I think.... the old reusable cloth type bags are a far cry from modern HEPA bags. If you can, always use HEPA bags and throw them away when they are full. The idea that you're standing there shaking out dirt/dust into some kid of receptacle makes the hair on the back of my neck stand...

It's true.... that if you don't have an electrician's 'fish tape', you can put something like a nut tied to the end of a strong string and apply vacuum to the receiving end of conduit. Magically, the nut/string will get sucked into the vac hose no matter how long the conduit is. Of course the...

I have..... the OM for the Diamond J. What exactly now, do you want from it? I can scan any of the pages and send to your email etc. It is not for sale. I think I do have an extra G OM that I might let go for $ or trade. Kevin

I'm sure there..... is name of this phenomena;understanding something as an adult and going back in childhood memories and trying to apply that knowledge. It's often frustrating and impossible. I became a plumber.....I've tried to go back in my childhood memories and analyze my old house's...

The generic..... hose I saw for the G et al back in the day were those light colored accordion like hoses with the ends glued on. I still have one or two somewhere. While they worked, they were cheesy and nothing to write home about. I suspect that while you could get an OE hose at a dealer...

There was...... a tool....some dealers had it, but not all. There was a guy about an hr from me that bought out an old dealer after he passed, from the heir. I looked through his stuff for that tool, but never found it. Of course I'm not 100% what it looks like...... Kevin

If you........ really want the vac to operate 100%, you have to take it all apart and spa it. You can work/clean all the seals with Windex and get them nice an pliable again. That clear tubing that works the automatic bag feature should all be replaced with new. Be careful with the...

Actually...... the bronze G started with a stronger motor....distinguished by different color brush holders. Physically, I don't think the motor was 'bigger'. The bigger motor came with the advent of the Super J. Kevin

Great freebe...... but I wouldn't put a lot of time into that plastic wand, period or not. I have the PN1 that takes the metal tubes. I've never had that plastic wand, so I don't know how it's attached to the PN....maybe it only takes the plastic wand.....dunno. They crack, they had trouble...

Like.... I said above, too much suction with the wrong floor tools just makes vacuuming tedious. Even some of the earlier Elux floor brushes would have dog hair/cat hair stick to the leading edge of the brush. Then other designers put in those relief slots in the leading edge....problem...