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This was talked about yrs ago in here....I thought then it was feasible to use if they fit. The bearings used in skateboard wheels are notoriously good quality as well. Kevin

I sure like Kyle's low tech approach. He can always add posters and literature up on the walls if he wants to. In my case, vac collecting is some unmentionable sin. Everyone laughs at me or asks the ubiquitous "why?". But I think this is more of a function of where I am, than anything. When I...

Awesome...... because I really like the styling of the 1076 a little better than the 69. We had Rexair for the hard floors and Hoover uprights for the carpets, when I was growing up. I'm sure one of the last Hoover vacs I saw in the house was a 69 or something very similar....I recognize the...

Thanks John....... for the explanation! I just saw an old thread where you had a pic of a 69 and a 1070 side by side. I like the styling better of mine over the 69. Mechanically, did Hoover cheapen anything inside the 1076 versus the venerable 69? Kevin

John, I wound up with a Model 1076.....what would distinguish it from a Model 69 in actual build quality? Someone here a few yrs ago(?) bought a convertible with the red switch and red Hoover logo on the handle...paid three figures.....was that a Model 69? I was offered an older convertible...

Me too..... I think it would be a hoot and a great way to see a variety of working, old Hoovers! Kevin

Well...... That would be awesome, John! Kevin

I keep it mixed up for fun. I sometimes use a Royal or Hoover Convertible for the two rooms with rugs. On the hard floors I use the retro Constellation or a Electrolux Diamond J....sometimes a 1205 if I feel like it or on rare occasions, a Model G. But if I'm in a hurry and want a completely...

Not really....especially if the piping is undersized it could overheat a modern CV because of the restriction. The CV gurus would know. I'd be really worried about the electric part of it, if any. Any knob & tube type system needs great scrutiny today. I wouldn't use it. Kevin

I'm not into 'lux stuff that old, but that sure is cool! How old would that be? Just an amazing portal into time...... Kevin

I'm not into 'lux stuff that old, but that sure is cool! How old would that be? Kevin

Good point about pipe diameter....lots of drains were 1 1/4" which proved woefully too small for anything long term...even 1 1/4" vents would plug with scale easily. You really should open something up to determine piping diameter of the vac system. The modern vac systems I've seen use 2" or...

Lead was used in 'sweeps' and drain arms, bathtub floor traps....also in toilet waste stubs and for shower pans. My guess is the system was put in with steel piping and Durham type fittings of the day. I know old plumbing house innards well, back to the late 20's....but this is really older...

I posted earlier on this, but it didn't come out...hmmm. The piping could be copper, but more likely old Durham fittings with steel pipe. Once you figure out how to adapt a new hose to those outlets, it's just simple plumbing to hook back up a CV. Kevin

Actually, about the guy near me who had all the old Electrolux dealer's stuff.....he did pay for some of the stuff he had, like the Hospital G Keith bought from him. If I remember the provenance story correctly, the guy got all his Electrolux stuff from the old dealer's surviving son. And...

I have 4 or 5 G's....maybe more...not sure offhand because some vacs are in storage. There was a guy about an hr away from me that wound up with all the vacs & parts from an old Electrolux dealer who passed away....for free. Keith, a member here, flew in from CA just to buy the Hospital G he...

Actually, I found that kit Mothers sells for clearing up plastic auto headlights with the 'ball' they give you....on stuff that's been inside, I just use a cotton wheel on a high spd drill along with the "PowerPlastic" polish stuff. The 'ball' is kinda unhandy in crooks and crannies. Yrs...

In the US, N.P.T. for plumbing has some taper for sealing purposes. In the example given above, 1/2" electrical fittings usually have no taper, so while the threads are 1/2", the dies used to make the 1/2" threads have no taper. It only makes a difference when you're trying to make an airtight...

It's just a fact of life on Internet forums; people come in for help & advice and then leave....mostly forever. You see the same in car forums et al. I have the opposite problem. I join a forum, dig in, get sideways with a few members who think they know everything and talk in absolutes, get...

The Canadian Electrolux's had stronger motors until later on when they merged lines with US vacs. That always galled me because of the long anticipated hype over the Super J motor and with Charlie running things in Electrolux US. You would just suppose that automatically, the US tanks would...