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Not really getting anything for hoover 2100. Do you have a pic of the machine or the filter?

"Experts" Exactly. Look. If you're a novice, and everyone's telling you just to buy a new motor... just TRY to fix your old motor. Worst case scenario, you screw it up and need a new motor, which you already needed, so no great loss. And best case, you fix it just fine, and saved yourself the...

... You could just pull the fan straight off. Make sure not to oval the hole in the fan. JB weld it back on, like Vinci did. Seems like it worked. Worst case you need a new motor, which at this point (if you listen to these people) you already need one. Take a gamble on it.

Center punch the rivet. Drill it out with a very small drill bit, then re-drill with consecutively larger sizes until you cut the rivet head off completely. Drill slowly and keep the rivet soaking with with water to keep it cool enough not to melt the plastic. Replace with a small machine screw...

Your Henry is derpy.

"Stop it. Get some help."

This is a trash find. It looks ok, but it's suffering from ABS plastic brittleness. The sole plate is busted where it holds the little wheels, the bin clamp is busted, and a cord hook. And the rest of it is just looking for an excuse to break. I'm basically going to save some bits and get rid of...

The bin can be polished with power tools. A cotton buffing wheel (probably one for a drill) and some kind of polishing compound, not sure which one is good for plastic. Harbor Freight has a polishing kit that will get you started. But again, not sure which compound to use.

There's a very VERY niche market for these. I suspect it's not worth a whole lot, as there are many out there. Give it a few days and see if anyone here bites. Otherwise, leave it where it lies, it's kinda part of your house, is it not?

There's tons of those around. Hell, they still make them, I think. What parts do you need?

If it's a 220v motor, the long and short of it is that you will not get it to run on 120v. Not without replacing the field and the armature, and at that point, you may as well just get a 120v motor. If you were to plug it into 120v, it might run. At about half speed. Obviously, if you plug it...

The following are patents from George Clements. William J Clements also has a lot of patents to his name, I can only assume he was George's son. It's fascinating how these were really vacuum cleaner guys, in every sense of the word. I have yet to compile a list of William's patents. (Shame their...

If I had to venture a guess, I'd date it as just slightly pre-war.

Get someone with the bag to stick it on a flatbed scanner. Ask for measurements of the logo, too. Should be a piece of cake to remake the logo in photoshop or whatever.

I'm mildly interested. Are you the one who bought it from the auction?

u wood.

Your English is excellent. I am not sure if anyone here knows the differences between US and UK Shark models. Give it some more time, hopefully someone else will chime in. For what it's worth, I'm happy with most full size Shark uprights that I have seen. I didn't really like the Rotator, but...

Had a very similar one I sold from my grandfather's estate. Not the same, obviously, but the same idea... a paint tin with a vacuum motor in it. I recall the fittings looked similar, but the way the top is latched on was different.

Very nice! How'd you do the brass? Cover it with a thin sheet, or what?

Electrically conductive lubricant would be a terrible idea! It could bridge the connections. Thankfully most greases are not conductive, really. You could use silicone grease - it's generally used for electrical applications - but really, any old crap will do. I would probably use white lithium...