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Congratulations ... On your restoration. The three washers will be 'thrust washers' which take up the endfloat of the armature shaft. they 'should' be there. All best Dave T

Motor wiring It's hard to tell just by looking, but the manufacturers may have used the motor windings as a voltage transformer for the headlight bulb. Was the lamp 110V?? If that is the case, then you will need to be sure that you connect to the correct terminals. Since I have no practical...

"Restoring cloth hoses" Electrolux137 posted a detailed thread about this... It's in the archive, Thread#22656, started 10/17/2013. I assume that you would have to break up the original, stiff lining in order to do this. As far as I know, there is no way to restore rubber which has gone 'stiff'...

Email Not sure whether you can Email me, as I am not 'upgraded'... I know the messaging worked when I first joined, but that was on Robert's '40-day trial' (thanks, Robert :-) ). Not intending to post my Email address in a public forum, so could be tricky.... I will check that my Email account...

No 'Edit' facility :-( 'HooverCelebrity' (Reply#3) also pointed out that it is probably a bearing issue (noticed upon re-reading the entire thread). I do 'proof-read' my posts before uploading, but I suppose "a photograph (or two) of the motor" would read better.... ;-) All best Dave T P.S...

Bearing(s) I have only just seen this thread (via the 'motor wanted' thread in the 'supermarket' forum.) Anthony (Reply#6) has hit it on the head. You have a worn bearing (probably sleeve type) at the shaft end of the motor. If the front end-case of the motor is 'symmetrical', you can just...

Nom-contributors A big 'Hear, Hear' to Hoover119dude (Reply#20) and Turbo500 (Reply#28). I spent 30 minutes crafting a beautifully worded (IMHO ;) ) reply, but sadly my connection failed and I lost the lot, and I am NOT sitting and typing it all again!! (Some of you may be heaving a sigh of...

Retirement It's in retirement elsewhere, Joe.... I don't have that much exposed carpet.... Or that much dog hair!! It will have it's work cut out cleaning that lot up..... ;) All best Dave T

Not Impressed I would imagine not, MadaboutHoovers. I hope he doesn't 'shoot the messenger'. I only took the photograph... ;) IIRC, he 'SEBOed' his drive the other day, so why not?? But, on the other hand, why not just 'I'm just gonna vacuum the corridor'??? All best (and wearing tin hat and...

... When it's a Hoover, apparently!!! This one recently 'retired' from a local hotel. His colleagues similarly suffered the indignity of being referred to as 'Hoover 2' and 'Hoover 3'. Obviously, the proprietor didn't know what the word 'Quality' meant... ;-) Now that I have photographed him...

Garden Vac Spent yesterday evening repairing, and this afternoon using, a 'proper' garden vac. The internal isolator switch had got wet (last time it was used, I assume). It's a customer's appliance, so anybody's guess what abuse it had suffered.... :-( All best Dave T

New Henry Congratulations, Joe.... You said you wanted one... Are you planning on fitting the optional horns???? ;-) Mine is asleep in his box in the loft..... All best Dave T

Vacuum-friendly cats I have a friend whose two cats (when they had become very elderly) used to enjoy being gently vacuumed. I think it saved them some grooming effort (and let's face it, if a cat can find an easy way to do something, it will) and they had become so deaf that the noise no...

Anthony... ... Are you a serious collector of turntables / record players?? If you are, and you ever pass through the Stoke-on-Trent area, I may have a few things of interest to you. A separate question... Do you have any semi- or professional tape machines in your collection?? Ferrograph...

Thanks, Turbo500 This thread was before my time here.... I have a friend who has recently acquired a Sebo... Not sure what model yet, but will post a picture asap. Thanks Dave T

Selenium Rectifiers I have an old textbook on T.V. repairs, which says of Selenium Rectifiers- "Failures in this type of rectifier are characterised by a remarkably unpleasant smell" Boy!! did I find that out, AND what an understatement it was!! It was many years back when I was still living...

Wills, etc. Have I ever thought??? Yes... Frequently! I am in (what appears to be) a similar position to MadaboutHoovers and others, insofar as I have no direct descendants to leave my 'stuff' to, and most of my friends wouldn't have a clue what most of it is used for, or what it is worth. I...

Space Deficiency I know the feeling well!! Whilst I do not actually 'collect' vacuum cleaners (having only four now IIRC), I do have far more 'stuff' than I have places to put it.... ;-) If I could be said to 'collect' anything at the moment, it would be Tektronix 7000 Series oscilloscopes and...

Listening Space Sadly, I don't have the luxury of a 'Listening Space' atm.... All available space is full of 'stuff'. The Mordaunt-Short loudspeakers, Garrard and Lenco turntables, Ferrograph tape machines, and assorted other bits are in storage here and there. The Phase Linear 700W amplifier...

Suppressor Yep.... That looks like a fairly typical exploded suppressor..... We've actually had them ignite in some lighting dimmers, despite them allegedly being 'flameproof'. ;-) "The lady insisted it had very little use".... Perhaps she was telling the truth... But looking at it, it's...