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over hear in the Uk back in the early 60s .our house only had 2 sockets [quite normal over hear back then] one in the kitchen and one in the lounge .Consequently mums Hoover Senior had a lengthy cord fitted so long the machine would go everywhere down stairs from the kitchen socket and by...

To use your words [THIS PART OF THE IRON] failed because it was junk electronics.burnt components connected with wires that were far to thin to cope with 2500 watts .In effect it was to flimsy to do the job it was intended to

my 18 month old iron packed up last week [since bought a new one ]so instead of chucking it i decided to take it apart and see what was wrong .After a little investigating and testing i found the fault .the element and the variable thermostat were ok the thing stopping it working was the...

paintin a senior i have resprayed quite a few seniors its relatively simple .just take off every thing that will come off including the rubber bumper rub it down then undercoat it and then spray it lightly many light coats are better than one heavy one .I usually do about 4 coats then spray...

HI all i took this apart some weeks ago and removed the front bearing hoping to clean and re grease it but it was shot so i ordered a new one .Since then three weeks have gone by and i have not only forgotten what went where i have also lost the diagram i drew of the various parts and there...

thanks for the tips guys .Will try them all next time

yes while its a nice machine somthing isnt quite right .the two speed switch being one of them and the carpets last longer being the other.The one in my photo was bought new by my mum around 1962/3 its only ever been used in my mums house and mine and while its bag has been replaced the rest...

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I have had this machine for literally years [30 pluss]Its only ever had three wheels [one front wheel missing] until today .last weekend i took off the existing front wheel and was looking around for something that would make a makeshift replacement when my partner asked me what i was doing i...

a few photos of the bag on the machine

its quite time consuming and takes lots of coats but its worth it .Every night when i get home i just pop into the shed and spray on another coat .At first not much happens but aftere a while the paint builds uyp till eventually you get this.It not perfect and the paint runs a little so i just...

all set for paint

i made the bag a while ago but never got round to doing the HOOVER logo so here goes

Hi Guys been at it again this one is for a 119 [as if you couldn't guess]

you cant kill one of these When the world ends and we are all dust there will be loads of 612 in perfect working order all over the planet

I did some DIY for my daughter last weekend .Afterwards i wanted to clear up some dirt so out came her Dyson [not sure of the model like that matters ha ha]The first time i have ever used a Dyson let me tell you it will be the last all i can say is its the biggest pile of junk i have ever got...

Hi turbo 500 yes thats the one .That red goblin still gives me the creeps .

motor lubricated and reassembled .It runs really well [amazing what a bit of oil and grease can do isnt it]All the other bits are going to have a wash once their clean i can get it put back together .The commutator has been cleaned with Brasso i know some people use emery cloth or sand paper...

This one came from a shop that is being turned into a hair salon .The shop used to be a shoe shop and i can only imagine that the machine has been used regularly to clean both the shop and the offices above as they all have thick green quality very old carpet the bag was two thirds full of green...

some more photos making the bag was not a problem but how to do the graphics Hmmm so i simply cut out the bit of cloth with them on and stitched it onto the new bag yes i know i cheated but i just couldn't think of any other way .I used a bit of shoe lace for the loop