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the finished 375 bag well guys i finished the bag and thought you might like to see it .looks good dont it well let me tell you its not perfect as you will see in the next few photos

sorry guys i should have said .yes it is a cable grommet off a Hoover 612 exactly the same as the one on a 119 .Its the strangest thing .The machine this came off has its original handle grip and furniture guard in great condition both made of rubber yet the grommet has perished

like this not bothered about colour [white will do]

they may have been cheap but the fact that they have survived and still work speaks volumes

the paint on my restorations paint will not peel off and is more durable than the original stuff .What you cant see is the coat after coat of clear cellulose on top of the colour .this means that you can bang the machine into most things without doing any damage in order to spoil the paint job...

i have to say Gsheens senior looks great i like the green better than its original colour I am currently doing up a tired old 375 whose bag while original is literally disintegrating before my eyes and has been poorley repaired before so i am going to have a go at making a new one .I am using...

heres one i did This machine was an absolute wreck .Its original gold and brown paint job was practically gone [i have never seen one of these with so much paint worn away]and its bag was so full it was dragging on the floor and full of holes but just as you would expect it ran beautifully so i...

Hi all I have tried in vain to get hold of one of these so if anyone has one they want to sell i would be most great full [any colour will do] regards Anthony

the 612s bag is in excellent condition and i want to keep it that way so i was wondering if anyone had done any thing more permanent than to just bung a paper bag inside for example has anyone cobbled up some kind of fill tube like the ones fitted to the later machines so that paper bags can be...

i also had a go at this but i did it with clingfilm

theres somthing really statisfying about seeing a cruddy old vac getting a good seeing too

While at work a few weeks ago i was walking to the local sandwich shop for some lunch when i noticed the unmistakable very familiar Hoover handle sticking out of a skip.The machine was buried under a ton of smashed up plaster and rubble so i had no idea what it was i just new it was a HOOVER .I...

i have a beat up old connie under my bench thats happy to gobble up any thing i care to throw at it

i am reading through this post chuckling to my self as i remember my mums used and abused Hoover senior in regular use for nigh on 40 years .it lived behind the front door permanently plugged in always ready for a quick clean up after meals Ect its bag so full it would be trailing on the floor...

to answer your question fantomfan first i took off the ends i then pulled out the wire coil this weakened what was left of the hose enough for me to gently pull the outer sheath of not forgetting that an Electrolux hose is fatter at one end than the other

closer look t the back bearing

closer look at the bearings front bearing

this thing needs a new front bearing [could do with both really]anyone know where i can get one or would something from another hoover machine fit

inside this is what was left of the inner hose .The metal coil had almost disintegrated [it had got wet at some point]

i have just stripped this one this is the outer woven part that i plan to slide onto a new hose and then refit the ends .The hose is from a lux 65 and was completely shot so rather than just chuck it i decided to try and save the outer woven bit