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when he will return for me. Wow if that isn't self centered. The man is on vacation.

Just when you thought it was safe the thread spawns offspring.

I wasn't sure if you were having a stroke or just trying to get a point across about the bad grammar, spelling, etc. that you run across on this site. Glad you're OK

Gottahaveahoove Are you OK? You seem to be having trouble typing in your first post.

What a beautiful piece of history.

Saved the picture, it looks a lot better right side up. Then again if you're in Australia ...

Handel It's because someone keeps spelling Handel instead of handle. re: Cord I know that the cord from a 509 will not fit the 1C or 2C, the diameter of the 509 plug it slightly larger. My 1C and 2C were both gifts from friends. I have the original bag for the 2C but just made a similar bag...

What a stunning vacuum

Went out and saw Bob today. Someone gave him a Hoover and he asked if I wanted it. He just gave it to me. Pic 1 is the Hoover closed before cleaning Pic 2 is the Hoover open before cleaning Pic 3 is after I cleaned a little

Actually the part numbers I gave are from the October 1st 1947 Hoover Price list of parts.

The Hoover 61 used the following brush strips Nylon 32667 Long 32668 Short Horsehair 82667 Long 82668 Short Hope that helps

The owners manual I have shows the front plate with Junior on it.

I picked up a pack of Envirocare Filter Cones and currently using those.

"Make sure to use genuine filter cones" You mean the ones that Steel city says are no longer available?

Sleeve Bearings in the motor There should be some vertical movement up and down, but there shouldn't be movement side to side. It even states in the patent about the vertical movement of the armature. It talks about the center of the armature being below the center of the field coils. When the...

It works great, both Hi and Low speed It's missing the crevice tool and the bare floor tool I don't care about the power nozzle that's what I have uprights for After I cleaned it, it now smells like black cherry For every dollar you spend at Goodwill you get 1 point. When you get 100 points...

Found this at Goodwill for $4.99 and with my $5 off coupon I got it for FREE

Went through owners manuals and patents, figured out that the brushroll is from a Hoover 105. The Hoover 102 had wood bearings in the brushroll The Hoover 105 had felt bearings in the brushroll The Hoover 541 had ball bearings in the brushroll

I got the brushroll from (repairman) Mike The original felt bearings were shot and it needed to be rebristled Pic 1 is from Mike's thread how the brushroll looked when he got it Pic 2 is of the original felt bearings Pic 3 is the felt bearings I made for the brushroll Pic 4 is the brushroll...

I think it's interesting that the brush strip (not a brushroll) is centered inside the nozzle rather than clipped on to the front or back of the nozzle. It also looks like it needs a few bristles.