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Upright Impressions <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: large;">I'm quite pleased with this machine. I have little experience and knowledge of uprights, but I can't imagine any other model with such an easy bag change, and it does a pretty good job of cleaning as well...

Andrew: <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: large;">Ever check Kijiji, NLBuySell, and NLClassifieds? All of the Luxes I've scored for a while now have come from ads on those sites. There are always ads for other brands too, but I'll admit I don't pay a lot of attention to...

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: large;">You read it right; I didn't realize that was the proper switch. I was comparing it to the earlier Discovery and Genesis machines; also, the seller told me he had to replace the switch, so I thought he put on a different kind. Either...

<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: medium;">Thanks, yes; entirely forgot about the Renaissance. Suppose it wouldn't hurt to add the matching Floor Pro shampooer, either.</span>

<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: medium;">I know what you mean about colors; "taupe" doesn't convey a lot of meaning to me, other than "light-ish brown" </span>   <span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino; font-size: medium;">Would be great to see some pics...

Further to that brain fart <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Is it like this, minus the dial and control panel?</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Actually, the very first plastic body Electrolux was the AP 100, which debuted in 1973, and the (body) style hasn't changed radically since then. </span>   <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I'm...

3 <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">The full-on shot of the two brothers. Now I need to find "cousin" Ambassador III in the matching colors. </span>   <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">The seller did mention he might be able to...

Handyman <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">He's a little worse for wear, but runs just fine, with no funny or scary noises. The seller for whatever reason replaced the switch with a rocker, and made some repairs to the cord, but the switch actually looks fairly...

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Not an Epic 3250, but an Epic 3500 in charcoal gray, for only $20, to complement the cylinder. </span>   <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Here he is, "out of the box"; well, out of my trunk...

Congrats on a good find <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Hmm...about 1985-7ish for the blue LE, and 1987-9ish for the brown...I think that's about right. </span>   <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Not sure about the States, but...

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">A fine collection of machines. I'm an Electrolux (and therefore, by extension, Aerus) man through and through, although I don't actually have any Aerus branded machines at the moment. I'm always on the lookout for them, though.</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I've come to really like the Epics; a great series of machines. I have the gray and white editions of the 6500, and am now on the hunt for the blue 6500 and 6000, like yours. If you can get a good condition vinyl hose and (possibly...

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">The bottom half looks to be from the later white Epic 6500 (?). Nevertheless, a great find for a great price. </span>   <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: medium;">You might try an Aerus dealer for a used hose. I...

Mishap #1 <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I "accidentally" snapped off one of the Diplomat motor wires at the connector (more like in a fit of frustration in trying to remove it). At any rate, the contacts had significant corrosion, and the motor, as far as I'm...

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">As far as I can remember, the Diplomat did pick up water a very long time ago, when it was my folks' vacuum, and its been with my sister now for 4-5 years, so its had a fairly good life and seen lots of service. As I say, it still...

Bearings not serviceable <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">If that's the case, I'll just stick to cleaning things up as best as I can; I did warn my sister that the machine might come back in no better shape than before </span>   <span style="font-family...

Next Project <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I'm presently tearing into my sister's (technically my) Diplomat. This machine still runs, and has decent suction, but the bearings sound very dry (it's very rough sounding when shut off). Bearing in mind that I know...

3 <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I cleaned out the entire interior casing, including the bag chamber, cord winder cover, and wires, cleaned off the motor and fan as best as I could (I didn't actually dismantle the motor), before reassembly. It's not perfect, but...

2 <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">The entire interior was coated with dirt and dust, the plastic motor surround the worst of all, as you can see.</span>