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with as many stinky vacuums as ive run across, go the extra bit and take stuff apart and wash and clean it. i always scrub out canister bodies with at least simple green and a sponge or if theyre really bad dawn and sponge. if you have cigarette stink, absolutely wash the cloth bag. i put...

unless the bearing balls are pitted. just put new grease in the bearings and theyll be fine. you dont want non servible bearings in an antique cleaner youll use as a DD.

you really should, john, this collector is only a teenager and needs to know Robbie cant be trusted.

if this is where youre getting it from...

a jcpenney convertible if its all original is worth more than a u4033, walk away and be glad you didnt get screwed out of your money.

if youre debating it, you dont really want it that badly. wait until you find something that you really like

the owner of the building where this auction came from posted about this on my vacuum group in facebook a few years ago when it happened. the vacuums were very overpriced in the auction, attachments grouped as separate lots from machines that were complete in the same room. it wasnt very...

VacMadMan why bother mentioning you have all the parts he needs, then say youre not interested in selling any of them? im sorry but that's pretty crappy.

for the older pre convertbile and coffee can hoovers, use a eureka f&g "RD" belt. 44783 hoover belts will strain the motor too much and are too tight. this is consulted from tom anderson and other hoover experts.

fantomfan57 your not gonna like what im about to say, but youre likely stuck with it. you can't GIVE portables and slimlines away. theyre not very popular cleaners. bob webb got several portables to flip on ebay a few years back and couldnt sell them after several price cuts at $15 each.

unless the motor filed cooked the varnish off the windings giving you a smoke show, you dont need a new motor. likely need new carbons or service the bearings.

well if youre not good at it, then teach yourself. i started collecting vacuums at age 27, and did my first full restoration with motor service (classic III) 3 months into collecting. if you screw up or dont know how to do something, then you ask and learn. when you have a collection of stuff...

stop hyper focusing on asbestos. id be more worried about a rats nest and rat crap in a machine. youll wash it out to restore it anyways.

it's extremely rare for vintage machines to have asbestos in it, and when they do its only for sound deadening insulation. NO kirby, hoover, eureka or any major brand from that era except some older GE canisters like the roll easy have any asbestos. and if you do its perfectly safe. asbestos...

John i sent you PM on facebook

only the original model 404 swingette from 1968 had the tool rack. strangely, even though the original better floor tool and rack were eliminated on the hoover model 409 in 1971, the penncrest swingettes kept the better floor and rack thru 1973. im my experience, even the original 404's...

i still never understood why in the UK after someone threw something out its illegal to save it? seems like a law written to protect the rubbish collection companies. otherwise has no point

those are from the 1960's and are not easy to find. you may have luck digging thru a vac shops junk bins. i havent seen kenmore attachments that old in nearly 10 years myself.

dadsvacuum do you per chance have the back pages of the mr vac dilpomat and ambassoador models? also would you per chance happen to have the spec sheets for mr viceroy? i have a feeling it was a model from this company. were mr vac lines sold in vac shops, department stores? not at all a...

that other machine is NOT a 1205, those were never sold outside the united states. its a hoover 507, which is also not common. here a reference post from here on vacuumland of the hoover. https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?12496