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Wow, John - thank you for posting this. I have a copy of this book that you sent me many many years ago - it's one of my most cherished pieces of Hoover Ephemera. To have an original copy would be incredible. I do hope that this lands with someone who doesn't lock it away to never see the...

The comprehensive service manual for Hoovers built up through about 1957 is posted for sale, for $8.99, on automatice.org. Yes, a vacuum shop would probably laugh at you and turn you away, but it doesn't hurt to try - who knows, they may just service it for you. Keep in mind though that...

Yes - can you post more pictures of the bag cleaner, and the brushroll modification? I recently acquired a bag cleaner and any tips or tricks would be most welcomed.

Arguably the most beautiful Hoover ever made. That's a vacuum to be very proud of! Beautiful restoration!

That Citation is gorgeous, Chad! Awesome find! I've only seen a few of that early bag style.. I found a late model with the mysterious slim bag at a sale last weekend for $10. It's in rough shape, but I got it for that bag.

Saw the Eureka in the pictures of the sale online.. Got to the house and found it in one of the bedrooms. Then went to the basement and about fell over when I saw the 29 with its original bag! $18 for both... The Eureka's hood is a bit rough, but has its original bag as well, and I think they're...

I would imagine that a generous bead of silicone would probably do the trick.

I've successfully done it as well - I took a Decade 80 motor and swapped some parts from the original motor (used the metal fan and metal cooling fan), and the Decade 80 belt pulley and a CWP brushroll. I did have to fuss with the wiring just a bit to get it working properly, but I love my...

Power drive special wrench What page did you see mention of the special wrench? I briefly skimmed through the manual and didn't see anything. I don't recall needing any special tools, other than a 1/2 inch offset box wrench to un-do the power drive cable. But unless that's broken, you...

That's just a preview, if you follow the link within that other thread you can download a full-sized PDF copy for $2.99.

See this thread -- the service manual talks through cord reel assembly and disassembly: http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?29301_0~1

Just wanted to let everyone know that Robert scanned and posted the service instructions for Hoover Concept One and Concept Two machines on Automatic Ephemera. Good step-by-step instructions take you through complete disassembly; a must have if you have never taken one apart, or have always...

The 20 blade fan was for the 12 amp machines, not sure what it would do on a non 12 amp model.

Now to find an attachment set!

Hmmm. That was listed as an auction a few weeks ago. Wonder if someone bid it up and didn't pay, now it's offered as a Buy It Now.

Congrats on your new Felix!! I have a Felix myself, it was a Christmas present from Robert a few years ago. I got the red one. I know that there are some pretty varied opinions on the Felix, I personally think it's a good machine, but I am disappointed with its build quaity. It's also a bit...

Out of 8 posts, I see two pertaining to the topic at hand, Keep it nice, boys. I just removed some unnecessary posts. No need to start a fight in a thread of good intentions. I'm not saying you can't have opinions, but there's a nice way of expressing them and an unnecessary way of...

In all honesty, that vacuum is worth only what someone is willing to pay for it. That is an opinion shared by many collectors on this site. That is a nice specimen of a Guardsman that you have, however I'm sorry to say it's not worth tons and tons of money, so if you're looking for a lot -...

Here's another - but a Legend. http://www.ebay.com/itm/121649010444 So were these a legitimate product from/by Kirby? Or are these being made this way now, after the fact? The decals look pretty legit from the picture, but those wouldn't be too hard to make in this day and age. Either way...

Early on, Hoover would service the power drive transmissions if/when they had problems - but it became too much effort (too many tiny parts, and a real time-suck), and eventually they stopped doing that, likely from a cost perspective on how much time it took service techs to perform those...