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a Hoover RS! This beauty, made in Feb. 1992, I won on eBay for $44 ($29 plus $15 s/h) and this one I really like for the bag pattern and color choice. It seems lightly used as there are no heavy scuff marks or dirt clogged crevices (cleaned b4 shipping perhaps?) N-e who, here are some photos and...

After 3 days of aggravation, I finally figured out how to rewire the cord! I had to work from the top down and disconnect the wires from the power switch and reroute it out of the old lower handle assembly and reroute it back up through the new LHA. After all this, the thing runs! Exceeeeeept...

thanks Seamus and Simon for the brushroll links. When converted to USD they're actually cheaper than Vacorama and the Vacservicecenter.com Hesco is back up and I got the 4231 Schematic and it looked as if you could disconnect the wires from the Connector Housing Socket because I know the plug...

and kyle/Michelle (as that's what's myvacsrock's name on youtube is) it isn't funny. I'm trying to save these innovations from the junkyard and it ain't easy!!! All i gotta do is reroute the cord wire, get a new brushroll, and badabing success!

here are the others The owner of Kirksville Vacuum has a storage unit chock full of vacuums ranging from kirbys to eurekas to more vintage hoovers. And he said if any of you other VCCC members ever come out to Kirksville, he'll show you it and sell you some

and it's too big to fit!

unfortunately the K-ville one doesn't have the brushroll

here's the plug

Oh, and the other Innovation I found in Quincy IL, this one has the burgundy bag and hood. That one has the same axle problem!

This time, the Hoover hunt was in northern MO Friday and Saturday, where at Pete's flea Market in Moberly I found a Hoover Decade 80 aqua blue just needing a bag fill tube and a minor rip in the top of the outer bag for $6. 60 miles up Highway 63 in Kirksville, I paid a visit to the Kirksville...

Seamus, I found the Innovation schematic on Hescoinc.com, and I can't tell from the diagram if it's the "actuator cam" that needs replacing

Tom, I took the hood off and there's a little plastic end with notches that the handle release nests on. It looked like one of the notches was broken off and I'm guessing that's the one that puts the vacuum in the upright position

Jeff that was gonna be another question about the first 4 numbers in the serial number if they correspond to a date? The Innovation was made August 1988 (if the first 4 are 0888) and the Encore November 1990 (1190)

Encore the cord was black like that when I found it

upclose plate here's the hood up close

I expanded my vacuum hunt to Sedalia and made a pit stop at House of Vacuums. The owner was real gracious and let me in his storage unit across from his shop. While in there I gasped when I saw a Hoover Innovation U5045. And I saw this Convertible-esque Hoover Encore model U4595 and took it...

the only thing i loathe about it is there's no bottom cord hook

thanks for posting these, now i know the purpose of that metal bit on the brushroll between bristle rows

Hey all, does anyone know where I could find a new bag spring for my red Hoover Convertible? Is it something that can be found at Home Depot or Lowe's