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PureAir & Powerclean Rob, just a warning - if you do get your hands on one, immediately disassemble the vacuum and install a cord protector where the cord meets the body of the vacuum. Those vacuums had a recall on them from the CPSC in America for that very reason.

Ben, the Hoover PortaPower III was actually pretty common in Canada....it sold in Zellers for $169.99 in the mid 90s. I actually owned one for a couple years - nice vac, but the bag size and poor filtration led me to pass it on to Mom and traded her for a nice Hoover Elite hard body upright with...

Jim, I love that cartoon! Thanks for posting it. A interesting little tidbit for the Americans on the forum - here in Ontario, Canada, it is illegal for a city, town, village, municipality, housing development, condo board or housing committee to ban clothes lines. And I think that's a good...

Alex, I couldn't agree with you more! These Hoover Windtunnel Twin Chamber uprights, whether it be direct air or bypass like this one, are HORRIBLE cleaners. They may clean carpets well....but that lasts for about 10 minutes until the filter starts clogging and it loses airflow quickly. And the...

All the Eureka canisters that use the Style S bag are HORRIBLE MACHINES! The build quality on them is really bad....very common to see the wands, motors and circuit boards failing on these models and their comparable Electrolux AB counterparts. Plus the bags are small, overpriced and don't work...

Thanks for posting this Brian. Love the Lewyt vacuum they used....I have the exact same one used, and plan to restore it soon.

Kenny, it's a good thing your Mom was using a Kirby from the 70s - since it had the metal fan, the bag patch was all that needed to be done. If it was a Tradition or later model, you would be needing to change the fan too. Back a few years ago, I answered a Kijiji ad that said "Free Hoover...

John, if the caster wheel on the LX and LXI is the same as the American Electrolux metal canisters from the 70s and 80s....like the Super J, Silverado, Diamond Jubilee and Marquise, you can pick that up in a hardware store if Repairman, Mike, doesn't have it but does have the clip on wheels...

I will say, the silver infused bags looks like a good idea, and I would be interested. BUT, I would want to hear from some people that have had problems with bag odours, switched to these bags and them saying their issue was resolved using the silver infused bags. Also, I would want to see the...

Yikes! And just when us Canadians thought our regulations on appliances were nuts....

John, I would also STRONGLY suggest looking at CycloVac central vac units as well. The company is practically legendary here in Canada! Seriously, the company has lots of dealers and a strong reputation for building a QUALITY central vac unit. So much so, that Tacony Corporation has them build...

Keith, that hose adapter looks unique and rare too! Was it a original genuine part, or was this adapter custom made by someone who just wanted to use 2 hoses together? As for saving the bags and having a custom cloth bag? Great idea! I don't blame you, considering those bags are hard to find...

Congrats on getting that for your collection Keith. Those Electrolux CA's are rare as hen's teeth! And looks like Brian Satterwhite did a nice restoration on it for you too. Use it in good health :)

Uhm...how quick would you like me to say NO THANKS to a overpriced TTI Dirt Devil from the late 2000's?!!! And that wasn't even that good of a model I might add. I owned a identical blue one for a few years, and that pleated filter was no fun to deal with. And btw, next time you go to paint a...

Victor, the Eureka RD belts will NOT work on a Hoover Convertible. The Hoover belt is a little tighter fitting than the Eureka belts are - that's why some people will save worn out Hoover Convertible belts to use on their Eureka uprights. As for other causes of belt slippage, I would also check...

Devin - That powerhead does indeed look like a modernized version of the powerhead used on the Fakir Combivac 1117 upright that we had in Canada through vac shops in the late 2000's. The height adjustment pedal gives it away that Fakir makes this, and they modernized it with the plastic...

Barry, valid point - BUT, he did not plainly state it as you did in your post. He used the phrase "The vacuum is all original to this machine with the exception of the PN". Also, I find it cheesy how Michael LaBue comes on here calling a very common machine in Canada "rare"....when it is FAR...

WOW! Great detective work Ben! So I guess I was right with my second guess is that that model 1756A had a limited production run of 1 year with that power nozzle. Question though....was the first generation Rotomatic power nozzle available after 1983 with that light? I would be willing to bet...

I don't see how it could hurt....after all that's what Wessel Werk did to the EBK360 to make it the Soft Clean version for cleaning dense and shaggy style carpets. As long as the holes aren't too big and evenly spaced it should be fine. Don't do too many though, maybe just 2 at first....try to...

I have the Hoover Windtunnel version of your vacuum. There is low and medium pile carpeting in my home, and the Hoover Windtunnel powerhead seems to clean well, lift and groom the pile, and not bog down or hard to push. I would give that a try.