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hi guys, Just recently I got this nice S 3001 Celebrity. Almost unsused and works fine (motorwise) but that "remote" bellows control as well as the suction settings are kaputt. I cannot make any sense out of these three buttons, must be some bypass for air. There is some scotch tape on the 2...

Got myself this beautiful F 4084 shampoo polisher by Hoover (in cherry red and black). The machine is shiny as new and works flawlessly. Unfortunately no accessories but the shampoo brushes. So I am looking to get the bare floor brushes for scrubbing and polishing as well, along with scouring...

A dear friend of mine is clearing 2 large appartments full of antiques and vintage stuff, as her mother has died some weeks ago. I have known the old lady for years, she was an antique dealer for decades. We created a web gallery for all to look at what is to be had. Especially interesting...

Now look at this: A whole convoy of giant Hoovers! Have you ever had a ride IN a Conny? http://cyclingmodel.over-blog.com/article-la-caravane-publicitaire-du-tour-de-france-a-80-ans-10-hoover-49453533.html

Please join me on my visit today: I went to "TECHNOSEUM" (technology museum of Mannheim) to the special exhibition "the electric household". Unfortunately, I discovered this only yesterday while it will end on Sunday. So I hopped in the car to see it! Here is the original link...

Have a look at this thing: The Piccolo by Electro-As. It was very common here, I still remember having seen some of them in action when I was a kid. You can still see parts of it being sold on fleamarkets here...

hi all, how can I disassemble a Lux woven hose? (Euro style, so no inner wiring) Yes, I have used the search here and on youtube as well, I have read all available leak repair instructions with rubber and plastic and pour-in and sliding a foil thingy along the hose etc. etc. Perhaps I missed...

Attention Lux owners in the EU, Lux France features an online shop even for archived products (at least for parts and accessories). Unfortunately, they will only deliver to France and its associated regions. All other owners are asked to inquire at their respective local dependencies (and those...

Some time ago I heard that there must have been some kind of Flow-Bee hair clipper for the Kirby. Look what I have found: Yay! (and it even has the original user's booklet)

Some parts for my machines cannot be had here anymore while they are still available in the US. But instead of ordering from spamazon or from any of those vacshops unknown to me, I'd rather be shopping from a fellow member's vac store (provided they ship to Europe). Who can I send my wishlist...

It may sound simple, but who knows more about REALLY russian-made vacuums? Of course, by today, most of the machines over there are Western made and are more or less of the same unglorious galore that we can find in our dept. stores all over the Western world. I DO remember this one video...

thought I'd share this baby with you. Snatched it from ebay for some ridiculous 30 bucks plus P&P. Seems hardly used at all (or well cleaned). The "pull" is tremendous as is the vibration and groom of the PN. The mini tools haven't seen any surface yet. Here is my question: The only drawback...

hyvää päivää or even "hoi" (correct or wrong?) hey Markus, after more than 8 years I have finally managed to buy a used Volta U 203 compact vacuum "Formula" series with top fill filter bag. Unfortunately, the unit comes without original attachments. Can you please tell me which ones are the...

just discovered this one while browsing. Seems to be in pretty reasonable condition. in Florida. http://www.ebay.de/itm/Vorwerk-Vacuum-Cleaner-VK117-/271015794018?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f19ccd562

Fortunate for me: Not shocked BY a Eureka. I had the chance to disassemble one (which was not mine) but I found that all those wires were just threaded and twisted together just as they were: Copper strands capped with some yellow tiny plastic caps and just left there in the motor casing as...

I've just noticed that Monk is cleaning his ceiling with a G-series Kirby and stretch hose. Never seen that before though. G4 or Diamond? Looks grey to me.

hi guys, this may sound stupid to most of you but I wonder how pre-G-series models are thought to be pushed at all. We have this thick woolen carpet (maybe two fingers thick when flat and trampled down, maybe 3 when brushed up). None of my vintage Kirbys will pass over it easily, when you go...

...the good old Hitachi CV-2000 canister? They used to show it on trade fairs here, demonstrating it sucking up pebbles and old batteries (as lame as a "proof" of suction as this boring Kirby "sucks-up-a-Volkswagen-beetle"). *yawning here* All of it is just a matter of the ratio between vacuum...

hi everyone. I've just been wondering if anyone is using moth crystals or moth balls at all. Having learned that naphtalene and paradichlorobenzene (is that spelling right in English?) are no longer used for being toxic or carcinogenic, I wonder what you old-style vac guys can tell me about...

Today I stumbled across this one, a model that I've never seen before. Who knows something about it? (expired ad in the link) http://www.ricardo.ch/kaufen/antiquitaeten-und-kunst/antike-technik-und-geraete/sonstiges/antiker-staubsauger/v/an636209008/