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  1. adam-aussie-vac

    Older hose repair

    Hey guys, I just recently brought over my GE from W.A. and I found out the hose has deteriorated at the top near the handle, so it lets quite a bit of suction through. Is there a way how I can seal it up? As the hose looks wonderful, but the performance is definitely not wonderful
  2. adam-aussie-vac

    Great news, I found another one

    Gonna be having a close look at it later today And it has some attachments that mine didn’t originally come with
  3. adam-aussie-vac

    Circuit board repair for vacuum cleaners

    Hey guys I’m a little curious, if you ever have a vacuum cleaner that’s one of the multifunction ones but has a circuit board issue, do you guys try to get the second board repaired or do you replace it ? Even if the boardis hard to source? as my steam vacuum had a small section of the board...
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    Steam vacuum problem

    Hey guys, I just got my steam Vacuum out of storage to steam clean the windows and for some odd reason apparently in the middle of letting it all heat up now the chemical shampoo pump is constantly running even without squeezing the hose trigger or even having the hose disconnected from the...
  5. adam-aussie-vac

    Self generating vacuum cleaner (vacuumaid)

    I picked this up yesterday, and I’ll probably give the bearings and The like a bit of an oil, but it does physically work and pick up stuff
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    ITS MINE … And being delivered

    Hey guys, I had recently just picked up this nilfisk 72, It’s unfortunately not in the best of shape but. I will be getting It a new cord and cables between each motor, one thing I’d like to do with this since I would be replacing the cables is going in between the motor the cable joiner and the...
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    Gaia 8000 steam vacuum motor replacement

    Hey guys, a couple days ago I ended up replacing the dead Italian Motor that was in My Gaia 8000 steam Vacuum surprisingly it went smoothly although I did have to cut off one of the mounting Triangles from The Motor, the original Motor had also the same triangle cut off, probably as it uses the...
  8. adam-aussie-vac

    Hey guys, picked up an OG shop Vac/ what’s your favourite filter?

    Hey everybody today I picked up an original shop vac For 50 bucks, mainly because I wanted something for the sunroom with more suction and also easily able to pick up water in a moment notice, at the moment technically it’s got four different options of filtration, as it could work with a filter...
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    Finding the right Motor

    Hey guys, I’m currently trying to find the right Motor for my Italian made Steam Vacuum It was marketed in Australia by a company called stillinox which is long out of service, and the motor has finally worn away at the brushes, the original Motor is a Tuesday stage 5.7 inch Motor with a unique...
  10. adam-aussie-vac

    Shop Vac micro 12 V

    Hey guys, I picked this up for about five bucks today, it is missing the hose and charger cables, as well as needing a new bag, what do you guys think? I did do a bit of research and I found the product photos of it from Amazon plus apparently now they’re selling 16 and 20 V versions of these
  11. adam-aussie-vac

    Just did a tuneup on my swivel top

    Hey guys, I just recently did a tuneup on my GE swivel top (cleaning the fans and Oilling bearings, I am honestly, not sure how to take the brushes out of the brush holder let alone open the brush holder as it kind of awkwardly designed, the apart from that, it’s Purrs like a kitten and the...
  12. adam-aussie-vac

    GE Commodore Vacuum with powerhead (Looks like from Japan)

    Hey guys, I picked up a GE vacuum which looks which appears to be made in Japan but unconfirmed,like it includes a power head which I am finding very unusual, as I remember Japan mainly being the country of straight suction cleaners and Coldwater washing with laundry
  13. adam-aussie-vac

    HELP How does one replace bearings on a hoover 612 brush roll

    Hey guys as I was oiling the two bearings in the brush roll, one of them had separated into three pieces, the inner race the outer race and the little ballbearings does anybody know of how to remove a stuck how to race on a bearing? And what type of bearings should I use?
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    Westinghouse motor, I want to try and find the rest of the vacuum

    Hey guys so I’ve got this little Westinghouse vacuum motor from an upright vacuum, I’m wanting to try and find the rest of the vacuum as I picked up this motor quite a long time ago and I can’t remember where
  15. adam-aussie-vac

    From a box of goodies to here

    Hey guys, I ended up buying a small box of warranty cards and instruction manuals, and have a lucky Lou what I found
  16. adam-aussie-vac

    I’ve got my mums Bosch

    Hey guys, I just wanted to say I got my mums Vacuum, as she now uses a rainbow D4SE, the good news is her vacuum works, the bad news it seems like it’s missing the bag holder and potentially bags may not be available for it any more, We did try previously using Bosch bags from Godfreys from a...
  17. adam-aussie-vac

    ALMEGA Model 50

    Hey everyone, I thought I’d throw this up here as the newest to me vacuum cleaner in my collection, it’s the same kind of colour as a late 1940s early 1950s hoover Dustette Hey everyone, I thought I’d throw this up here as the newest to me vacuum cleaner in my collection, it’s the same kind of...
  18. adam-aussie-vac

    Converting a $10 central vacuum into something else

    Hey guys, so I have a old Hills Central vacuum, the motor and the electrics all still work, but I’m actually wanting to turn this vacuum into something similar how one of them Aqua air central vacuums work, It’s a pretty similar design, with a cyclone style inlet, shield that set about 1 inch...
  19. adam-aussie-vac

    Gaia 8800

    Hey guys just getting an update on my Gaia 8800, the good news is the motor is the issue not the vacuum itself so that means that the controls probably still work, I went down to the vacuum cleaner store yesterday and they said they might be able to get a motor today but I haven’t heard back...
  20. adam-aussie-vac

    Lady you don’t need to clean it, you need a new one!

    Hey guys just scrolling through Facebook and this popped up on my timeline it really makes me wonder do people really actually take care of their appliances? Imagine what the oven or the lint filter in the dryer looks Click the link and have a look
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