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One of if not the strangest for me. Until recently, I had a kind of small business that involved reconditioning and selling second hand vacuum cleaners. I did this for about nine years working out of my home. The advertising was free by way of Craig's List. It was very low overhead; it...

Anyone know what's going on at Hesco? I've been putting together an order with them, have one pending "ship complete." Normally, I email Nicole on their staff re. questions about price and availability. My last two emails have been returned undeliverable. I went to their web site and see...

I finally got the last parts I needed for my Kenmore Professional 15 made by Sebo. Model 119.31015 790. I have a corner in my storage building where I keep hopeless and near-hopeless cases. That includes otherwise decent machines that need an expensive part or parts. Over a year ago, a...

To recover storage space, I've got to clean out and let go of a bunch of stuff. All of these Hoover Celebrity machines have got to go. What I'd like is for someone to come by and haul them all away at once. Living in western Washington state as I do, I doubt that's going to happen. So if you...

This is an incomplete Hoover Model 425. The model number is cast in the bottom. It is missing the brushroll. From the looks of the capstan on the motor armature, it seems that this machine originally took a flat belt. The tab on the power switch is broken, but the switch works. The motor...

Somebody gave me one of these, a Model 4870, a few months ago. It looked solid enough at the time, so later I took a closer look at it and was less than impressed. The bags are small; the bag fit is kinda crook. It wouldn't take much to dislodge the bag and fill the dust compartment with...

If I'm not mistaken, this is a hose for a Royal vacuum cleaner. It is NOS, has never been used. This is a replacement part; you re-use existing hardware from each end of your existing hose and cement them onto this new hose. Price: $12.50 plus shipping.

I've had this attachment around for months but never took a closer look at it. Yesterday, I dusted it off and stuck it onto the end of a canister vac. This device indeed is turbo powered by the source vacuum. There is an inherent weakness in turbo-powered accessories in that normally, they...

I work on lots of Kenmore uprights, the abundant common machines of 10-15 year old vintage. One of the things I find out of order from time to time concerns the wheels. They are mounted on a common metal axle at the bottom of the main case/housing. The metal axle is held in place by tabs...

Back in thread no. 18936, we discussed the later model Electrolux "Orange" line. In it, I described and depicted my Oxygen 3 Model EL 5035 and Aptitude Model EL 5010 uprights, also my little Harmony Model EL 6985 canister. This last one is actually marked "REL 6985," the "R" being a designator...

A few of these bags came my way and I have no idea what they fit. Anyone know? Bag measures 8 x 25-1/2 inches flat. In the picture, it is folded in half. Thank you.

"OK Shaneesha, but check the bag first." Shaneesha thinks, "Bag???" "Oh mom, I think I found the sock that dad lost." So this is how a G6 found itself when it came to me. Actually, the machine is in pretty nice shape except for the bag and allied components being filthy dusty. Everything...

"Because this one sucks. Er, uh, I mean, it doesn't suck anymore." I got this lovely lavender Hoover Windtunnel bagged SP a while back and it's been waiting for work. The definition of lovely being it came with all of its attachments including both wand sections (worth $4.29 each if you...

Comparison pictures of a 2000 vintage Hoover Windtunnel upright motor and one from a comparable model made in 2009. Old on the left, newer on the right. The fit into the motor compartment is interchangeable.

Illustrated here is the reason Fantom added side filters onto their machines fairly quickly after production started. This is a machine that I recently dismantled for parts. All that dog hair had to go through the motor to get where it is in the filter.

At least I think they are Kenmore; the nozzles look like Kenmore to me. First one:

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the machine. It was shown to me in a driveway with only illumination from a nearby street light. It was what I would call an antique-appearing machine. It had a metal tag on the top of the fan housing that said Royal and the number 130-3842. It was a...

This strange bird came my way recently. It's a JC Penney (model) 2880. The front of the machine says it's a "2 Two Motor Upright Vacuum." The bag inside says it's a Bissell 5890 bag, for the Bissell Models 5850 and 5900. I suspect this machine is incomplete. The "2" in the name suggests...

This is a cute little machine that a friend gifted to me today.

Plastic parts were meant to be replaced, not repaired. However, I've found many ways to make repairs to them; sometimes they are stronger after repair than the original design. The example at hand is a Hoover Windtunnel 2 bagged machine. This is Model U8311-900, made 11-07. I've had this...