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Hi! I've worked on electric fans and restored old GEs so i do know about AC motors. I know DC is different are uses carbon brushes but I haven't worked on them too much. Usually the vacuums I've restored are color coded in some way and the brushes are in better shape or do not need to be...

Hi! I'm currently restoring a hoover model 300. I'm pretty deep into the project, however, I think I may have made a rookie mistake when I bought it. One of the fan blades on the motor has a decent size chunk missing from it. I was hoping someone might be able to sell me a replacement fan...

Hi! I posted here a while back about help with brushrolls and I received some great advice which absolutely helped me in my restoration process so far. I'm hoping you guys can help me with another issue. I've been restoring this hoover model 300 for the past year or so now. However now that...

Hi, I'm a bit new to vintage vaccums so please excuse me if I'm asking a newbie question. I am restoring both a model 300 and a model 700 special (updated to a 725) vacuum cleaners. I would like to use them for use in my weekly cleaning. However, The beater bar that the model 300 came with has...