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(Reply to Watsonw) Yes, the new GA70 we bought in 1976 came with the 3-way nozzle - when I worked at the Nilfisk service centre, we were able to order spares for them, mainly wear items like the rubber 'bumper', the brush strip (I used old ones bent into a curve for cleaning the motor fans), the...

I cut my teeth learning to vacuum with an Electrolux Z90 as a small kid. I remember being scared of it when the motor armature shorted, resulting in an impressive firework display under the white cover. A service man called and I eagerly watched him strip down the motor/fan assy, fitting a new...

I am a new arrival to this forum and this is an old thread, but i would like to add a few helpful hints as my first 'proper' job was as a service engineer for a cleaning company who were official Nilfisk agents. Indeed, my boss, Tony, once worked for the Nilfisk head office in Cookstown...

Thanks for the replies. Yes, Nilfisk were Danish - named after the surnames of their original owners: Nielsen and Fisker. They did some large commercial/industrial vacs, namely the following: GA71/GS81: A medium-sized metal oval-bodied cleaner with the same motor as the domestic vacs and a heavy...

Hello, Thought I would give a quick run-down of Nilfisk models. Nilfisk (formerly Tellus) were a popular brand back in Ireland for many years. They are Danish in origin, the brand is a combination of the surnames of the company's original founders, Nielsen and Fisker. In Ireland, their head...

Hello, Peter here from Limerick, Ireland. I am also on the autowasher forum. I work in factory maintenance for a semiconductor manufacturing firm, but I spent 2 happy years away form home in my first real job from '87 to '89 as a repair technician at a cleaning supply firm who were official...