1975 Hoover Senior Ranger U4002 Restoration

[alexhoovers94]

I bought a Senior Ranger off eBay last week for £60, seems a it steep but it in in fantastic condition.


The motor Runs pretty well as it is but I will open it up and clean and lubricate the bearings. The machine is just more or less dirty but I think it will turn out to be a diamond in the rough!


 


I understand this is the First Senior Ranger model introduced in 1974/75 so mine is an early one, I think it looks a lot nicer than the later U4014 that seems to be quite a famous cleaner as it was used in the classic Shake n' Vac advert.


 


Anyway, here is the picture from the eBay listing.


 


 

 

[alexhoovers94]

It arrived today (Friday 13th!!)

I was happy to see it arrived in a box rather than bin bags like many eBay sellers post vacuums in with little to no protection!! I was aware this model had plastic cord hooks as mid 70s onwards Junior and Seniors had so I was worried they would of snapped off in transit but the seller did wrap bubble wrap around the hooks, which I was pleasantly surprised to see. Needless to say, the cord hooks were/are intact.

[this post was last edited: 11/13/2015-18:13]

 

[alexhoovers94]

No before photos unfortunately as I forgot to take some! Never mind, here it is all disassembled ready to go into the bath, aside the motor, of course!

 

[alexhoovers94]

Cant believe how mustard it is compared to the bath! lol.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Dirty water after bathing and look at all the grit at the bottom. lol.

 

[alexhoovers94]

All drying now

 

[alexhoovers94]

The bag was washed in the washing machine, it was filthy, I mean just look at the eBay pic and then look at the bag in this pic lol. Now I need to clean up the motor, re-lube the brushroll bearings and get some new belts and it should be ready to roar again. I will post updates when I am at the next stage but this is as far as I have got up to now.

 

[vacuumlover]

Nice find. Done a good job as always

 

[alexhoovers94]

Thanks

 

[vintagerepairer]

Great job, but it looks luke you got the dirty water all over the wall tiles and grout! Easily done of course.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Lol the tile grouting is dirty anyway, it is past spray and cloths, they need steam cleaning again. Not been done for a bit.

 

[alexhoovers94]

The machine is all back together, I have ordered new carbon brushes as they were worn out and a new genuine white cord as the old one was torn in a few places. Belts are on the way too, then it will be all ready to go.

[this post was last edited: 11/15/2015-19:22]

 

[warcake]

Such a beautiful machine! I'm not normally a fan of this model during most years, but this one is truly wonderful to look at in such pristine condition.

 

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