1989 Electroluz Z616E

[vacuumlover]

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[vacuumlover]

Sum up ~

So a sum up of what needed doing ~

New plug

New filter

New bag

New belt

and eventually a new brush roll

And of course a darn good clean.

So anyway thanks for reading

 

[paulinroyton]

@vacuumlover

Congratulations on your new finds. They have cleaned up well. What do you use to polish the vacs.

Paul

 

[vacuumlover]

@paul

thanks

To polish i use Wilko's own brand dash board spray polish ( 2x coats ) then to seal it all in i use "Lord Sheraton caretaker wood balsam" ( 2x coats )

I have to buff it all out by hand ( unfortunately ) so i use three different cloths. Gradually getting to softer cloths.

Hope this helps

 

[jmurray01]

I am disappointed to see what I can only assume was an oversight by Electrolux in reply #6 where it states that the bag should be "emptied regularly" rather than REPLACED. 


 


This would have led to a lot of people using bags over and over, which people already tried to do anyway, they didn't need encouragement from the manufacturer!

 

[turbo500]

the bag should be "emptied regularly"

No, Jamie. Most brands back then, Hoover included, had a bag slide so that the bag could be emptied instead of instantly disposed of. Electrolux recommended using a bag twice before throwing it away. I believe Hoover was the same.

 

[turbo500]

Bit of history....

The Electrolux 600 series was launched in - the first domestic upright in the UK to feature a built in hose and was advertised as "the vac with the hose at the back".


 


The original lineup was the 610 and 612 Electronic and were Electrolux top of the line upright. The lower spec uprights were the 551 and 561, which were more modern variations on the older 500 series that had been in production since 1971.

The original 610 and 612 were riddled with problems - bits snapping off and hoses splitting, plus a major issue with the chassis cracking. There were a heap of variations on the 610 and 612 with very slight design modifications, until they were superseded by the 614 and 616 in 1989. The 614 and 616 were pretty much identical the the 610 and 612 except for the colour, but had many subtle design changes to make them more solid.

The 600 series was discontinued in 1991 after the launch of the Contour (which was, in my opinion, a far inferior cleaner but more solid).

Below is a pic from Argos Spring-Summer 1989 where you can see both the 614 and 616. You can also see the z1055 and z1065, which were the mid-range uprights at the time with the 400 "Lite" uprights being the BOL.

 

[jmurray01]

"<a name="start_28881.322819"></a>No, Jamie. Most brands back then, Hoover included, had a bag slide so that the bag could be emptied instead of instantly disposed of. Electrolux recommended using a bag twice before throwing it away. I believe Hoover was the same."


 


Fair point, although the wording implies that replacement is not necessary and therefore people would go by the sticker and discard the "use twice only" notice on the bag in most cases.


 


 

 

[vacuumlover]

@turbo500

thanks for the info

 

[seanc]

What a nice blast from the past! An old next door neighbour had one of these when I was young, never knew what type of Electrolux it was. It always had a taped together hose - this was it!

We had the Kirby Legend II at the time.

 

[vintagerepairer]

I have to say I had no idea that the price of the Panasonic upright was so low. No wonder they were such a popular choice - terrific value for money when one looks at what was on offer.

 

[turbo500]

the price of the Panasonic upright was so low

I agree, Benny. Great value for money. They were real workhorses. My Mum's MC-E44 is still going, although it's retired now. But we had that in use for 17 years.


 


The price of the Panasonic's increased slightly when the full line up was expanded to include the 42 and 43. I believe the prices were £99, £109 and £119, but I'd need to double check that.


 


Just for refernece, £89.95 when adjusted for inflation is £215.64

 

[vintagerepairer]

It's a lot of money now, but when compared to the other cleaners it stands next to, it's staggering what one got for the price with the Panasonic. The fact that the Argos exclusive basic Hoover Turbopower is a whole £20 more and for a whole lot less in return is also testement to the Hoover brand reputation and it's "worth" back then too.

 

[gsheen]

I love the old 600 series. Not the most reliable but i thought they were awesome. We got the 610 ans 612 first then the grey 614 and a green 616. I need to get these in my collection. They were made here locally in Cape Town at electrolux's manufacturing plant in Cape Town

 

[vintagerepairer]

It is fair to say that most of the problems with the 600 series cleaner were in the cleaning head. Although these cleaners looked super-modern at that time (the design being very similar to Hitachi and Hotpoint cleaners of the same era), I do think Electrolux would have been better off using one of their existing designs of cleaner when making their first range with on-boards tools.

It would have required some redesigning of course, but I think the Twin Turbo cleaner could have been adapted to take a set of fitted tools and would have been a "safer" bet. The design of the 600 was over complicated and used far too much plastic in the wrong areas.

 

[gsheen]

We had two main problems here in Sa. First the base that broke. Second was the motor fans on the early models exploding and shredding. This was solved with a fan redesign.

 

[vacuumlover]

@gsheen

there was a small crack in my chassis ( i think it was more from accidental user fault and or most likely age ) also that about the fan sounds scary

 

[vacuumlover]

@jmurray01

Infact Hoover did say about the same thing ( ill get a picture later ) on the Turbopower 1 cleaners.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Wow.

The Turbomaster looks stunning on that Catalogue scan

 

[gsheen]

I was so upset when my mom came home with a Turbomaster and not a Blue Electrolux 612. I loved the Electrolux but the Turbo master was in reality the better purchase. The Electrolux only trumped it in Hose suction.