vacuumchannel6
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If you guys know my YouTube channel you've probably seen this a few times this is my 1991 Hoover Elite II. This was my very first marketplace purchase in my life and it was $30 and it came with every single one of its attachments the only problem was it has a hairline crack on the motor cap which is in a big problem and it's still works all right. All I need to do is clean the chassis and get a new belt and bulb in it. I went ahead and put a cwp roller in it even though the original roller it had was fine. My goal is to make this in near refurbished condition and is also my main house vacuum. Since it has all of the attachments. Quite frankly I have way too many vacuums in my collection and need to downsize so I can't wait for the day when I get rid of alot of them. But of course I am keeping some gems. And this will be one of them. The rugs that we have are kind of hard to push normal vacuums on but this one does a great job and isn't too hard. And I'm also pretty sure this is an uncommon model. The story of this one was a hoarder had it the lady who was selling it inherited after she passed (rest in peace) and I guess she never really ended up using it only using it a few times telling by the condition and then when it got inherited it got used a little bit but the lady said that she didn't really have any use for it cuz she had another vacuum system I think it was a central but I can't remember.
Super Glue which I had to scrounge for and was already low on it to the point to where I had to use vice grips to squeeze the rest out. Well while the parts was washing I was looking at the motor and examining the cracks and I noticed that they were a lot worse than what I thought they were last time I looked at it and I was tinkering with the end of it where the motor shaft extrudes and all of a sudden a huge chunk fell off, now me being on a time crunch and having to get to bed early because I have work tomorrow even though it's night shift I want to get enough rest although for some reason I end up going to bed late anyway lol. I scrounged for my Loctite even though it was low i glued that chunk back on then applied it to the rest of the cracks and you can see where all of them are where I applied the glue. Now after all the parts got done washing in the dishwasher I hit them with some Polish and I greased the chassis, Height adjustment, motor mounts, even the release lever. By then the super glue was nearly dry but not completely dry especially around the end of the motor, everywhere else was ok, and since I can't wait all night and I need this thing put back together TONIGHT since I wasn't expecting to do all this and have this thing dismantled in my room along with my already dismantled Iona Dirt Raider I'm doing a refurb on and need a tool to fix the threads. I grabbed my electrical tape and wrapped it around it and then grab my razor and cut off the excess around the end. Put it back together and I wiped off the excess Grease and is fully functional but does need a new motor cap. Keep in mind I did end up buying a motor cap a long time ago for this but it was the wrong one but yet it was the right color. I guess it was for a newer one but still had the gray color this one has. If anybody can link me to a period correct motor cap in this color please link me or see if you could sell me one I would be happy to pay for a new motor cap that is correct. Otherwise the Teardown went good but could have gone better if it wasn't for that pesky Motor cap. And it's still fully functional and runs fine, just the end of the motor is held together by super glue and electrical tape and that's kinda ghetto lol. So if anyone can link me to a motor cap for this it'd be greatly appreciated! Anyway I'm going to Celebrate with some Taco Bell chicken quesadillas and Nacho Fries and be glad this thing is still functional.
