1998 Hoover Turbopower 2 U2090

[alexhoovers94]

Vintagerepairer...

Yes I did...I think that the picture might of been taken years before, the reason why I think this is because when I washed some of the plastic parts in the bath, the bag door said it was made in 1993, the hood said it was made in 1991! and the body was made in 1994, since the plastic was made for this machine years before it was out (from my knowledge) maybe pictures of an assembled machine before the Turbopower 3, as that is when they did away with the short crevice tool on the Turbopower 2, maybe they assemled one of these yellow ones and photographed it in the earlier 90's ready for Argos to put it in their catalouge in a few years time. That is my thought on the subject.

 

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At the bottom of the rear of the machine, you can see a circular cut out, if you will, where on Turbopower 3 models there would of been a little hook to attach the hose to, so the machine didn't fall over when cleaning upholstory.

 

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Rating sticker.

This one was made in 1998 and was the 21 st one off the production line, this is the newer type "Candy dating system" after the serial number there is another set of 4 four numbers, as you can see that is "9821" indicating it was the 21'st one off the production line, unfortunately, I don't think you can get a month from this style of dating system...This dating system applies for the new "Hoover" modles.


It says it is made in the E.C which is either Lisbon (Spain) or Cambuslang (Scotland, UK) I reckon this was probably made over here though.

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[vintagerepairer]

Well done

I have to confess I did not consider Hoover had made this model many years ahead of it going on sale and photographed it accordingly.

The dates on Hoover plastic parts have always been a source of mystery to me as many a 'new' model in a 'new' colour turned up with a relatively old date stamp on it. I have no knowledge of the processes as it has been well over 40 years since I last had any connection with production of goods, not since my time spent at Morphy Richards, and back then plastic was never really dated in this way.

 

[alexhoovers94]

The good old Activator.

The Purepowers of the same time had an Activator but it had shorter, softer brushes and less pronounced beater pads than  the Turbopower 2 brushroll.

 

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Now the manual.

As I stated earlier, the seller gave me the original manual, extra bags order form and guarantee card, unfortunately, I don't have a scanner so I took photos of them, I hope this doesn't spoil it for you!


 


There it is in it's original sealed packet...Isn't it weird to think that the documents inside the bag have not been touched by human hands in 15 years.

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I could not resist to see what was inside.

I know some of you would of kept that bag unopened, but curiosity got the better of me!!

 

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The guarantee card.

Front.

 

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After opening the front cover, this is what we see.

 

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A little flap/envelope for the order form/guarantee to send off.

 

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This is what we see inside when we open it up completely.

  

 

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Close up on the writing at the top.

  

 

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Now the back, which has an adress on.

That adress must of been the nearest Hoover dealer from the sellers location which was Oldam, Manchester, so it is probably mine too. I wonder if it is still there?...

 

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Here is the bags order for for Turbopower 2/3.

Front.

 

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Back.

  

 

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Address

Not quite, this was the UK national address for ordering spares. The department was called 'Gias UK' and they handled all aftercare issues, from parts to engineer visits. They had regional offices around the country who handled the bookings, but this was the HQ address of the company known as Gias.

I am not sure when Hoover stopped listing local service agents in their instruction packs. So few of them existed towards the end of the 1990's and from memory the rates which Hoover paid out to the agents was poor.

 

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Front.

 

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This may help

here:

http://www.candy-group.com/eng/gias/giasch.htm

 

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This is what we see when I open the front cover.

  

 

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The other page.

 

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After opening the flap on the left page we see this.

The parts diagram...As you can see it shows no dusting brush for this model. 

 

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After opening the flap on the right page we see this.

it is in two sections, so this is section 1.

 

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Section 2.

  

 

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After opening the manual up fully you can see.

The top left hand corner tells you about the on/off switch and the cleaning tools, which by the way you can see that it shows this model has no dusting brush.

 

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Moving down slightly to the centre of the page you can see.

A warning and imprortant note as well as the user checklist.

 

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Moving to the bottom left hand corner, you can see.

the "clearing a blockage"

 

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Moving to the bottom centre, you can see.

The "cleaning filters"

 

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At the top right hand corner you can see.

The "changing the bag"

 

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And in the bottom right hand corner you can see.

The "replacing the belt and brushes"

 

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And finally...The back cover.

Thanks for reading, if you made it right the way through! Haha. Alex.