1st Lux Upright

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I know these old uprights well, I have close to a half dozen of them, 2 or 3 brown ones and 2 or 3 grey ones. They still work, though right now they don't see much use as my house doesn't have carpet! I think they really have quite good suction power. Here's a picture of one of mine that's in one of my vacuum rooms at my house.

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@vacuumdevil

Yes indeed, that is indeed a Nilfisk backpack vacuum, still works, it was going to be thrown out but I grabbed it. It has a whole box full of filters but no bags, I also have a hip style vac of another brand, it too was going to be thrown out but I grabbed it as well
 
I really like these uprights. I’ve had several in the past. They have good suction with the Super J motor and I think they clean a tad better than the later elux uprights. They are bulky but push easily. I have the attachment kits and optional agitators (soft, three-row, and beater brush combination). The plastics do get brittle over time and the cover on the one I was recently given broke. So, I did some creative engineering and used metal tabs and longer screws to hold the cover down. This is also how the upper body pivots/ is attached to the base. I discovered the special tool to take the cover off is just a torx bit.

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The other special tool--

--is to lock the spring before removing the elbo cover.When the handle is lowered as if to clean under bed you will see a hole on each side of spring for tool to fit and lock as it should be before removing upper body.The warning label means what it says!!
 


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