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<blockquote data-quote="vintagehoover" data-source="post: 18018" data-attributes="member: 45"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Marty - The shine was really a consequence of my attempts to remove the big dirt-patch from the top of the motor (can be seen in the earlier pictures) - I think it was made up of motor oil and dust, probably baked on with motor heat! I used WD40 and white spirit, then some ordinary furniture polish once the stain had gone. Took about 10 mins to remove it all!Jeff - It seems to run fine, although the brushes are quite worn, and aren&#039;t really in much contact with the floor. Your motor cap with a headlamp sounds quite interesting, I&#039;d love to see a picture. I know these were available as aftermarket accessories, and were often fitted to Hoover Specials which started life as non-headlamp models. You never know, it might be quite a rare find! Certainly keep the lamp-cap if you do decide to replace it with an original, I wouldn&#039;t have thought there&#039;d be many 541 lamp-caps around.[ATTACH=full]4043[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vintagehoover, post: 18018, member: 45"] [b]:)[/b] Marty - The shine was really a consequence of my attempts to remove the big dirt-patch from the top of the motor (can be seen in the earlier pictures) - I think it was made up of motor oil and dust, probably baked on with motor heat! I used WD40 and white spirit, then some ordinary furniture polish once the stain had gone. Took about 10 mins to remove it all! Jeff - It seems to run fine, although the brushes are quite worn, and aren't really in much contact with the floor. Your motor cap with a headlamp sounds quite interesting, I'd love to see a picture. I know these were available as aftermarket accessories, and were often fitted to Hoover Specials which started life as non-headlamp models. You never know, it might be quite a rare find! Certainly keep the lamp-cap if you do decide to replace it with an original, I wouldn't have thought there'd be many 541 lamp-caps around. [ATTACH=full]4043[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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