Al's New Finds 18 08 09

[vacbear58]

In a thread on the vintage forum, I mentioned that I had got a Turbomaster, here it is ...

 

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Rear view

I was looking out my office window (1st Floor) at the skip (dumpster) that was next door where they were moving out. I noticed a grey cleaner, was it a Panasonic? ...no, maybe a Turbopower. I had a rule that I would not go beyond the 1104 Junior and the last Senior, but it was there, and for free ...

 

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All is revealed

I was especially pleased when I found it was not a Turbopower but a Turbomaster ..... Like all "big" Hoovers it suffers from "backward lean" but hey, it was free so I am not complaining

 

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Tools in place

Well, strictly tool, as the dust brush and crevice nozzle were missing, but I am still not complaining ....

 

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It needs a touch of Autosol ....

It just had a wipe over

 

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Did I mention it has the original Hoover/Everready plug?

Well i didn't, sorry the pic is a bit fuzzy

 

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Closeup 1

The selector, to direct the suction to brushroll or to tools

 

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Closeup 2

It has an interesting arrangement where the brushroll belt is physically moved over the drive roller when the handle is lowered. I will do pics of this later, but there is also a control to stop this happening when cleaning hard floors

 

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And finally ...

Height selector. Oh and can someone tell me how to remove teh lens cap to replace the bulb please?

 

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The other one ....

Remember my rule about no Turbo powers .... Well this cropped up on ebay recently, close enough to easily collect and at the bargan price of £1.24 (thats less than $2.00)I could not resist this little beauty

 

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Rear view

I was stunned by its condition, the instruction book (bonus!) was dated 1999 and the cleaner is supurb! It was owned by a little old lady, apparently she only used it on a sunday ....

 

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Sideways on ...

I have never had much experience of Turbopowers, but it is light to carry and use, and has great suction

 

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Brushroll

The heart of the matter, and it really SOUNDS like a Hoover

 

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Its called a Junior

I am not sure that I would call it a "proper" Junior but thats what the instruction book says ....

 

[portable]

Alistair -

Why was the Turbomaster in the trash? Was there something wrong with it?

 

[vacbear58]

No, not at all

It appears to be working fine, excepting that I think it needs a new headlight. The business next door closed down (it was a branch so staff were transferred elsewhere) and the building was cleared for re-furbishment. It was not the only thing that I got from the skip, but no more cleaners. I hate to see things wasted when clearly they still have useful life in them, not to mention the envoirnmental considerations.
Al

 

[joe22]

awesome vacs, love the jr.

 

[ibaisaic]

To replace the headlight bulb, you need to remove the whole hood, not just the lens cover.

I think you need to remove the agitator first and undo four or five screws.

The Turbomaster you have is the Electricity Board exclusive version, hence the fitted Hoover branded plug.

 

[vintagehoover]

Hey Al! Great finds - do NOT let anyone talk that TM out of your hands! ;p

Roger, I have to disagree with you; I'm 99.99% sure that if you take the lens cover off, the bulb should pull out of the socket, and a new one will push straight in.

Al, if you can wait, I'll show you how to do the bulb when I see you next week!