another Junior

[anthony]

Hi everyone another hoover junior is saved from the tip i got it from one of my old ladies at work she asked me if i would empty her vac as she couldent manage it herself it was one of those bagless things a Morphy richards i think after doing so she asked me to put it back in the cupboard under the stairs and what do you think was tucked away at the back you guessed it

 

[anthony]

more pics

the photo above was after a strp down and a good clean the old lady told me she stopped using it because the zip on the bag got stuck stopping her from emptying it i have never seen a junior with a fuller bag the dirt was up to the top of the bag and over the top of the plastic tube i did try to take aphoto but the bag just fell apart as i got the zip up this is what i found when removing the bottom cover

 

[midcenturyfan]

That's lovely! Well done for saving it.

 

[anthony]

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part way through the clean up

 

[anthony]

brush roll

rusty brushroll cleaned up nice with the dremell then sprayed black the brush strips were in good condition

 

[anthony]

another

i remember as an aprentice my boss remarking about the change Hoover made from alloy to plastic body machines and here we are 30 odd years later still working all this machine needed parts wise was a new belt guard and a new bellows plus a good bath of course all looks very familiar dosnt it

 

[anthony]

more pics

more cotton and carpet threads

 

[anthony]

another

a bit cleaner the motor was stripped the bearings lubed and lots of muck hooovered out then reasembled

 

[anthony]

another

another

 

[anthony]

junior

the machine also had an almost complete set of tools the only thing missing was the most important bit THE CONVERTOR we emptied the cupboard looking for it no joy im afraid . After the clean up i took it in the house and tried it out it works a treat theres that familiar droning sound that i love that you only get with a Hoover cheers Tony

 

[anthony]

junior

incidentaly the the v shaped cut in the front of the tool port was caused by this machin having the wrong belt fitted it had the flat belt on it used by the later junior although how it worked i have no idea maybe thats why the belt guard was missing i have seen these with all kinds of mutilations over the years i got one in once with a plastic bag fitted in place of the paper one and it was full of dirt

 

[twocvbloke]

Jeeeeez, I thought the motors being packed with fluff and debris was bad, but that one has to be a record or something... :S

At least they're pretty easy to strip & clean out though...

 

[vintagerepairer]

Yes, it's a wonder the whole street didn't catch fire.

 

[alexhoovers94]

You have probably seen these already but this was mine inside before and after the clean up, I thought mine was bad but yours seems some what worse.

 

[alexhoovers94]

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[alexhoovers94]

For some reason mine leans forward alot :S ahh well.
Does yours? and is it all origonal.

 

[vintagerepairer]

It's leaning forward because of that small split in the rear of the housing. It allows more flexibility through the hood now. I don't know why but the U1012 hood was prone to splitting and any cracks will compromise the rigidity of the overall structure.

 

[alexhoovers94]

Ahh right, ok, thanks for the info, however the crack had been glued up and had a piece of thick plastic on the back side to stiffen it a little.
Also I think I did a post on this or something but I am not entirely sure, but, why does the zip not go all the way to the bottom on this particular junior? it seams to do on other juniors I have used/seen.

 

[hoovermanmick]

hoover junior

heres mine