Bad Me...I got a Bronze Lux G with hose..I need to share

[camelotshadow]

Fed Ex has it...Argh

Good news is its estimated delivery is tomorrow 6/13
ooooh

Friday the 13th

LOL

Is it possible to be on the truck 6/11 & arrive in CA in 3 days from Maryland?

Ship date
Jun 10, 2008

Estimated delivery
Jun 13, 2008


Destination
Valley village, CA

Service type
Home Delivery

Weight
24.0 lbs.



Status
Departed FedEx location




Date/Time

Activity

Location

Details


Jun 11, 2008 8:32 AM

Departed FedEx location

HAGERSTOWN, MD

Next scheduled tracking update: Jun 13, 2008


Jun 10, 2008 7:17 PM

Arrived at FedEx location

HAGERSTOWN, MD


Coming Home Delivery so I think they deliver Sat too.

OOOh Goody 24 lb baby

lol

 

[camelotshadow]

Seems late G model has smaller bearings

Found an armature rewound for a G etc

States:

...........Early G Front Ball Bearing has 1 Inch Outside Dimension.

........DOES NOT FIT LATE G MOTOR. (Smaller Diameter Bearing.


So motors are not interchangeable or at least the parts aren't

Can't wait to compare/test the G's with a hose...

 

[lux1521]

Yeah, there were a few bearing changes between the Model 30 and the Super J motors. The model 30 had a small rear bearing (commutator end) and a large front bearing. On these older motors neither bearing was sealed and they could be greased occasionaly. I guess at some point they switched the small rear bearing for a sleeve bearing. I'd imagine at some point after that the large front bearing was switched to a smaller bearing set. At some point they must have switched to the more modern sealed bearing sets.

I think most of the motors out there and probably all motors from 1968 to 1983 were the small ball / sleeve type which I have the most experience with.

 

[camelotshadow]

Interesting but still somewhat greek to me

Might be getting over my head

I understand but don't have the experi9encve or is it practicval 4 me to be playing w bearing in motors

what can I do w the motor
don't think I can use brushes as I originally hoped

Just finished anothe rescue

the eureka brown esp vibra groom 2
LOL

6.5 amps

never did I see so much hair on the brushroll

the belt was displaced 1/4 in
of course woudn't turn
someone tried
you cab see the rubber on the bottom plate where it rubbed

took off some hair to test it
got rollr to go
then belt broke

so thats what I did today

Figured I'd try it
if nothing least its something to trade
or I can use the parts

Yeah, feeling like a vac junkie
LOL

 

[camelotshadow]

It's in CA so should be here tomorrow

Yeah~

May just arrive with a Filter queen I bought as the PN & wand & access came today parcel post

Boy that's going to be alot of cleaning

Estimated delivery
Jun 14, 2008

Destination
Valley village, CA

Status
Jun 13, 2008 6:38 PM
Arrived at FedEx location

BLOOMINGTON, CA

This should be fun

 

[lux1521]

I can't wait to hear how it goes. I have a bit of a history with the tan model g but I won't get into that at the moment.

 

[camelotshadow]

Gee's here....

LOL

I'm pleased as its Gerrific.

Shipper did a great job

It works nice
Hose losing alot but it still works
Have to get a vinyl hose


Wiped the vac down
it was almost like new
has on set scratches on rear could have even been the wand did it during shipping.
Least he packed everything in plastic & wrapped the vac in paper. Could be better but could be alot worse
Cord retractor works cord is good.

I haven't even touched the floor tool & its very clean.

2 alum wands & a electrolux cream crevice tool prob not orig to machine

Metal bag insert in great condition

Machine was well kept
Had a real old bag in it with a ounce of dirt.

Don't think its been used in a long time
Probably has had light use

YEAH!

Here she is....a sweetie

Bird likes it too as its quiet

 

[camelotshadow]

What era lux bag?

corecttion: theres less than I had thought
very lil doesn't even cover fraction of bottom

I took pics as I unwrapped LOL

I know I'm vac nuts

Here she is right out of the box with paper n bag removed

What a joy to get a good vac

 

[charles~richard]

Very nice tan G, a real sweetie! That color is fairly scarce these days, because it was only made for not even a year, as opposed to about seven years for the turquoise.

This model was the second vacuum cleaner my parents bought; I clearly remember the day I came home from school on a warm, sunny spring day in 1968 (when I was in the 6th grade) and I heard the sound of a vacuum cleaner running. I knew it was not Mama's old, battered E-Automatic because that sweeper made a distinctive hissing sound. Long story on that; suffice it to say that that poor vacuum had a long and difficult life due to my "experimenting" on it from the time I was about three years old.

Anyway, I followed the sound into my parents' bedroom and there was Mama, merrily vacuuming - almost dancing with it! - with a glistening new Electrolux Tan G! Turns out the Electrolux man had come while I was at school (which really pissed me off!) and he talked Mama and Daddy into getting a new vacuum. She was as happy as she could be to finally have a sweeper that she didn't have to drag around on its side because its wheels had been amputated!

Seeing the gleam in my eye, she glared at me, wagged her finger and sternly declared, "YOU keep your HANDS OFF!" Well, that didn't last long needless to say!

They did not get the power nozzle, thought it was "too expensive" and the house had mostly hardwood floors anyway, other than one large oval woven rug in the living room and some throw-rugs. I was still kinda mad that they didn't get a power nozzle, though!

---

Thanks also for the photo of the L bag cage. I have not looked at my Ls for quite a long time and forgot that they had this sort of perforated cage, which, yes, would be much more efficient than the single hole in the end. I am not sure when that variation came out but I know that both of my Silverados have it.

 

[camelotshadow]

Thanks, I think I got a good one
Still need a hose
so my orig quest goes on...

LOL

Looking into the aftermarket non electric plastic.
Should really make it a great old sucker.

Electrolux was my first love

Turquoise is a sweetie too

Yeah power nozzle isn't really great for a scatter rug
just tears up edges & your parents were probably right on not getting it but least they got the new G.

Why did the white letters seem to fade when I tried to clean them with a toothbrush it was a soft

Darn too much love I guess...

OOOh well

 

[lux1521]

That is a very nice looking tan g. The paint is real nice and I think that is the most important thing about getting an older Electrolux. Everything else can be dealt with but the paint can't be easily replaced.

I think some people here might have a solution to your missing white lettering. As for me, that is one trick I really don't know much about. The thing is, we collectors tend to find solutions to these things so I bet someone has a trick.

The aftermarket hose is a real good investment. I can't stand using an original hose with a leak once I have used a modern hose. Between the light weight, added flexibility, and the huge suction increase, it makes the vacuum experience quite different.

 

[camelotshadow]

It's in good shape
not perfect but
for a 40 year old machine
its really exceptional
well to me anyway

Hose is there
used not perfect has a dent

Machine has all its body parts
now m=noticed the turq G is missing the round exhaust cap
You don't even notice it should have one until you see one with it..lol

It had really fine white letters when it came
a light few strokes with a soft toothbrush some sudsy water
& it went away
first I thought maybe it was the water & it would whiten when it dried
but it really did take away alot of the white

It still is a good machine but shame that white comes off so easily


Here it is before
I wouldn;t have touched it but thought that dark spot was dirty so figured I get a brush in there to clean it out
went over the letters & the white faded

 

[camelotshadow]

Just opening the box pic

peeking out the box...

Hi...feed me I;m hungry

lol

 

[arh1953]

I like the tan G and the colored Canadian models after seeing Electrolux blues for years. My first three collecting Luxes were gold or brown. I have three blue ones since then.

 

[lux1521]

Yeah, seeing the front of that model g brings back some memories.

My grandmother had one of those. It was in great shape, but the front kept poping open. It was probably a very simple problem. Anyway, she opted to throw it out instead of letting me have it. I was quite ticked off to say the least. Luckily, she never kept the original combo duster on the machine and it was still in the closet and I got that, and still use it with my Super J. I also got the manual at some later point. When I got the manual was the first time I had ever known what a vintage Electrolux PN looked like.

The other thing I also remember is the smell of the bags. I think the rubber seal had some kind of smell.

It was my first encounter with a electrolux of that era. Since then I have only owned 2 cleaners of that type, a Model R and a Model L. My great grandmother had a model 30 which was extremely different experience.

 

[camelotshadow]

Hey the front did pop open
On its first start it ate the whole plastic bag that it came in
& the door popped open

LOL

Happens on the newer models also but
doesn't have the affect

LOL

I wasn't sure what happened
so for a few seconds I pondered
arrrgh hope its not one of them problematic ones

but that was its last performance

so the function works when I suppose a certain amount of air is cur off.

That plastic bag was a good size & would fill the bag

Thats a shame she didn't let you try to fix the G

Least it doesn;t shoot the bag out or did it?

It was so fast
scared me
I don't think it has an eject....

Nice machine built like a tank
thats what I like about it

I'm still trying to figure out what darn old one I had
bronze or maybe even gray?

Wish I could remember

Has some scratches on left top rear right side is just some old adhesive maybe from a repair tag?
Few blemishes but really not bad at all

 

[lux1521]

No ejector on the model G. Only the LX and LXI had the ejector. Those things weigh a ton and are a bit overdone in the engineering department.

 

[charles~richard]

The white lettering was applied with a rub-on sort of material that came on a long roll - think of a roll of celophane tape about an inch wide x how many inches long, with many copies of the logo lettering on it one after another. I don't know what the white stuff was made of but am guessing something like the stuff that grease pencils are made of, because, as you have noticed, it's fairly easy to rub off.

The technician would line up the lettering on the tape with the dye-stamped logo on the side of the machine and then press down on the tape with a tool that had a 'reverse' logo outstamped on it, pushing the white stuff into the dye-stamped logo.

What I use to replace the lettering is oil-based soft pastel sticks (like Prismacolor). Yellow for E and AE, then white or very light gray for pretty much all the other models.

I heat up the lettering-area of the motor housing with a hair dryer, not too much, just so it's nice and warm, then rub the oil pastel stick into the logo until it's very full to overflowing.

Then I heat that area up a little bit again, then buff the excess off with a soft cloth. It will take a few back-and-forths (put more in, heat it up, rub it out, put more in, heat it up, rub it out, etc. etc. etc.) until the lettering is perfect.

 

[camelotshadow]

Well there's one demerit for LUX
Should put a warning do not wet the letters

LOL

Thats a good idea
I used to have some oil pastels
think I threw them out

Well, will have to figure something

Thanks