Dyson DC27 refurb

[thekirbylover]

I saw it on ebay for a grand sum of £15 for local collection, they advertised it as spares or repair as the "main hoover worked but the back pipe doesn't", well I thought at least the motor worked so I took the plunge and pressed buy it now, when I got it home I noticed an obvious reason why the hose had no suction, it didn't have the clear U bend piece, luckily the hose is intact and I cant seem to see any tears in it, anyway enough of me rambling here it is, as I type this its currently drying out after a bath and rinse.

 

[thekirbylover]

I absolutely hate these clear cleaner heads, they are going to be a real nightmare for collectors in the future.

 

[thekirbylover]

I have no idea how on earth such a large ball of hair got there, I can only presume that the old owner filled it way past the max line on more then one occasion.

 

[thekirbylover]

As you can see there is no U bend luckily they are very cheap to buy so one has been ordered.

 

[thekirbylover]

The dismantling starts I can not believe the volume of hair on the roller.

 

[thekirbylover]

This really puzzled me at first after about half an hour and every obscenity under the sun I had got it off.

 

[thekirbylover]

Wiring reference for later on.

 

[thekirbylover]

Here is the mound of hair that came off the roller, its a small dog!!

 

[thekirbylover]

After washing all the parts in the bath I set to work on the filters, unfortunately I only got a picture of the pre motor filter but by god it was absolutely disgusting.

 

[thekirbylover]

And this draws us to an end tonight, here are all the parts drying out on my bedroom floor (excuse the mess).

 

[panasonicvac]

I bought a red model refurbished (almost new) years ago and I was overall disappointed with it. It wasn't really a bad machine but the main reason I returned it was because it was destroying our carpets.

 

[thekirbylover]

@panasonicvac

Are you sure your not on about the American DC28 Airmuscle I have one of those imported and absolutely love it, Im not to sure the dc27 was sold in America (there is of course a possibility), anyway after a lot of stress its finally back together.

 

[thekirbylover]

Love the unusual bronze metallic color used, this is quite unusual for dyson as all their Animal machines are usually purple, maybe they were going for a higher end look.

 

[thekirbylover]

The filter literally looks like new and smells amazing.

 

[thekirbylover]

And here is the newly cleaned brush roll and housing, I also installed a new clutch to give it a performance boost, well thats all for now hope you enjoyed my thread.

 

[panasonicvac]

Not the DC28

They DID had a DC27 in the U.S. I think it was only sold in 2 different colors but they are not common here as far as I'm aware of.

 

[suckolux]

Nice work