Electrolux model F

[jo]

Yes

The original power cord was indeed a warm gray or tan.

The AF’s that were equipped with power nozzles had a small outlet added to the right side of the chrome trim along the top of the cleaner Close to the front.

It was a retrofit that the dealers could add I think if the customer opted for the power nozzle. Though some may have come from the factory with it...I was originally thinking the early F’s didn’t have it but this would be wrong as yours is a late F so this leads me to believe it was a retrofit. Likely the factory supplied dealers with a specially designed clipper to clip out the trim perfectly and this plug was designed to slip on the trim. This way they could do it right in the customers home in a few minutes and sell a lot of their model AE and AF customers from the last few years the new power nozzle without having to replace the entire machine. It wires directly back to the switch as I’ve disassembled mine just recently to paint it and mine has it. I have posted a picture of mine that shows it. There is a little rubber cover you have to lift to reveal the outlet, mine is starting to rip off unfortunately but I’m careful with it when I use it but I don’t need to use it much. Keep in mind that mine is repainted a hammered gold. Long story as to how it ended up repainted, but was indeed the same colors yours is when I got it and somewhat scratched and little tiny peppered rust spots on the upper half so it didn’t look great. For some dumb reason I decided to paint it dark bronze and that all chipped off horribly and it looked like crap so I did it again with better paint, several coats, And better prep and It looks much better. If I hadn’t had the gold hammered paint already I probably would have done my best to repaint it in spray paint as close to the original colors.

Electrolux used this little retrofit for many years and even included it on rebuilt G models that didn’t originally have the power outlet there. Most all models of the R, G, and L have the power Plug on the bottom by the right front wheel and a small portion of the early model G’s had them under the automatic control dial but that location tended to have problems with the cord pulling out so they moved it Just forward of the right front wheel Location where it had been on the model R which proved to not have that issue. This location was normal through 1979, When the last of the Model L’s was made using a “pigtail” electric hose or non electric hose with external wire wrap on the hose.

You can retrofit your machine to work with a power nozzle by adding the outlet but obtaining one would be a challenge. I once used a power nozzle sheath cord to add one to an old AF that did not have one...those cords are more readily available. I just drilled a hole in the metal trim to feed the cord through and back to the switch...the end of the cord with the plug did dangle off the trim though.

The power nozzle makes the machine up to date And highly effective and easy for carpet cleaning Removing stuck on fuzz, threads, pet hair and the like in one stroke and even fluffing the nap and the power nozzle glides over the carpet effortlessly. So easily some people felt like it wasn’t doing a good job, but it indeed does.. Back in the 60’s the Electrolux with the power nozzle was rated number 1 by consumer reports as the best cleaning vacuum cleaner.

My Mom had a model S with no power nozzle and when my parents replaced all the carpet in the house with light Creamy yellow Carpet In the 70’s, she had the Electrolux salesman out to get the power nozzle. Unfortunately the model S could not be retrofitted with the power nozzle and I think she just really wanted a whole new vacuum for the best suction and to keep the other for the garage and basement so she bought the model L with the power nozzle and electric hose in 1972 or 73. I still remember sitting on the stairs when the salesman sold her the Model L as I was only 4 or 5. She still has both machines today and the model L is still in great shape...the S runs but being a basement and garage vac for all these years it has gotten dented up. Likely from my Dad not being too careful with it.

Jon

 

[detroitdirtbag]

I see 2 diff cord types reels on the F’s. Mine doesn’t have the chrome band around. What’s the story on the diff?

 

[detroitdirtbag]

I preserved the vac bag cover, not sure why, but it is from the 70’s.

 

[jo]

Cord reel

The smaller one with the chrome band is an older version. It is similar to the all chrome ones on earlier models in design. The one you have is the newer version.

That bag package may in fact be an original from when the vacuum was new! The ones from the 70s looked different. But if not, it’s definitely from the mid 60’s as Electrolux changed their logo name design in the mid to late 60’s to have that ocular rectangle around the name which was in all caps. This was in preparation to the introduction of the model 1205 with that overall shape to the cleaner body in 1968 but the Logo was introduced a few years earlier as I’ve seen Model G manuals with the new logo and the model G was the predecessor to the 1205. The new name logo I mention may be on your crevice tool, it looks more recent.

It’s certainly fun to have something retro To the machine and that bag package indeed is.

Jon

 

[dysonman1]

The 1959 models of Automatic F came factory-equipped with the power nozzle outlet along the top trim. The Power Nozzle was $49.75 extra. The Electrolux-built cord winders had a black cord with belden end. It wasn't until second year of the model G that Electrolux made their own plugs and did away with belden.

 

[jo]

Also

This newer version cordwinder you have was continued on the model R, and model L through 1979. It was colored in the light tan or cream. For the F, R, and early white L’s then a teal blue for the model L, in 1968 and then a metallic Gold for the last few years of the model L. I’ve never opened an older model as I’ve only had one for a short time and it worked fine on a model E, but I have had many of the newer ones. The internal design is identical to the integrated one on the model G and that may be why it was redesigned...to use the same parts.

Jon

 

[human]

Power Nozzles...

I can attest to the difference a power nozzle and a good hose make. I have two Electrolux 1205s, one of which my dad rescued from a neighbor's trash pile in about 1981. It had a very leaky non-electric hose and no power nozzle. It was practically useless on the shag carpet we had in the house at the time. I got hold of my second 1205 at a thrift store in 2004 and it had a braided electric hose and PN1. Amazingly, the hose didn't leak terribly much, although the plastic pistol grip was cracked where it met the hose. The difference between the two machines was like night and day. I found the original 1205 in my parents' attic four years ago and carried it home with the idea of it serving as a parts donor for my other one, should the need ever arise but out of curiosity, I put a good vinyl hose and a power nozzle on it (probably the first time it had ever had one attached and also the first time the machine had been powered up at all in about 20 years) and gave it a test run. I was amazed that it performed every bit as well as the other one and now it is every bit the workhorse as any of my other Electrolux canisters.

 

[detroitdirtbag]

I got the flip brush today from eBay, it’s almost nOS.
I sent the cord winder off today to get rebuilt.
Here’s the crevasse too. I’m guessing she had to but the dust brush then, something is on the receipt for under a dollar.

I guess good thing I saved the bag package, I sprayed it with water, then cut 2 PCs of pink foam for inside. Pressed it overnight. $3.45 for 18 bags, it’s gotta be old.

 

[jo]

Interesting dysonman1

What’s odd is his Mom’s receipt of purchase of this machine shows December 1959 but there is NO power nozzle outlet on the machine. So perhaps the factory Was sending some out with The outlet and some without the outlet...though it is possible I guess that it was from 1958 and sat in the dealer’s stock room for a while if more people were buying with the power nozzle until someone came along wanting one without the power nozzle.

Jon

 

[detroitdirtbag]

The brush I just got in the mail is a later version, it has the real rubber, but it was so new I just had to have. I did buy a tan rubber one, hope it’s older and has the correct slot on the one side. We shall see.

 

[jo]

Nice

That’s a beautiful teal and tan rug and floor tool, hard to find those in that combination of colors in that good of condition, usually they are well worn and the bumper corners are well rounded from wear like your original.

The dusting brush/upholstery tool is original and matching colors...nice...the crevice tool looks like it’s a 1974-1982 series cream colored and has the new Electrolux logo I mentioned started in the late 60’s but not with this coloring until 1974.

You are familiar with how the dusting brush works, right? The wings flip out and you can put the hose into the bristle end and I now it’s an upholstery tool and can even contour to rounded arms on wing chairs and couches and even bolster pillows! This and the flip over rug and floor tool are by far my most favorite tools of all vacuum cleaner brand tools. So convenient...4 tools in 2! The wings are replaceable if they ever break, but I try to be careful as I did break one one time back in the Late 80’s or early 90’s When I dropped the hose with it on and it hit the floor. An Electrolux man showed me how...you run the base under hot tap water to warm the rubber and then you can bend it to open it to release the wing hinge. He had spares from used ones and gave us a used one to replace the one broken wing!

Electrolux designed the entire machine to have replaceable parts and is completely serviceable...and while now Aerus has discontinued some of the parts, if you can get a part somehow, it can be replaced.

Jon

 

[detroitdirtbag]

I was thinking we always had the crevasse tool, maybe the orig hose end was wore on an angle, when the hose was replaced she bought that then, I know I always got yelled at when not putting the tool on. Lol

 

[jo]

Doe the manual show a crevice tool included? I know my Mom’s model S made at the same time did not include one. It was an extra purchase item. Your Mom may have bought one but the early ones were hard breakable plastic,
Erhaps it broke and she got this new one. Anyway, good that you have one! The generic replacement hose you have seems even more recent than the crevice tool and would not have been purchased from Aerus Electrolux....maybe the second hose wore out and she got this one on line or at a general vacuum store. General vacuum stores do not stock new genuine parts, only used stuff as they do not have access to them.

Jon

 

[real1shep]

I don't......

want to get into a member Battle Royal(pun intended) but.......

In one room that is carpeted sat something heavy that smashed the pile down. I've hit that spot with my Royal, my Hoover Convertible and the PN for the Diamond Jubilee.

Guess which one is the only vac that completely raises the pile back to normal(after many tests weeks apart)?

Kevin

 

[detroitdirtbag]

That isnt a Electrolux hose? that’s strange, I remember when the OG hose wasn’t usable, could have went through 2 hoses, at some point Mr York passed away, (factory rep) that’s all possible then. At some point it was retired for an upright, we just used the F for the cars. Leaning her place out, I didn’t see an upright. Hmmmmm

 

[detroitdirtbag]

I’m looking at the manual, it’s a 1957, it doesn’t show a crevasse tool

 

[detroitdirtbag]

The cloth bag was in this. It isn’t Electrolux.

 

[jo]

The cloth bag you have in earlier photos and your profile photo is indeed an Electrolux. I have the same one. I think it just got put into an empty package from some generic DVC brand paper bags. Funny, I keep my cloth bag in an empty plastic bag from some generic paper bags too!

Your cloth bag fits a number of models..Automatic E, F, G, 1205 and most models since that take the c bag. Interestingly enough there is also a clear plastic cover for the top of the bag with a hole in the center for the suction port to help contain the dirt. I’ve seen these but never had one. I think they may have been for use with the later models such as the Golden jubilee and on. It really helps the dirt from dirtying up the inside of the bag door.

The cloth bags were used by salesman to demonstrate the dirt the vacuum would pick up in a customers home.

I remember once when staying at my Grandmother’s house the Electrolux man coming and he dumped the cloth bag half full of dirt on her nice formal living room chair. She got very angry with him and told him to “clean up that mess” and not to come in her house and make a mess like that, He showed her how the power nozzle head put right on the end of the hose without the wand would clean the chair beautifully. Even so, she still was not very happy with him and sent him on his way with no sale as she already had two Electrolux’s. Of course I was right there watching the whole demonstration. My Brother and Sister were there too and my Brother remembers this instance to this day as well.

I think he was demonstrating the model 1205, the power nozzle was a blue PN-1 I do remember that for sure. My Grandmother got sucked in to the Electrolux salesman’s tactics and changed her Electrolux’s more frequently than needed. She always had one upstairs and another downstairs, usually the lower level model upstairs. She did like to have things new and have the best and kept a very clean house so getting a new vacuum periodically didn’t seem all that unusual to her. On this visit though, she did not buy the machine and sent him on his way. I think my Aunt who lived with my Grandmother allowed him to come in more for entertainment for us kids and especially me because she knew I liked to play with the Electrolux a lot. Our parents were away on a vacation or an out of state wedding I think and us kids were staying at Grandma's for the week so keeping us kids preoccupied was somewhat of a challenge.

 

[detroitdirtbag]

Your rite, I meant the plastic bag wasn’t factory. Lol
Every time she took it in for repair, he tried to sell her a new vac. And the loaner was a newer unit.
I also have the sprayer and the vaporizer, still in boxes. I don’t remember her ever using them.
There are a few d3 to in the va, I’m wondering if my pointless dent guy could pop some of it out. I’ll ask him some time.
Looking forward for the winder to work. And having the bumpers on the front again, putting these on, do they just push in or do I need to take the front door apart?

 

[real1shep]

The Elux..........

salesmen were not always predators. I know of at least two that serviced their customers for over 30yrs......were never pushy and fixed their machines for pennies, if needed.

My mother-in-in-law was one of those customers. She lived in the same house for 45yrs and the Elux salesman was the same until he retired. She gave us an old G that she had(she had something newer).

Then she was instrumental in having the Elux salesperson come to our first farm over on the rainy side of WA. We bought a new Diamond Jubilee for a ridiculous amount of money.

Many yrs later we divorced;the ex got the Diamond J and I got the old G. Her cleaning lady absolutely destroyed the Diamond J. It was like watching an ape run a vacuum. I still have the G, but I transplanted its motor into a newer tank body. That was the strongest G motor I ever saw....must have been a story there but people pass on and provenance tales are lost.

Kevin