cheesewonton
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You will probably wrinkle your nose at this but for my four old steel body Eureka power teams ( one of which is an Ironisides with Kenmore Heavy Duty branding ! ) I have all the original hoses and power nozzles, but I also have my "working" hose and power nozzle. The working hose is something I found from Canada that I think was sold by Superior Vacuums, the house brand of Hibbert International. It's a nearly ten foot long silver central vacuum style crush proof hose very similar to what came on later Eurekas with a black central vacuum hose handle ( not Plastiflex though ) and the other end is black molded cuff and hose end designed to fit old Tristars or similar ( Miracle Mate or Patriot ) complete with a nice black pig tail cord. It has an on-off rocker switch for the power nozzle. I simply heated up the hose cuff, pried out the Tristar hose end and glued in a Eureka hose end. Amazingly you can still buy them. Then I have my working Vibra Groomer power nozzle with a nice line of small holes drilled along the very nose of the sole plate so it doesn't latch on plush carpets and the upper wand is a central vacuum direct connect wand. This makes my interface with the vacuum and carpet feel more modern and the longer hose overcomes one of my only criticisms of those old machines, their too short cords and hoses. Also this way I leave the original hoses and power nozzles untouched and only put wear and tear on my working hose and power nozzle.
I also trim the mounting card on an Electrolux OX dust bag to fit the Eureka bag mount and use a pleated dome shaped HEPA pre-motor filter from a backpack vacuum over the motor to achieve something resembling modern filtration.
