Bought this from @rugsucker a little over a month ago.
There was a point when I didn’t believe I was going to get it running. Every single part was seized solid; even the handle joint! The fan itself was rusted to the motor housing and wouldn’t move even after the retaining nut was removed. Also missing several parts like the back wheel assembly, bag and bag cuff, one of the switch knobs for the push through switch, bottom cover, and every drop of oil. Going by the weathering, water marks inside, and woodpecker holes in the handle I think it spent several decades outside.
Opening this took multiple weeks with a power drill and lots of wd40. I had to improvise a couple pieces of hardware that needed to be drilled out, as well as make a new back wheel bracket and bag cuff. The bag is a faded Premier Duplex bag, it is almost illegible so hard to tell it isn’t original to this model.
This being a 32v DC farm current model, it runs on drill batteries. In the next few weeks I’ll be building a bridge rectifier so I can run it off my variac no problem. For some reason, 32V AC doesn’t cut it.
I still need to paint the back wheel, find a bottom cover that fits, and wax it. But, running in time for the holiday.
Merry Christmas folks!!
There was a point when I didn’t believe I was going to get it running. Every single part was seized solid; even the handle joint! The fan itself was rusted to the motor housing and wouldn’t move even after the retaining nut was removed. Also missing several parts like the back wheel assembly, bag and bag cuff, one of the switch knobs for the push through switch, bottom cover, and every drop of oil. Going by the weathering, water marks inside, and woodpecker holes in the handle I think it spent several decades outside.
Opening this took multiple weeks with a power drill and lots of wd40. I had to improvise a couple pieces of hardware that needed to be drilled out, as well as make a new back wheel bracket and bag cuff. The bag is a faded Premier Duplex bag, it is almost illegible so hard to tell it isn’t original to this model.
This being a 32v DC farm current model, it runs on drill batteries. In the next few weeks I’ll be building a bridge rectifier so I can run it off my variac no problem. For some reason, 32V AC doesn’t cut it.
I still need to paint the back wheel, find a bottom cover that fits, and wax it. But, running in time for the holiday.
Merry Christmas folks!!
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