finally made a start

[anthony]

hi again you may remember these two machines from a while back well i finally made a start on the 612 i decided to do a nut and bolt strip down and a paint job the machine runs well but on stripping down there was a lot of dust and grit in the motor so the motor has been stripped cleaned and reasembled ready to be refitted when the paint job is complete i know some of you dont agree with repainting these machines but i have two of them so one will be kept as it is and this one will have the full rebirth shall we say including one of my homemade bags can anyone tell me roughly how old this machine is the serial no is j190797 the j could be an o the other 612 serial is j139689 oh and has anyone any tips on polishing the bakelite hood ok now some photos

 

[anthony]

motor

strip down

 

[anthony]

motor

strip down

 

[anthony]

motor

strip down

 

[anthony]

strip down

fan caked in dirt

 

[anthony]

more

caked on dirt

 

[anthony]

motor strip

more muck

 

[gottahaveahoove]

wow!

Imagine what it'll be like restored. And, to think: you stripping, right before us.. so to speak. All we need is music!

 

[anthony]

the cleaning begins

the comutator after cleaning the motor housing has also been cleaned and washed the bottom bearing has been greased and the top one oiled new brushes fitted the whole thing reasembled it runs even quieter now notice the wear on the comutator not bad when you consider how many times it must have revolved over the years

 

[anthony]

the respray

first coat i usually keep going with the coats till the can is empty then a couple of coats of clear enamel the underneath was done first

 

[anthony]

respray

the brown bits

 

[anthony]

last one

more brown bits i will post more pics of the reasembly soon and the finished machine along with its tools which are also going to get a respray ok thats it for now guys

 

[anthony]

one last photo

H O O V E R

 

[vacuumfreak]

Awesome! Cant wait to see it when its complete!!

Daniel

 

[tolivac]

Cool!-the Hoover handles and parts in the garden-looks like you are growing Hoover parts----A vacuum cleaner farm!And yes-the Hoover motors are kinda bulletproof-the rotor's communtator has a groove worn in it-but even that-they still work fine.and the simple "horseshoe" magnet motor stator is intreging.Love how they kept it SIMPLE-good reason why these Hoovers can be still running strong today.

 

[anthony]

more pics

the new bag this is the second one of these i have made i know its not a perfect replica but anything is better than those replacement grey ones

 

[anthony]

the brushroll

the brushroll its the origional one its been stripped [it was full of dirt inside ]cleaned sprayed and reasembled with some new brush strips i just happen to have in my old van stock i have two new sets for the 119 as well

 

[anthony]

ready for reasembly

this is the main body and hood ready for reasembly the body has had 8 coats of gold paint and then to dull down the bright gold and to add a bit more protection its had 3 coats of clear celullose this just takes the bright shiney look away .The hood has been polished with Brasso then sprayed with celullose this instantly covers up any deep scratches

 

[anthony]

more pics

in this photo i have tried to show the diffrence between the old paint and the new the handle has been sprayed the the converter and other bits havnt you cant really see in the photo but the mach isnt to bad