Hoover 102 Restoration Progress: Help I'm Stuck! - Literally

[lux1521]

Alright you guys. My Hoover 102 is coming along nicely, considering it was stored outdoors for who knows how long. There are still two things that are very, very, stuck! First, I'm trying to replace the cord, and the anti strain spring is stuck. Secondly, the motor cap is firmly stuck to the base of the motor. I'd appreciate an advice about how to remove these parts. Its all thats really holding me up at this point.

An additional thing that would be of interest to me is this. How does the motor actually come apart. I have had 3 prior pre-1927 Hoovers and I never needed to take the motor apart to get the motor to work good enough for me. Because of this, I have never had one of these apart completely. If anyone has done a complete rebuild of one of these motors, I'd love to hear about it.

Anyway, I was hoping to get this cleaner running by the end of this weekend. If I can get these things unstuck, it is still quite possible. When I'm done you'll all get to see the restoration photos. For now I'm just going to refresh some memories about how it was originaly.

 

[camelotshadow]

spring might have a retainer

some sort of clip inside
have you ever just taken the spring out?
would seem they wouldn't want the spring to just come out as it hold the cord

I just totally cleaned my d33 filter queen...

Hope someone can help

 

[lux1521]

There would have been a screw that went in through the bottom that held the spring in place. That screw did not come with the cleaner, so thats not it.

I have the switch completely removed and I don't see anything inside holding it in, unless its the cord itself. I guess thats possible. I'll have to take a look at that.

 

[camelotshadow]

the cord I took from the bissel was like that
had a groove & was bigger in the inside so you couldn;t pull it out
It was installed over open end of wires & acted like a barrier so cord wouldn't pull out

you get the idea...

not sure if they had those way back then though
they were simple

Is that an aluminum body?
sometimes unalike metals fuse
good to oput an anti seize lubricant when you install any metal into a aluminum housing///learned that as my benz has a aluminum heads
just wires

didn't old wires have a cloth covered wire>?
it could be a replacement

just guessing as I know nothing about old Hoovers

 

[eluxca]

If you think the spring is rusted to the switch housing, there is a great product that I use on my cars called PBlaster. It will loosen up rust and allow the most stubborn bolts to turn. I can't do without it when I play auto mechanic. You'll find it in AutoZone and Pep Boys.

John

 

[lux1521]

Thanks for all of the advice. After cutting the cord out from the inside using a knife, the spring came out quite easily. After that I ended up completely taking the motor apart. I was not planing on doing that, but thats what I did. Anyway, I got a newer cord on it and it runs, although it needs some oil. A bit more cleaning and it will be presentable and even usable.