Hoover junior U1012

[alexhoovers94]

Here is one of my juniors, model U1012, this model ran from the mid to late 70's, it is the same style as the junior 1346, it just has a different bag fill style is all. I got this one off eBay last week, the seller said it was in excellent condition and it did look to be from the photos, however when it arrived there was more to be said!
Here is some before pictures.

Sorry about the mess in the background in the first picture.

 

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Look at this disgrace under the bottom cover!!

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">OMG, what a mess. But it looks to be pretty superficial. Most will get sucked away with...another HOOVER!!!</span>

 

[alexhoovers94]

So much for the great condition bag, yeah maybe from the out

 

[alexhoovers94]

well I used the sebo x4 to clean it all out, but most people from the uk would consider it a "Hoover" lol

 

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Now the after pictures!!


The bag was washed carefully to be sure the HOOVER logo was not lost.

 

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I really love this style fill tube alot, it is a strange looking thing though isn't it.

 

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HOOVER, lol.

 

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[alexhoovers94]

That is much better, had all the components out and had to wash the mane body in the bath to get it clean, it was that filthy inside.

 

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This one dates from Novemeber 1976.

 

[vintagerepairer]

What an amazing example. These must have been the worst quality of all the Juniors ever made as they had several weak spots, although by today's standards would be considered solid and with a long life span. As can be seen in your photos, the hoods were very prone to splitting and it is a miracle to find one with one good flex hood, never mind two.

 

[alexhoovers94]

This is the Junior I have wanted for a long time, I just love the colours and the longer bag, and to me that mustard colour looks so seventies! I have heard lots of people say the colour of this one is disgusting but I think it look really nice.
I am glad I grabbed this one, in, now good condition, I must say though if you didn't notice it before, there is a small crack next to the bellow at the right side of the base, it has now been glued with some super strong super glue so with hope, is hardly noticeable.

The handle release also didn't work when I got it so I got my dad to grind sharper points into the handle release catch thing because it had worn and smoothed down over time, it does work semi properly now, it is a little temperamental at times but at least it works well enough to hold it in the upright and 3/4 back position.

If you notice on the before pictures the cord is shorter, where as on the after pictures it is longer, that is because I had to replace the cord the cord didn't have a mark on it apart from the big gash in it where it had been wrapped too tight around the top cord hook exposing the live and neutral wires which was not safe and made the machine cut out so I replaced it with a match to the original one, only this one is 10m and not 6m like the original one. God knows what Hoover was thinking putting 6m cords on there vacuum cleaners, that is just stupidly short, I am forever unplugging and re plugging!

Anyway overall the only thing replaced on this is the belt, bag and cord.

 

[twocvbloke]

Looks like it's cleaned up well though, can't say I like the colour myself, but that's just me, I may not like Hoovers, but I do like the Juniors...

Yeah, Hoover didn't get the memo that dirt goes into the bag, not the motor, when making these, all the Juniors I've had came with dirt around and inside the motor like that. That said, I hope you opened up the motor itself to clean out the packed fluff, you wouldn't want it overheating and topping itself... :S

I found that up & over guttering they used for a filltube to be rather a nuisance when I had the Junior U1104, as it takes up 2/3rds of the cloth bag's space, leaving little room for the paper bags to work, I know it was an attempt at making changing bags less messy, but, it just seemed too "clunky" for me... :&#92

And it's funny, the only Junior I haven't replaced the power cable on is the oldest I have, the 1334, with it's not-original rubber cable with the old-style Red & Black wires, before Brown & Blue were standard, it's in perfect shape, no bad bits anywhere, so, I left it on...