Hoover Turbomaster U5096 restoration

[thekirbylover]

So after an nightmare week of convincing the seller to post and another week of waiting for it to arrive, it finally came, it was in okay condition outside, nothing that a good old dust couldn't take care of, under the hood was a completely different story as the pictures will tell, my guess is that the old owner purchased a new vacuum and used this one as a garage/ DIY vacuum and then sold it due to the suction loss due to a blocked hose and smashed fan case, its a miracle that it is still working, anyway enough of me, here are some before and after pictures.

The wheels were both smashed to smithereens when it arrived.

 

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Here is under the hood, the underside of the hood was covered in fine powder and hairs

 

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Here is the source of the lack of suction the majority of dirt picked up would be sprayed strait into the motor, quite a horrifying thought.

 

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The dirt path

 

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Here is under the dirt path, I think you can see the bit of plastic that came off the fan casing

 

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Here is piece of plastic mentioned above

 

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Showing the dirt around the brush roll on/off

 

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The inside of the dirt channel

 

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Showing the difference between hose and cleaner head mode as you can see the curved plastic piece moves to block suction the the cleaner head when in hose, and when in upright mode the plastic piece covers the hose opening shown in the picture above, VERY simple yet VERY effective.

 

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Without a cleaner head

 

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Under the electronic control

 

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The circuit board I also removed this to clean the front panel

 

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The motor this has since been tore down and cleaner/lubed and oiled as well as reassembled

 

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After a bath and clean still needs a polish

He's going to kill me for uploading this aha

 

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Showing the Autoflex feature

 

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The bumper is in the need of a magic eraser

 

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Brush roll on/off

 

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After a bath and clean still needs a polish !

Enough about Alex - what about the Hoover?