Hoover Turbopower 1000

[vacuumlover]

Well, I got this from a lovely lady in my local paper for £15 but she bundled it up with a Panasonic MC-UG302 both for £35 . So anyway there was one major problem with it.It wouldn't stand up on its own :/ Managed to fix that though
Anyway hope you enjoy the pics etc.

 

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Sorry for the blurry picture

 

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i forgot to add a before video up top so here it is

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y_Upn6HKNo

 

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don't know what this means but any ideas?

 

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i think this was an air freshener but what ever it was it stunk (not nice!) and went straight into the bin

 

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i was expecting all this junk to be in the suction channel but the belt channel?!

 

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At least it was a genuine belt lol

 

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The culprit of why she wouldn't stand upright

 

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Wishy Washy

 

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Label on the motor don't know if this means anything. Also forgot to take pictures of the motor afterwards

 

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Not many after pics but oh well. I smothered this piece in hot glue to make sure it stays. It probably will snap in the future but it'll do for now

 

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here she is after. I managed to win a job lot of genuine bags and belts so im happy

 

[seanc]

Interesting read, you probably want to re-do it with some Araldite as I find hot glue isn't very strong.

 

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@seanc

Yeah i probably will do that at some point

 

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heres an after video

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw-gkfhSLlM

 

[parwaz786]

Very nice! Weird that all the dirt was in the belt area lol. And LOL an air freshened that stinks, hehe lol

I also agree with Seanc. Araldite glue is very strong. I bought a Dyson DC04 once and I didn't realise it had a cracked handle. I noticed it was glued when I got it home. It survived the bashes and strain on the glued handle and still never broke. This was when we were having our house extension its just that if its left somewhere really cold, like outside it wont be as effective but otherwise a very good strong glue
Tayyab

 

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@parwaz786

when and if it does snap i will use some

 

[sensotronic]

Those little oblong air fresheners smelt horrible, unlike the round air fresheners Hoover used to produce.
I still have stocks of orchard blossom, spring bouquet, summer meadow and tobacco clear. They are like a time machine for me, with every whiff transporting me back to the 80's.

 

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@ sensotronic

even though that oblong one was old it still stunk horridly lol. I like those old round ones too

 

[seanc]

On our old DC02, the plastic of the handle/wand that goes into the pipe broke off. Glued the broken ring back onto the wand with Araldite, it's still attached and strong, probably 15 years after it was fixed. It gets used at work for vacuuming out PCs now. Hasn't had its filters changed since before 2008.

 

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@seanc

the hot glue is holding up fine so it'll do for now