neglected Electrolux LE repower, electrical repair, and plastic body repair

[blknblu]

Small project bringing a plastic canister Electrolux back to life.

It must have been dropped since the back cover was loose and some tabs broken on the cover.

The cord winder was missing some of the tabs and needed some repair.
A few small zip ties are keeping it together.
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Someone put the wrong size crimps on the wiring going to the switch, and the wires were pulling out due to poor crimps.
I have the right size terminals for the switch (.110) and took care of that.

I have a replacement rear cover if I need it, but the big issue was the nubs on the plastic canister body were broken. These are needed to hold the cover on. I fixed those using tapped nylon spacers. I used some nylon screws to fasten them to the plastic body.

I also put in a pretty new 5.7" Ametek Lamb motor that I got inexpensively from a surplus store.

It is running pretty good now, I just have to put it back together.

 

[madman]

The technical term for a nub is a 'boss.'

Interesting repair technique. I'm guessing nothing screws into the bosses originally? Just the cover slips onto them? I suppose you could tap the spacers all the way through if you needed to screw something to the other side of them.

 

[blknblu]

regardless of the term, here is a pic of what they should look like.
I tapped the nylon spacers for a screw and drilled throiugh the canister body.
They are held in place with nylon screws.

 

[fantomfan57]

Awesome,

Glad you shared this repair. I am always trying to find ways to make repairs. Sometimes it takes me days to come up with something. Not that I think about it all day, but a few minutes of a day.

Great pictures, BTW. The more we share, the more members benefit.

Keep up posting, it is appreciated.

 

[huskyvacs]

Should learn how to weld plastic, it would make this so much easier to do and less damage to the machine.