Parcel arrived, what could it be?

[Jakesvacs]

Oh i know!
A very nice hoover junior 1346A. Its in great condition, the blue bag has no rips and is very clean in and out.
I just need help with a few things. With todays couriers you buy an item and expect it broken upon arrival. Just like my hoover junior
Around where the handle goes in the plastic body, the casing has a large semi circle shaped crack. Absolutly gutted!
Anyone have a spare casing for a 1346 in good condition or any other junior you wouldnt mind selling. Evan if you know someone just ask, i am willing to pay for it and postage.
Here are some pictures of the damage:

 

[Jakesvacs]

the other side

oh the pain!

 

[Jakesvacs]

Otherwise

its a pretty nice vac

 

[Jakesvacs]

The really good condition bag

No rips or anything!

 

[Jakesvacs]

Oh

Its already getting use to being at home

 

[vacuumfreak]

Jake, That vac looks great! Just a question for ya. Where did you get the stand that its on? Is it plexi glass? Im looking for one for my eureka upright.

Thanks, Daniel

 

[Jakesvacs]

Hey

Yes i think it is plexi glass. I got it for free from my grandad who owns a removal company. Wanna see the bissell rugs he got me too?

 

[Jakesvacs]

Here is the large bissell rug

looking quite dirty!

 

[Jakesvacs]

Thank god miele cylinder was close by

You can already see the difference with one pass

 

[Jakesvacs]

Look now!

thats much better

 

[Jakesvacs]

Here the other one

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[Jakesvacs]

Using my electrolux 504 to clean it up a bit

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[Jakesvacs]

The power!

2200 wt's my butt!
Only being 450wt's it has more cleaner head suction than a dust manager/purepower!

 

[Jakesvacs]

See!

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[Jakesvacs]

Tools

The dusting/stair tool

 

[Jakesvacs]

Tools

The dusting/stair tool

 

[Jakesvacs]

Dusting side

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[Jakesvacs]

tools

crevice tool

 

[Jakesvacs]

Flip tool

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[Jakesvacs]

Sorry

Whoops double post!

 

[kenmore81]

Nice. I love the vacs and the rugs. I'd like to find a Hoover rug someday. Its a shame things arrive damaged when you pay good money to have things shipped. Althought sometimes it had to do with how they are packed, and also there are soooo many packages that got round the world each day/hour/ min. Its a wonder how they get it all done. But still we do pay a bit for postage and handling.

 

[vacuumfreak]

Id like to get a hoover mat too! I like those rugs too. Ill have to keep my eye out for one

Daniel

 

[twocvbloke]

Just put a bit of 2-part glue (such as araldite) into the crack, tap the back until the plastic pops back into place and wait for it to set up (24 hours) and then just carefully scrape off the excess, I learned a good tip for scraping, and that's to take the blade from a stanley knife, wrap tape evenly around both sides, leaving a few millimetres of blade in the middle, and then just scratch away, taking off a strip of tape to lower it, and it should leave barely a mark on the plastic...

 

[Jakesvacs]

Thank you

Thanks for the great tip!
Hoapfully it wont look as bad then! Will post pictures when i have done it.

 

[Jakesvacs]

twocvbloke;

Hi, thanks for the help with glueing the crack. It has now been fixed and looks great. Thanks again.

 

[jmurray01]

I know what you mean about the Electrolux being a great cleaner.

My '82 502S 500 Watt that I got free from an old lady a few months ago works perfectly, and came with the hose, crevice tool, and the combo floor & brush tool.

And to top it off, it came with a pack of bags and a spare belt!

I used the cleaner today to vacuum the whole house as my bedroom in particular needed a good clean, and the TV, book case, bed side cabinet etc... had a lot of dust on them, but with the brush tool the Electrolux took it all in her stride.

God, I love Electroluxes!

 

[jmurray01]

Oh, and the Electrolux I'm talking about is the one in my avatar by the way.

 

[floor-a-matic]

@jmurray01
Your Electrolux was our first Electrolux upright; the USA version was the Automatic upright?

 

[jmurray01]

@floor-a-matic I'm not sure, I thought it was still called by the same model number in the US/Canada but just branded as a VOLTA instead of ELECTROLUX...

If it was called the Automatic, I'm sure that was probably because of its automatic height adjustment.