Pictorial thread of Hoover UK's Turbo models (turbopower etc)

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Later version of the U2602 picture here. The difference being the font used on the logo and the moving of the on/off switch from the back of the handle to the top of the box. This one dates from December 1994, making it one of the last of the run

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U2634 Turbopower Plus

This was a Co-Op exclusive model, produced in a rather uninspiring colour scheme of Light Pewter and Carmargue Grey - a very bland cleaner that doesn't age very well.

Also this is another glass Turbopower, with a tendency for cracking - push it around and you can hear it splintering!

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ooops - back to U2602!

Hi Chris.

Thanks for posting your pic of the later U2602. In the process of posting photos, despite mentioning the two hood styles, I completely forgot to post a photo of it!

Thanks for catching me and posting your image.

Cheers
Paul
 
U2638 Mystery model

another mystery model, styled in York Grey and Carmargue Grey.

The picture below is of a machine on ebay a couple of years back - it MIGHT and MIGHT ONLY be a U2638! Anyone buy this machine and able to confirm its identity?

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Through to 1991

Tonights photos and models bring us through to the year 1991, when the original Turbopowers were given their final overhaul as core range machines, rather than end of production run budget range versions and exclusives.

Will detail the remaining models tomorrow night.

Paul
 
Hi Alex

Glad you are enjoying the thread and hope it will provide a useful reource for the future.

Re the object stuffed under the back of the U2602 - its a small jar that was used to get the cleaner to stand up straighter. As with many a turbopower and master, our U2602 suffers from trunion wear, with a consequential rather drunken lean were the support not to be there. Trunion lean isn't very photogenic :-)

Paul
 
I found that the reason the TP1 leans backwards so much is that the screw retaining the support on the handle relase pedal side comes loose and works itself out. Take the hood off and retighten the screws, and the lean is made much better. At least, this is what was happening on my U2332 model. Pity the brushroll tends to make such a racket - were they all prone to brushroll bearing wear and vibration?

My only TP1 model, getting hard to find them on Ebay local to me now:

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The leaning. Several reasons. As said by madabouthoovers, the screw coming loose is one problem. Screwing it back in solves the issue for the short term, but I always used to fit a thicker, longer screw, such as one from the handle bail of a Hoover Junior. Tighten it until it pierces the other side of the chassis and it won't come loose again.

Another problem. The nylon bush which sits onto the hardbag (its the part which the foot pedal latches) rides against the chassis, causing both the chassis and bush to wear down. The bush is easily replaced, but if the worn chassis is in otherwise good order it is not worth the bother of changing it just to make the body sit up more firmly.

The hardbag itself can split on the under side, making it less rigid and a bit saggy. Also if one of the protrusions on the chassis which holds the wheel is split this will allow the hardbag to lean backwards.
 
The nylon bush is a common problem Is should expect in most vacs that use the same design, the constant movement of the handle back and forth creates the friction that wears the bush down. A bit of spray grease on the bush applied on a periodic basis should help prevent this type of wear. As for the chassis or housings splitting, there's not a lot you can do here except try to repair it with superglue or other epoxy resin, or replace the cracked parts - difficult to obtain now though on such an old plastivac.
I may try your solution though on the bush support screws, longer ones would certainly help. Am loathed to use superglue or araldite to glue them in permanently in case I ever need to remove them again.

Benny, on the subject of the brushrolls, I beleive the old Senior range were supposed to be fitted with a king of H clip beween the chassis and the brushroll to stop vibration rattle - are the TP1 models which use the same type of roller bearings supposed to have these H clips fitted as well? my brushroll makes a terrible racket when pulling the cleaner backwards, but stops when pushing forwards. There is wear in the bearings, but the brushroll seems to spin round reaonably quietly when standing idle and the motor running. There is not a H clip fitted between the end of the brushroll and the chassis. My Ranger doesnt have one either, but I've seen them on Ebay and wonder which models should have one fitted.
 
From poor memory, I am not sure that the H springs were a genuine Hoover part. I think they were made by A.N.Other to solve the problem of worn metal chassis.

The noise you describe on your cleaner sounds like it is not coming from the brush roller, but from the motor. Try using the cleaner with the belt off. The Turbopower cleaners had this quirk where a vibration on the backward stroke would be present and made the headlight lens shake. I never did get to the bottom of it.
 
Ah, the headlight lens - I already superglued that to stop it vibrating, thats an old classic problem that I had with a TP1 years ago when I had one from new. The wheel glamour cap on my TP1 is another area of rattle as well, but we already discussed the missing washers on the wheel inner side being the initial cause of this problem, but despite adding a nice large washer, the glamour cap still vibrates, funnily enough, moreso on the backwards stroke. The problem is I am a bit of a perfectionist with my cleaners and like them to work as they would from the factory brand new, sadly I think my TP1 is never going to be as new again, and I must put up with its annoying vibrations and rattles. I will buy some new brushroll bearings though as these still seem to be available, and my Ranger needs them as well. Lets see if new brushroll bearings help with the noise. The motor bearings in my TP1 are fine, I checked them when I had the cleaner apart for full cleaning and inspection when I first acquired it.
 
madabouthoovers


 


Fit a new fan, even the slightest deformation would cause a rattle, We used to get in allot of them with vibrations, it was either the fan or the brush roll, anything that spins at speed needs to be balanced and the brush roll is also prone to rattle. A new brush roll and fan should solve your issues, Try the fan first though


Gareth  
 
The fan may be a possibility - we can still get them here, I've just checked - how do they come off, do I need any special tools? Its easy to forget with the TP1 that they were dirty fan models, as the TP2,1000, and TP3 were all clean fan. Will have to check the fan again more carefully for damage, could even be dirt build up on the blades that are causing an imbalance?
 
They unscrew and are reverce threaded. When fitting the new one becarfull not to over tighten and strip the thread


, you just need to hold the belt shaft tight , you would just need a screwdriver to pry the spring clips off that hold the fan housing together.
 
Thanks for the tips on trunion repairs - always useful to know and will have to experiment with one of our machines.

Thanks again for the comments.
Paul
 
The year is 1991....

and the final full range of original turbopowers are introduced, with an all new version...........which didnt actually work that well:-(


Model U2662 Turbopower Freedom was introduced as a bagless derivitive of the standard total system machine, in a colour scheme known as Rich Burgandy Metallic...

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