Proper Hose for Electrolux AE?

[ttuee2006]

Forgot to mention:

There's a video that goes with the pictures.

 

[hoover28]

cord and wheels

the cord looks like it was replaced in the 80's and the wheels to. these models neaver came this way. good find, looks great.



Chris

 

[ttuee2006]

I figured they were probably replacements. The cord is genuine electrolux though.....even has the brand molded into the plug ends. I don't really care one way or another.....the color matches the hose at least!

 

[charles~richard]

Hi, that's a nice specimen! Yes, the wheels and cord are later replacements - the original cord was always black with a generic Belden end, and the wheels were dark blue.

You mentioned it only has "so-so" suction. I wonder why that is. These models are quite powerful when running properly, especially with a completely sealed hose as you have there. When you shut it down there's some rumble in the motor so I wonder if the suction fans might be clogged up and thus full suction might be impeded. It should have really good suction.

Also, while it does not sound like there is one, you should open the rear cover and see if there is a filter pad in there. If so, remove it. You can save it if you want to, but don't leave in in there. It only restricts air flow and if you use the machine long enough, the motor will heat up.

Thanks for the pix and video! I thoroughly enjoyed all!

 

[ttuee2006]

Thanks for the comments!

I completely took this machine apart. The fans were horribly clogged with lint and other awful unknown debris which I cleaned out. The bearings had grease that was more akin to glue, so the bearings were cleaned out and repacked. The brushes on the motor were worn down to about 1/4", so they were pulled and replaced. And finally I fixed that busted motor mount with a couple of pop rivets.

The fans were clogged causing pretty pathetic suction, but the real kicker was the broken motor mount. Every time you'd put your hand over the end of the machine, the motor would suck inward through it's seal and cause a total loss of suction! That was the original cause of the pathetic performance. There is no after-filter....I didn't get it with one. I would have removed it if it was there anyway after having read Charles' page on the AE.

There is a rumble on shutdown......it's actually not the bearing....it's the end of the rivet vibrating against the motor housing. The brushes are also not fully seated on the commutator yet, so there's a slight whine on startup and shutdown. The commutator is pretty worn, so it may take some use before they fully seat!

In all I really like this machine.....it's sleek, quiet, has "ok" suction, but certainly not powerful. Keep in mind I've been using a TriStar for a while....I've been spoiled by POWERFUL suction!