Rainbow E2 two speed

[rainbowkristy]

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[rainbowkristy]

kinda hard to tell in the pic but that's a hooters wet napkin that came out when I opened it up.

 

[rainbowkristy]

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[rainbowkristy]

this was after I cleaned it, didn't get before pics of it.

 

[rainbowkristy]

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[rainbowkristy]

this was the best I could get it cleaned, I left it overnight in hot soapy water. It looks a lot better since when I started it was black.

 

[venson]

@rainbowkristy . . . .

Wow, glad you put the pictures up. It is a shame but one good thing is that the self-cooled motor, save for the suction fans, is spared exposure to a lot of the mess.

I too don't quite get how you can spend that much money and not take care of your investment. But, to each his own.

Anyway, it still looks like an adventure to me and I hope it works out well for you.

Venson

 

[rainbowjoel]

@rainbowkristy

Omg that poor thing need help badly. You can get a new brush roll or brush strips. @ verson I would say under an hour to finish.

 

[rainbowjoel]

@rainbowkristy .

you can get hepa filter and brush roll at goodvac.com

 

[rainbowjoel]

venson

i just noticed I have been spelling your name wrong. lol I didn't brought my E2 two speed new either. I brought at ebay. It needed some cleaning when I got it. It's second time I take apart.

 

[mark40511]

Wow! I leave for a few and come back and this thread exploded!

Thanks for posting those Joel.

That's in SAD SAD shape! I'm amazed the inside housing that you see through the hole where the hepa filter goes and you can see into the fans didn't look worse than it did.

About the price. All I know is that I called the local Rainbow Dist here in Lexington and asked the guy how much they charged to check & clean mine and he said 60 dollars. I didn't take it because it's still pretty spotless - but I was bored one day and wanted to know. So I'm just going on what he told me......But for something in this kind of shape I have no idea. You can clean it up as best you can and then take it in and tell ask them how much they charge.

You can get replacement hepa filters on Ebay for under 20 dollars and that filter will last years. Don't try to clean that filter, just replace it.

 

[rainbowkristy]

Ok, I am done cleaning it up, going to take the after pictures tomorrow and post them then. I still can't get over how someone could just neglect something the way these people did but you are right, to each his own. I plan on looking for a new filter, should I go ahead and get a new separator too or do yall think that one is still ok?

 

[venson]

New separator . . .

As long as the separator is in one piece and working there's no dire need for another. BUT . . .

Having owned Rexairs and Rainbows, there's no harm in keeping extra essentials around the same as you would regarding PN belts, HEPAs, etc. Being the ounce of prevention saves the pound of cure and because the separators are not expensive I don't see the harm in getting an extra one to tuck away.

You work fast. I hope the final internal cleaning is easily arranged.

Best,

Venson

 

[rainbowkristy]

Ok sorry it took so long to get these pictures, they are not the best because I took them with my cell since the battery on my cam is dead. I just cleaned the basic stuff and got it looking ok again, I called a vacuum store not to far from here and he said to take it all apart, clean it and all that good stuff would start out at 129.00. I plan on taking it in as soon as I get some free time. It cleaned up pretty nice so far. Sorry again for the crappy pics.

 

[rainbowkristy]

this one is blurry

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[rainbowkristy]

. had to shine the flash light to get a semi decent pic so that's why it looks so bright and the white thing that looks like it's under it is just a stain on the table from paper that got stuck to it.

 

[rainbowkristy]

. stopped after cleaning this up a bit, didn't want to mess anything on the inside up so it doesn't look all the great but better safe than sorry.

 

[rainbowjoel]

@ Kristy

It looks much better. almost new.

 

[rainbowkristy]

@rainbowjoel

Just wanted to say thanks for posting the link to your videos on here, they were helpful to see the inside even though I chose not to tackle that task lol. It cleaned up a lot better than what I thought it would, just waiting on the extra parts then some free time to take it to be cleaned completely out. And thanks to everyone that replied, this sure is an awesome forum!

 

[rainbowjoel]

Rainbowkristy

Your welcome. Keep us updated.