Thrifting finds- lux 612

[dysondestijl]

Well, went out thrift shopping today and one shop had a half price sale and I found an old Electrolux 612 in the electricals corner, it was covered in dust and cobwebs but for £8.25 I'd give it a try. Got it home and had to dust it all off, change the belt/ bag and the brush roll was stuck. After doing this I realised the brush was worn down real bad, but it cleaned up ok.

 

[dysondestijl]

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[dysondestijl]

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[dysondestijl]

Sorry about blurry photos

 

[dysondestijl]

Has variable power, and made in Britain

 

[vintagerepairer]

What you have there is one of the very last examples of the 612. I know this because the bag door lacks the small recess in the door in which the user could put their hand when pressing down on the button to open the door. This was removed on later models and was never present on models 614, 615, and 616. It also bears the warnings to read the instruction book before use. You will find this cleaner has all the neccesary modifications which became apparent as time progreses. Alas the chassis was never modified and as shown in your pictures whereby the rear wheel pins have moved out of line and the sides are exposed. Your real wheel pins are about to fall out actually. But otherwise it is a fine example.

 

[dysondestijl]

Thanks, I've sorted those wheel things out

 

[Jakesvacs]

Thats a great find!
Did you ever sort out the hose?

 

[dysondestijl]

Nah jakesvacs ive Just left it as it is, can it be re attached?

 

[Jakesvacs]

I think it can, careful looking and you should see where to cut and re attach. If you ever sell this let me know!

 

[dysondestijl]

Yeah I will. How much do you want to pay for it?
I'll go and see if I can reattach the hose!

 

[dysondestijl]

Wel, I've just fixed it as if you cut off the broken end and screw it into the machine!

 

[dysondestijl]

Jakesvacs?

 

[Jakesvacs]

Hi
Have you got an email mate?

 

[dysondestijl]

Yeah but I'm still sorting it out, give me a little while

 

[shinymac]

Nice Find you have there !

Personally I love uprights with cloth bags that inflate up, but its still nice to see a traditional upright like yours. Our local refuse/recycling dump wont let members of the public take away anything, which is a shame, as whenever I go there to throw something out, there are usually some tasty uprights in their "container" awaiting presumably some shady deal they have with a local electrical shop !

I would love to share stories, experiences etc with UK vac collectors so if anyone wants to drop me an email its [email protected]

Thanks

Derek

 

[turbomaster1984]

Derek what kind of experiences and stories do you want to hear from us?

do tell.....

 

[dysondestijl]

I took it all apart last night, and it is much more damaged than it first seemed! The release pedal was broken on one side so cannot be re installed as it just fails, and one end of the brush roll housing has some plastic snapped off it. Therefore it's no where near good enough to sell!

 

[vintagerepairer]

Pedal can be drilled and a screw inserted, depending on level of damage. I did wonder if pedal or chassis was at fault as it was evident in the pictures that pedal was not sitting flush. But also you will recall me saying that the chassis is worn anyway as we could see the wheel axles had dropped.

This is the trouble with the 600 series. They had so many weak points that few were ever worth the cost of repairing. One would never see these cleaners being sold as reconditioned as they were never worth the trouble. Great looking cleaner though.