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Thread Number: 11003
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| Post# 118920 , Reply# 1 12/21/2010 at 14:12 (4,868 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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2 slight problems, but not the end of the world The hose has a tear in it, which leaked suction badly, a bit of tape has sealed it up, not exactly pretty, but fully functional still. 
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| Post# 118921 , Reply# 2 12/21/2010 at 14:16 (4,868 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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The filter cover is also broken...another tape job :-D strategically placed ofcourse... 
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| Post# 118922 , Reply# 3 12/21/2010 at 14:20 (4,868 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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So now on with the nice things about it View from behind, the first upright on the UK market with on board tools I believe. 
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| Post# 118923 , Reply# 4 12/21/2010 at 14:24 (4,868 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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The handy dusting/upholstery brush As a dusting brush 
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| Post# 118925 , Reply# 5 12/21/2010 at 14:42 (4,868 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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And... Turn it around and open out the 'wings' and you have an upholstery brush! :-) 
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| Post# 118926 , Reply# 6 12/21/2010 at 14:46 (4,868 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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Brush Roll Nice brushroll and strong suction, really loving this vacuum, just need a new belt and it will be running great! Matt 
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| Post# 118932 , Reply# 7 12/21/2010 at 15:59 (4,868 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Hi Matt | ||
| Post# 118933 , Reply# 8 12/21/2010 at 16:11 (4,868 days old) by Vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Congratulations Matt | ||
| Post# 118935 , Reply# 9 12/21/2010 at 16:14 (4,868 days old) by joe22 () | ||
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Nice brushroll yes it is, congrats | ||
| Post# 118963 , Reply# 10 12/21/2010 at 21:51 (4,867 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 119166 , Reply# 12 12/24/2010 at 10:50 (4,865 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Nice find... re the hose tear. I've "fixed" some of those using GE Silicone Glue It comes in a tube sort of like toothpaste and it dries clear and very rubbery. If the GE isn't sold near you there's probably another UK brand name available at a hardware store. CLICK HERE TO GO TO petek's LINK | ||
| Post# 119184 , Reply# 13 12/24/2010 at 16:39 (4,865 days old) by James (Ware, Hertfordshire, UK) | ||
The 612 is one of my favourite 600 series, great find
I had a very good condition 612 when I was a kid, think it got dumped :( The hose is fixable! The one on my 610 had split there, I managed to repair it, can't remember how, Somehow managed to get it out of the cuff etc and cut it back and then back together :) Heres my line up of 600's, mainly thanks to James Brown ;) 
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| Post# 119285 , Reply# 15 12/26/2010 at 16:25 (4,863 days old) by James (Ware, Hertfordshire, UK) | ||
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Thanks,
I can't remember exactly how I fixed the hose, but I think I just cut the hose at the split to keep it as long as possible, then pulled the last little bit out of the cuff/ swivel collar thingy. It was glued in I think, then simply screwed the hose straight back in! Its deffently possible and worth doing. Hmmm, maybe ealier and later, the other James knows more about it then me, but we compared my 612 and the one he kept, there where quite a few differences between them. I need another 612 really, for parts, a few of my 600's need some repairs. Good luck with the hose if you choose to repair it, keep us updated. | ||
| Post# 119335 , Reply# 16 12/27/2010 at 10:04 (4,862 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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James! You're a star! Cutting and reattaching it worked PERFECTLY!!! I'll post a pic once I've removed all the sticky sellotape crap off of it lol. Roll on Wednesday morning, so I can get a belt! Matt | ||
| Post# 119359 , Reply# 17 12/27/2010 at 14:55 (4,862 days old) by Turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
My how the bug has bitten you
Fab 612 and great news on the repair,
Always one of my favourite colours, id love to own a 612 at some point. Already got the 610 albeit the German version badged Progress. Made in the UK all the same though. link to the thread below. This year bought the Progress from a very good friend of mine and thought that one would do me. Well low and behold weeks after stumbled across a 614 and weeks after a 616 which I couldnt darn well leave. May as well go for the full set haha. Machines that are a pleasure to use, even the shortness of the hose does not really retract from the pleasure. Light and compact enough to carry on the stairs, the butterfly tool certainly the best dusting tool of any cleaner modern and past. These models IIRC were the last to have this tool supplied. Not to cause any wars but I was thinking Sebo may have been the first to have the hose integral to the machine and even tools attached? Perhaps a little advertising bloop from Lux? Enjoy your Lux! CLICK HERE TO GO TO Turbomaster1984's LINK | ||
| Post# 119372 , Reply# 19 12/27/2010 at 16:20 (4,862 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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followed by the Electrolux 614... 
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| Post# 119373 , Reply# 20 12/27/2010 at 16:22 (4,862 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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and during a holiday week away, when we werent going to look for appliances, we picked up a 616 from a car boot sale for the princely sum of a fiver... 
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| Post# 119375 , Reply# 22 12/27/2010 at 16:29 (4,862 days old) by turbopowerpaul (UK) | ||
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Hi James. Love the 600-series lineup picture! Have never seen a 615 before - was it an exclusive machine or part of the core model lineup? Am liking the light mustard yellow colour too, though looks strange on an electrolux non 500-series upright. Regards Paul | ||
| Post# 119382 , Reply# 23 12/27/2010 at 17:47 (4,862 days old) by James (Ware, Hertfordshire, UK) | ||
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Haha, glad it worked for you Matt :D
Paul, thanks, I believe the 615 was an exclusive model. Im not 100% sure if it is meant to be mustard colour, or just very badly sun damaged etcc. The dusting brush is much whiter, but the "wings" themselves are very yellow. I strangley like it that colour too haha. Nice machines you have there :) | ||
| Post# 119455 , Reply# 26 12/28/2010 at 07:32 (4,861 days old) by rob_89 () | ||
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All about your new cleaner.. page 2 
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| Post# 119456 , Reply# 27 12/28/2010 at 07:32 (4,861 days old) by rob_89 () | ||
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and to use attachments.. page 3 
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| Post# 119458 , Reply# 28 12/28/2010 at 07:33 (4,861 days old) by rob_89 () | ||
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internals.. page 4 
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| Post# 119460 , Reply# 29 12/28/2010 at 07:34 (4,861 days old) by rob_89 () | ||
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beater bars on the early models.. page 5 
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| Post# 119461 , Reply# 30 12/28/2010 at 07:34 (4,861 days old) by rob_89 () | ||
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back cover page 6 
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| Post# 119466 , Reply# 31 12/28/2010 at 08:26 (4,861 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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Rob! Thanks ever so much for posting that! Something have been looking for. Just wish mine had beater bars now! Ahhh memories of the 614 in our neighbours garage next to the Hotpoint 93582 Dryer come flooding back.... Matt | ||
| Post# 119484 , Reply# 36 12/28/2010 at 11:49 (4,861 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
Contour 2...
I don't believe there was a contour 2 with ESP, as they were all 1000w by that point. It was the second generation of contours that had the ESP and the boost button, from what I remember.
I have a 1995 Electrolux Airclean (a contour, but with 1200w and a looped handle) and I love it. It really is a great vacuum! And Matt, congratulations again on the 612. the 600 series are some of my all time favourites. My grandma had a 610 when I was a kid :) | ||
| Post# 119486 , Reply# 37 12/28/2010 at 13:15 (4,861 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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Well, our ContourII boldly proclaimed that it had "ESP", printed on the base above the nozzle, so, it was either a misprint, or someone made an error when manufacturing the thing... :) I think it was a 900 Watt model too... | ||
| Post# 119506 , Reply# 38 12/28/2010 at 17:19 (4,861 days old) by Turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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ESP
Ok folks,
When the Contour range first came out in 1990 they had several models rranking in wattage and various feature order, it went like this Elite (Red 500w) Twin Turbo (White 600w) Contour (White 700w) Contour (Turquoise 800W - Pulse power- a 10 second burst at 800watts reverting back to 600watts after) Airstream (Grey 1000w Variable down to 300) Then in 1992/3 they kept the same models but altered the Turquoise contour to be an 800w variable power machine with a slider like the airstream albeit a thinner disc to turn. Then came ESP in 1994. Same line up of machines but instead of having black or grey elbows on the hoses they were made clear. Also ESP aka Extra Suction Power was printed on the hoods for whatever reason, IIRC they tweaked the motor fans to produce more suction. Then in 1996 a whole new range came in various NEW colours, looped handles were put on some mostly TOL in the Contour/Airstream categories, ESP stayed as a feature and advertised on hoods. There were several wattages of Contour from 700w to 1100w, maybe even 5 models on the go at the same time superseding the Elite, Twin Turbo etc etc. Airstream went to 1200 watts. As i remmeber more il post, but thats the jist of it. Several models ran until about 2002 or so and some did indeed stil have ESP printed on the machine. | ||
| Post# 119507 , Reply# 39 12/28/2010 at 17:19 (4,861 days old) by Turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 119561 , Reply# 40 12/29/2010 at 09:51 (4,860 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Rob, IIRC, the Contour 2 range (including the Flexihead) had more basic graffics than the original contours, and didn't feature ESP? My nan had a yellow contour 2, 1000w, and that just said "contour 2" on it, in VERY basic font on the hood, with electrolux written vertically up the bag door. I don't remember a Contour 2 with the ESP logo?
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| Post# 119590 , Reply# 42 12/29/2010 at 16:58 (4,860 days old) by Turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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Chris, | ||
| Post# 119591 , Reply# 43 12/29/2010 at 17:03 (4,860 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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oooo I'll take that green panasonic thank you very much :-) | ||
| Post# 119592 , Reply# 44 12/29/2010 at 17:10 (4,860 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Ooooh Rob, I've not seen one like that before. The only contour 2's I remember are this style with the oval logo's and such, if you know what I mean
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Turbo500's LINK | ||
| Post# 119593 , Reply# 45 12/29/2010 at 17:22 (4,860 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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hehe, That was probably the best Dyson ever made, revolutionary, very different, and pretty interesting, can't say the same thing these days unfortunately... :P Actually, seeing that Hoover in there reminds me, I have some Hoover Turbopower U1912 tools to rehome... | ||
| Post# 119594 , Reply# 46 12/29/2010 at 17:24 (4,860 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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That was probably the best Dyson ever made... | ||
| Post# 119595 , Reply# 47 12/29/2010 at 17:27 (4,860 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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Like I said, "probably"... :P | ||
| Post# 119596 , Reply# 48 12/29/2010 at 17:29 (4,860 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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....thats debatable... agreed! | ||
| Post# 119598 , Reply# 49 12/29/2010 at 17:32 (4,860 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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Just so you know, I wouldn't buy one, even if it was £1 at a catboot, in pristine condition, complete with original box & packaging, all cos it's a one of them... :P | ||
| Post# 119599 , Reply# 50 12/29/2010 at 17:40 (4,860 days old) by sebox4 () | ||
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I like Dysons Just much prefer the later models over the DC01, DC02 or DC03. They had to start somewhere though! Matt | ||
| Post# 119633 , Reply# 51 12/30/2010 at 09:07 (4,859 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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DC01... | ||
| Post# 119639 , Reply# 52 12/30/2010 at 12:12 (4,859 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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Found that video, and have uploaded it, and it was filmed almost exactly 15 years ago... :P CLICK HERE TO GO TO twocvbloke's LINK | ||
| Post# 119641 , Reply# 53 12/30/2010 at 14:08 (4,859 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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^I love that somebody is singing Alanis in that video :P!
And it would seem that it's a Contour 2 with "ESP" - I've never seen one like before. Quite similar to my airclean. Even sounds the same :) CLICK HERE TO GO TO Turbo500's LINK | ||
| Post# 119648 , Reply# 54 12/30/2010 at 15:34 (4,859 days old) by hooverbaby (Dalton in Furness, UK) | ||
I used to get a few..
610s, 612s etc in for repair. They were straightforward enough to work on, though I never really took to them, partly because a few of the examples I came across had already been hammered and suffered from the worn out inner chassis syndrone. In particular, the black inner chassis used to wear badly around the rear wheels, which would then go skew wift and fall out. Later chassis were improved upon but they now seem to be an obsolete part.
The other thing that used to sometimes wear out was the little white plastic fork adjusting the front rollers, though, to be fair, these would generally give good service. A worn one would cause the handle to lean inwards. Early 612s had metal handle ratchets; later ones had slot-in plastic ones..and on one side the suction pipe was attached. I remember one week doing well with a couple I fixed on a local car boot sale; this was at a time when they were just becoming popular about 1990. Early..and some replacement brush rolls were a pain, having a screw to remove at either end, sometimes seized in position. Some of the later Gen Electrolux ones had interchangeable ends for either Contour or 600 series machines. As for the exhaust grilles, they were forever flying off! I did have a few second hand hoses but many disappeared with a 2004 garage break in. However, it's quite possible I still have a new one in storage and don't know where it's at! I've fixed a few myself, though it's a while since I've seen one; usually you can wedge in some screwdrivers to unclip the end, yank the remaining wire out of the screw thread and twist a new piece in. Some glue might help stop it working loose. Stephen | ||
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