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Thread Number: 17825
Hoover Turbopower Plus Totalsystem U2602 |
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| Post# 193580 8/6/2012 at 17:05 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
 A couple of weeks ago, my really good friend Michael bought me this Hoover Turbopower U2602 as a gift for my birthday. This is one of my dream machines, and I LOVE it sooo much, I had wanted this exact model for a LONG time, and finally, I got one! :D When I got this at home it looked almost brand-new, there was hardly a scratch on it. When I looked around the back there were lots of cracks around the bottom of the body, about four. I had to disassemble the entire machine, and then my dad and I fixed them up with gorilla glue and attached steel plates on the backside for support, which is stuck on with gripfill, so hopefully they will not get any worse!! Apparently it was very common for the total systems turbopowers to crack, because of the added weight of the tools and or autoflex. The U2602 has a two-speed 450 watt motor, attached cleaning tools, bag check light, air freshener and headlight. Oh, of course, not forgetting the activator brushroll which comes as standard on any turbopower model! Mine has a few rattles, but runs great, has all it's tools and is in one piece. :D Now without further ado, here she is. 
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| Post# 193581 , Reply# 1 8/6/2012 at 17:06 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 193583 , Reply# 2 8/6/2012 at 17:09 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 193584 , Reply# 3 8/6/2012 at 17:10 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 193585 , Reply# 4 8/6/2012 at 17:10 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 193587 , Reply# 5 8/6/2012 at 17:11 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 193588 , Reply# 6 8/6/2012 at 17:12 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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TURBOPOWER!!!!! | ||
| Post# 193589 , Reply# 7 8/6/2012 at 17:13 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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The bag check light, which actually seams to work pretty wel | ||
| Post# 193591 , Reply# 8 8/6/2012 at 17:13 (4,273 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 193592 , Reply# 9 8/6/2012 at 17:14 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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Two speed switch. | ||
| Post# 193594 , Reply# 10 8/6/2012 at 17:16 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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Cleaning tools, which actually have really good suction. | ||
| Post# 193596 , Reply# 11 8/6/2012 at 17:18 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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The excellent activator, best brushroll I have used in a vac | ||
| Post# 193597 , Reply# 12 8/6/2012 at 17:19 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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This one is dated June 1991 | ||
| Post# 193599 , Reply# 13 8/6/2012 at 17:23 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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Now for the damage. | ||
| Post# 193600 , Reply# 14 8/6/2012 at 17:26 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 193602 , Reply# 15 8/6/2012 at 17:29 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 193603 , Reply# 16 8/6/2012 at 17:34 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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There you can see the metal plate that is stook on really well. There is also a little metal plate at the bottom right hand corner of the bag housing, as the piece of plasic that should of been there had snapped off leaving a whole where it was, so I had to put in that piece of metal to fill up the whole and for support. 
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| Post# 193604 , Reply# 17 8/6/2012 at 17:36 (4,273 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 193628 , Reply# 18 8/6/2012 at 21:24 (4,273 days old) by sebo_fan (Scotland, UK, member AKA ukvacfan, & Nar2) | ||
 Nice photos. I had a couple of those one as shown. Much prefer the TP2s and 3 series but each to their own. The problem I found with the TP1 models generally with the hard box was;
Still they're a good handler when it comes to general cleaning, but still prefer the Junior for a more nimble clean or Senior for "taking ones time." | ||
| Post# 193685 , Reply# 19 8/7/2012 at 03:39 (4,273 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 193686 , Reply# 20 8/7/2012 at 03:42 (4,273 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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| Post# 193994 , Reply# 21 8/9/2012 at 04:15 (4,271 days old) by andy-lux () | ||
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Lovely looking vac there mate. I have just aquired a later model total system in red | ||
| Post# 197720 , Reply# 22 8/28/2012 at 09:39 (4,252 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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Thanks, yh it is indeed an early one :) I love the red one, my friend mike has the red one, nice and basic. I just need a new motor for my U2602, the armature is bent so instead of just replacing the armature, I will just replace the entire motor. I thought it would be quicker than messing around trying to find the correct speck armature. If anyone has a 450 watt turbopower that I can by for spares I would be very thanful, or just a motor, but it must be 450 watts and two speed, preferably, if not I can always switch out the feild coil. | ||
| Post# 197724 , Reply# 23 8/28/2012 at 10:00 (4,252 days old) by Turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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I love the red one there were actually about 3 different versions of "the red one" with no distinguishing features to the average person. The earlier ones were 450w. There was later a 575w version and later still, a 600w version. The later 2 models used a rather nasty, cheap plastic-housed motor and very little sound insulation, which made they ear splittingly loud (even compared with the earlier models). | ||
| Post# 197922 , Reply# 24 8/29/2012 at 07:07 (4,251 days old) by alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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