Parts-Vertible Rides again...

Hello fellow vacuum collectors!

A long,long time ago,i went and got a Hoover Convertible form the flea marke.now,this was no ordinary convertible,This was my very FIRST Hoover convertible!I got it home,And fired it up and loved it!Burn then,What's this?A burning smell i smell?Well i guess is should open it up!Bad idea,Thought i broke it.So i put it in the attic or something.Then,A fellow vacuum collector is selling old vacuum parts?And he's selling a motor?For the Hoover convertible?40$ later i get a package with 2 bottom plates (1 for a Hoover concept,One for the convertible as i lost the old one)And a motor!
I install the motor,fire it up,And oh no!The convertible went boom! :(
So then i put it in the Attic again (Actually,The A/C house for that matter).
Then,The other night,i decide i want to fix it for a project (Which you will see soon enough :D).
I bring the cleaner in,Spin the motor shaft with my hand,And guess what pops out?A broken bit of fan!How could i be so stupid!The fan busted,And that is all that happened!A new fan later,And the cleaner runs!

But,That's not the end...There's a reason why i call her, "Parts-Vertible".
The 2nd most important part of the vacuum,"The metal rod thingy that holds the handle and hight selector to the base of the machine" was missing.So guess what i replaced it with?
A ball-point pen,What else? :D
So with some re-assembling later,The cleaner is ready to groom the carpets once more!I just need to get it a Bulb & a brush-roll :D

(Forgot to mention earlier,The motor i pulled out the convertible was more than likely fine,As i didn't know at the time:
1:The burning smell was not fried motor,But just dust (Happened to me again with a Singer Golden-powermaster,I ended up breaking the carbon brush).
2:I was spinning the motor backwards,That's why it made a odd sound!
In the end,The original motor is toast,As i really screwed up the armature trying to take te fan off :D)

-Alex.


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Post# 207157 11/19/2012 at 18:56 (4,175 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)
Checkrate/Likes Hello fellow vacuum collectors! A long,long time ago,i went and got a Hoover Convertible form the flea marke.now,this was no ordinary convertible,This was my very FIRST Hoover convertible!I got it home,And fired it up and loved it!Burn then,What's this?A burning smell i smell?Well i guess is should open it up!Bad idea,Thought i broke it.So i put it in the attic or something.Then,A fellow vacuum collector is selling old vacuum parts?And he's selling a motor?For the Hoover convertible?40$ later i get a package with 2 bottom plates (1 for a Hoover concept,One for the convertible as i lost the old one)And a motor! I install the motor,fire it up,And oh no!The convertible went boom! :( So then i put it in the Attic again (Actually,The A/C house for that matter). Then,The other night,i decide i want to fix it for a project (Which you will see soon enough :D). I bring the cleaner in,Spin the motor shaft with my hand,And guess what pops out?A broken bit of fan!How could i be so stupid!The fan busted,And that is all that happened!A new fan later,And the cleaner runs! But,That's not the end...There's a reason why i call her, "Parts-Vertible". The 2nd most important part of the vacuum,"The metal rod thingy that holds the handle and hight selector to the base of the machine" was missing.So guess what i replaced it with? A ball-point pen,What else? :D So with some re-assembling later,The cleaner is ready to groom the carpets once more!I just need to get it a Bulb & a brush-roll :D (Forgot to mention earlier,The motor i pulled out the convertible was more than likely fine,As i didn't know at the time: 1:The burning smell was not fried motor,But just dust (Happened to me again with a Singer Golden-powermaster,I ended up breaking the carbon brush). 2:I was spinning the motor backwards,That's why it made a odd sound! In the end,The original motor is toast,As i really screwed up the armature trying to take te fan off :D) -Alex.

Post# 207160 , Reply# 1 11/19/2012 at 18:59 (4,175 days old) by kirbykid (Horseheads,New York 14845)
Checkrate/Likes cool

Post# 207518 , Reply# 2 11/23/2012 at 18:24 (4,171 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)
Checkrate/Likes Forgot to mention,Since the switch was also broken,I ran the cord trough the old switch hole and put a toggle switch in the old cord hole :D

Post# 229145 , Reply# 3 4/19/2013 at 21:18 (4,024 days old) by superj (cos cob,ct)
Checkrate/Likes did you make a thread when you got this? if so can you post a like here?

Post# 229195 , Reply# 4 4/20/2013 at 08:07 (4,023 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)
Checkrate/Likes *Yes, there is an older thread,* "Convertible goes KABOOM", of which i posted when the cleaner orignaly "exploded". Link provided below: -Alex. CLICK HERE TO GO TO super-sweeper's LINK