Thread Number: 20145
Have You Ever Tried Everything To Fix A Vac, Nothing Goes Right So Finally Decide It's Had It's Day? |
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Post# 225694   3/30/2013 at 12:49 (4,016 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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I have felt this a few times about some of the vacuums in my collection but they did turn out ok in the end. Only this vacuum cleaner (picture Bellow) I have been to the moon and back trying to get it restored and it just keeps fighting back and doesn't want to be helped, it just wants to finally rest after 21 years of service. I have completely reinforced the body because it was and is covered in cracks, pieces of plastic keep snapping off, the motor is very noisy and rough sounding (needs and overhaul) and the plastic is very brittle all over the machine as it is sun bleached so it has weakeded it. It just seams it doesn't want to be fixed, by looking at it it looks perfect but I assure you it has more problems than soft mick. I think this one is going to have to go to the tip or be kept for spares for when I get another U2602 Which I really hope I will, It is one of my faveourites. Alex. |
Post# 225697 , Reply# 1   3/30/2013 at 13:11 (4,016 days old) by marks_here (_._)   |   | |
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my Rainbow chrome dome started out to be a 2 hour job turned out to take the entire day to rebuild the motor. Half way through it I was thinking why the hell did I start this project??!! I would get so angry, have to walk away for a while, come back, get my finger cut deep, etc... Finally around 5:30 it was done, living room was a mess with parts all around but it was done.
I would also have to rebuild the Hoover's at the hotel I used to work for. The cleaning staff would abuse the hell out of them & I had more parts for them then I think the vacuum shop did. I finally told them it would be cheaper to buy new ones then to try & repair the old ones even though they were built better, the replacement parts were not produced to same (very cheap made but expensive). |
Post# 225706 , Reply# 2   3/30/2013 at 15:12 (4,016 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)   |   | |
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I bought a Dial-a-Matic Powerdrive from the Goodwill in 2010, looking and sounding like it was in good shape, but I discovered otherwise once I opened it up at home. The fan blades were extremely dusty and the powerdrive was starting to fail. While attempting to take it apart, I completely broke the powerdrive, and decided just to save any parts I could and recycled the rest.
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Post# 225802 , Reply# 5   3/31/2013 at 09:37 (4,016 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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with other parts, it, to me takes away it's value and originality, I would feel like I wouldn't actually have that vacuum, even though I do but mentally I would feel like I don't own it because it is not good enough to satify me, as an all original "fresh "new" machine" Hope that doesn't sound confusing!
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