Hoover Turbopower 2 U2462 1994

I thought I had already done a thread about this one, but I obviously didn't, ahh well, here we go.

Here is my Turbopower 2 U2462, this was the most basic Turbopower 2 that was available from the original line up, which consisted of the U2462 the basic, bag light only model, U2464 Autosense and U2466 Autosense and Permabag System 2.

I got this Turbopower 2 from eBay for only a fiver, mainly because I only had Autosense models and wanted a standard model but also, it was from my area which was only a 5 minute drive to pick up, so I didn't give it a second thought.

It did need a good clean and unfortunately I have no before pictures to show you but I can assure you it was dirty! The motor bearings were and still are bad, it kind of sounds like it was missing some fan blades (which they are not, they are intact) the amount it vibrates when turned on is ridiculous! Like I said before, I don't think Turbopower 2/3/1000 motors are serviceable, but, I could be wrong, I will have to get another 800 watt donor machine or just get another 800 watt motor from somewhere.

Despite the motor it also has a split bag door (how surprising!!!) but other than that it is in quite good condition with some marks but no cracks anywhere, which, to be honest, the Turbopower 2's didn't really break that easily anyway, well, other than the bag door splitting, they were overall VERY sturdy, it is the sturdiest "plastivac" I have ever used.

Here she is...


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Post# 229094 4/19/2013 at 14:28 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes I thought I had already done a thread about this one, but I obviously didn't, ahh well, here we go. Here is my Turbopower 2 U2462, this was the most basic Turbopower 2 that was available from the original line up, which consisted of the U2462 the basic, bag light only model, U2464 Autosense and U2466 Autosense and Permabag System 2. I got this Turbopower 2 from eBay for only a fiver, mainly because I only had Autosense models and wanted a standard model but also, it was from my area which was only a 5 minute drive to pick up, so I didn't give it a second thought. It did need a good clean and unfortunately I have no before pictures to show you but I can assure you it was dirty! The motor bearings were and still are bad, it kind of sounds like it was missing some fan blades (which they are not, they are intact) the amount it vibrates when turned on is ridiculous! Like I said before, I don't think Turbopower 2/3/1000 motors are serviceable, but, I could be wrong, I will have to get another 800 watt donor machine or just get another 800 watt motor from somewhere. Despite the motor it also has a split bag door (how surprising!!!) but other than that it is in quite good condition with some marks but no cracks anywhere, which, to be honest, the Turbopower 2's didn't really break that easily anyway, well, other than the bag door splitting, they were overall VERY sturdy, it is the sturdiest "plastivac" I have ever used. Here she is...

Post# 229095 , Reply# 1 4/19/2013 at 14:30 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Unfortunately...* The "underline" and "2" is fading a bit. :(

Post# 229096 , Reply# 2 4/19/2013 at 14:31 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Royal appointment...*

Post# 229097 , Reply# 3 4/19/2013 at 14:32 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Blanking sticker where the piston would of been...*

Post# 229098 , Reply# 4 4/19/2013 at 14:34 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *The "standard" switch panel as opposed to Autosense.*

Post# 229099 , Reply# 5 4/19/2013 at 14:35 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
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Post# 229100 , Reply# 6 4/19/2013 at 14:35 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
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Post# 229101 , Reply# 7 4/19/2013 at 14:36 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
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Post# 229103 , Reply# 8 4/19/2013 at 14:40 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *The split bag door...* It does normally sit flush, but I exaggerated it for the photo.

Post# 229110 , Reply# 13 4/19/2013 at 14:58 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Or...* Should I put this hose on it, the narrow hose (which they put on the earlier models) I like it better, it fits more neatly in the tool caddy.

Post# 231514 , Reply# 14 5/6/2013 at 18:17 (4,005 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes I had finally got the boost of energy and looked at this machines motor because it did need some attention, after cleaning all the dust from inside it's motor and giving the bearings a good lubrication it now runs smooth again! :D Before this machine vibrated like crazy! It sounded god awful. A video will be posted of this one soon.

Post# 229105 , Reply# 9 4/19/2013 at 14:47 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Tools...* As you can see it came with the later style wider hose with ergonomic hand grip, but it still has the short crevice tool, which I imagine in later months they would of taken it off as they did away with the short crevice tool when Turbopower 3 came out, in 1994, which is the year this Turbopower 2 was made.

Post# 229106 , Reply# 10 4/19/2013 at 14:51 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes The Activator brushroll and new styled base plate which corresponded with the quick release dust channel thing.

Post# 229108 , Reply# 11 4/19/2013 at 14:53 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Made in June 1994* It would be as old as me if it was from September! :P

Post# 229109 , Reply# 12 4/19/2013 at 14:54 (4,023 days old) by Alexhoovers94 (Manchester UK)
Checkrate/Likes *I will leave you with a question.* Do you think I should leave it like this - with the wider hose ( which it originally came with) or....