Thread Number: 25606
Finally a version of my most sought after vacuum |
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Post# 287500   7/6/2014 at 16:18 (3,579 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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My Gran who live in a Town called Oudshorn in the western Cape her in SA had a very cool old house built in the late 1800's. We went up to visit as a family at least once a year, I loved going there.
My Grans had two cleaning machines that I just loved, A Columbus polisher, I own one of these and a Electrolux 404, A Locally designed Vacuum sold in what I had originally thought were two variations, The yellow hooded Electrolux 404 which had a height adjustment lever on one side and a On off switch on the other and a Columbus Carpet Saver which featured a Orange Hood and its on off switch was operated when the handle was released. Both these machines were sold with a similar shaped 3 brush polisher.
I have been searching for one of these machines for ages but never found one, However less than a year ago I got a Unique version of the polisher Called a Concorde Then a few weeks ago a good friend and fellow vacuum collector said he had seen a vacuum version of this machine in a repair shop in Pretoria, He was kind enough to get the owners name, The machine was not working but we arranged a price and I had the machine shipped to Cape Town |
Post# 287501 , Reply# 1   7/6/2014 at 16:21 (3,579 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Some before pics, Tried switching it on but it Just hummed |
Post# 287502 , Reply# 2   7/6/2014 at 16:28 (3,579 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 287503 , Reply# 3   7/6/2014 at 16:32 (3,579 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 287504 , Reply# 4   7/6/2014 at 16:41 (3,579 days old) by fooseofhoove (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 287505 , Reply# 5   7/6/2014 at 16:46 (3,579 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Top bearing was still OK , Bottom one was jammed.
Motor made in November 1976
The suction fan is aluminium It has cooling find on the back for cooling the motor
Holes in the base for the hot air to be drawn out of the motor. |
Post# 287506 , Reply# 6   7/6/2014 at 16:49 (3,579 days old) by fooseofhoove (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 287512 , Reply# 7   7/6/2014 at 17:19 (3,579 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Here it is without the bottom plate on. The one I am looking for the most has a smoother looking hood ,
I did wonder why would you buy this over a Hoover Convertible?IE what was the selling point as when this was been sold in SA Electrolux was more known for their cylinders than Uprights. ( that all changed with the introductions of the 500 range ) But what I can tell you is it weighs about half the weight of a Hoover convertible ( metal base and is considerably lighter than a plastic based convertible too
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Post# 287514 , Reply# 8   7/6/2014 at 17:29 (3,579 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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On the left is the Columbus carpetsaver vacuum version, The Electrolux 404 Looked the same exept it had a Yellow hood and the Orange on the on the right is a Columbus B30 polisher version.
Underneath the vacuum versions and the polisher versions machines are all vertually identical exept for some small differences ( ie switches and handle release mechanisms
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Post# 287515 , Reply# 9   7/6/2014 at 17:35 (3,579 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 287519 , Reply# 10   7/6/2014 at 18:32 (3,579 days old) by NYCWriter (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 287553 , Reply# 11   7/6/2014 at 23:50 (3,578 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)   |   | |
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Post# 287570 , Reply# 12   7/7/2014 at 01:17 (3,578 days old) by fooseofhoove (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 287571 , Reply# 13   7/7/2014 at 01:25 (3,578 days old) by fooseofhoove (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 287656 , Reply# 15   7/7/2014 at 15:00 (3,578 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Hey Thanks Guys, Yes this was a designed in SA model but I do not know if it was exported, It may well have been.
I will say that this hood style is not the most stylish I prefer the style my gran had But its different.
The motor is a 350watt motor similar to that found in Convertibles and Sanitares.
Here are the carbon brushes, Its hard to see in these photo's but these are the thinnest brushes I have ever seen. About half the thickness of a normal set of carbon brushes.
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Post# 287661 , Reply# 16   7/7/2014 at 15:18 (3,578 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 287662 , Reply# 17   7/7/2014 at 15:30 (3,578 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Motor reassembled,
Fan on with out pulley
The pulley belt and brush on.
I just realized the photo's are out of order, The fan had to go on first then it was attached to the base.
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Post# 287663 , Reply# 18   7/7/2014 at 15:37 (3,578 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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First test run with the hood off, Seated the carbon brushes as well |
Post# 287666 , Reply# 19   7/7/2014 at 15:46 (3,578 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Here it is with a Convertible.
So much bigger but yet so much lighter |
Post# 287667 , Reply# 20   7/7/2014 at 15:52 (3,578 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Here it is with its bag all blown up, The bag on my grans one fasinated me as a kid, My own Moms machine a Hard bagged Moulinex Major hid the bag away. On my grans machine the bag had the Electrolux emblem imprinted on the bag.
I love the shape of the bag on this machine |
Post# 288061 , Reply# 22   7/10/2014 at 11:53 (3,575 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 288106 , Reply# 23   7/10/2014 at 17:37 (3,575 days old) by Stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 288166 , Reply# 24   7/11/2014 at 03:27 (3,574 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Good-replacing the fancase gasket solved the dirt under the hood problem.See this with Sanitaires brought in to the vac place for repair.Would like to see those vacs here!!Makes a Sanitaire look like a little weakling! |
Post# 288217 , Reply# 25   7/11/2014 at 12:09 (3,574 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 295308 , Reply# 26   8/24/2014 at 15:42 (3,530 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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I thought I would share these pics here for those of you who had not seen that I found the exact model I was looking for. |
Post# 295320 , Reply# 27   8/24/2014 at 19:53 (3,530 days old) by Stricklybojack (Southern California)   |   | |
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Post# 295334 , Reply# 28   8/25/2014 at 00:28 (3,529 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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Post# 295449 , Reply# 29   8/26/2014 at 01:52 (3,528 days old) by michaelwalter (christchurch, new zealand)   |   | |
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Post# 295461 , Reply# 30   8/26/2014 at 07:21 (3,528 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)   |   | |
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