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Post# 291406   8/1/2014 at 03:20 (3,549 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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So My good friend in Joburg Adrian found one of my most searced for vacuums, A Moulinex The very first vacuum I saw, My Mother had the major model This is a delux but other than a speed controller for the cleaning tools They are identical. More pics to follow 
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Post# 291422 , Reply# 1   8/1/2014 at 08:19 (3,549 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)        

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Very nice!!! Congratulations!

Post# 291434 , Reply# 2   8/1/2014 at 10:51 (3,548 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Thank you. 

 

Some more pics 

Stripdown 

The previous Owner that Adrian got it from had attempted to re grease the brush bearings and had messed it up badly. I also decided to rebuild the motor at the same time.
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Post# 291435 , Reply# 3   8/1/2014 at 10:52 (3,548 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Getting to the motor 
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Post# 291436 , Reply# 4   8/1/2014 at 10:57 (3,548 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Fan case opened up, Then removing the fan and back bracket aswell as the belt spindle sleeve, Back bearing plate off and you can see the cooling fan and really tiny bearing.
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Post# 291437 , Reply# 5   8/1/2014 at 10:58 (3,548 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Armature looks really good for its age 
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Post# 291454 , Reply# 6   8/1/2014 at 12:55 (3,548 days old) by DesertTortoise ()        

I have never heard of the Moulinex brand. Where are they made? Are they still around? Very interesting. Looks like a well made vacuum too.

Post# 291456 , Reply# 7   8/1/2014 at 13:05 (3,548 days old) by Gr8DaneDad ()        

Moulinex is a French manufacturer of small appliances. They are very much still around.  They are sold around the world, except in the US where they sell appliances under the Krups brand.
Post# 291457 , Reply# 8   8/1/2014 at 13:09 (3,548 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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They are French, They mostly  make small Kitchen appliances. They dont make proper vacuums any more, Only hand helds 

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Post# 291498 , Reply# 9   8/1/2014 at 17:47 (3,548 days old) by vintagerepairer (England)        

Actually, Moulinex as it was went under in 2001. You can read all about the path of Moulinex in my link. Now owned by Group SEB, they exist now only as a name, and a name which -in the UK at least- seems to come and go at will. In recent times, we didn't see the word "Moulinex" for a good deal of years, yet it is creeping back in again at the moment.

As far as the UK went, Moulinex was one of the cheapest brands of small appliances, with quality that varied considerably, from poor through to adequate, and in the case of some of their earliest food processors, superb. Possibly due to the low price, Moulinex was one of the most popular brands sold in the UK, and I think possibly were the market leaders in electric knives.

Many Moulinex appliances failed to carry the BEAB (British Electrotechnical Approvals Board )label of seal of safety & performance. This approval was awarded by the Electricity Council, for UK appliances, and without it the appliances could not be sold in the UK Electricity Board showrooms. However, appliances could still be sold through other retailers, and the absence of such approval does not automatically indicate that it failed the the BEAB tests as it may have been the case that the appliance was in fact never put forward for approval if it was never intended to be sold by the Electricity Boards. Having said that, I do have it in the back of my mind that some of the earliest Moulinex appliances sold in the UK did not meet BEAB approval on safety grounds.

Moulinex sold vacuum cleaners in the UK throughout the 1970's, picking up momentum considerably after 1979 when their feature-packed hard-bag uprights like in the photos here went on sale. Certainly for the UK, Moulinex carried quite a neat range of cleaners for many years, before stopping the uprights around 1987 and continuing with just one or two cheap cylinders until the very early 1990's. Towards the end of the 1990's, Moulinex brought out a whole range of cylinder cleaners, all of which were very reasonably priced, and in the case of the top-end models were actually very good quality.

Moulinex suffered in the way that many manufacturers of all sorts of goods have, in as much as even cheaper imports took their market share, although it seems also that Moulinex didn't do itself any favours when it bought the Krups brand (see my link).






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Post# 293687 , Reply# 10   8/15/2014 at 15:19 (3,534 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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So two new high quality 607 bearings fitted all cleaned up and so far looking good 
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Post# 293689 , Reply# 11   8/15/2014 at 15:27 (3,534 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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All cleaned up and complete. Now for the rest of the body 
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Post# 293690 , Reply# 12   8/15/2014 at 15:30 (3,534 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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All assembled Just needing the Hood 
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Post# 293703 , Reply# 13   8/15/2014 at 16:37 (3,534 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA)        
Only thing I remember about Moulinex

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was the La Machine. First food processor I ever saw. Here's a link to one. I was a kid then, and it kinda scared me.

Joe

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Post# 313439 , Reply# 14   1/26/2015 at 15:25 (3,370 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Never Got around to posting pics of it when it was done

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Post# 313443 , Reply# 15   1/26/2015 at 15:37 (3,370 days old) by ralph123 (Little Rock, AR)        

Nice job on the rebuild. Very impressive.

Post# 313449 , Reply# 16   1/26/2015 at 16:29 (3,370 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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With the hose in

Post# 313450 , Reply# 17   1/26/2015 at 16:32 (3,370 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Another view

I loved this hose set up and the huge diameter of the hose. Many saturdays were spent using my moms version

Post# 313451 , Reply# 18   1/26/2015 at 16:34 (3,370 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Thanks Jeff
I really like this machine, When I hear it running it reminds me of my childhood
G

Post# 313452 , Reply# 19   1/26/2015 at 16:35 (3,370 days old) by singingrainbow (Texas)        

As usual, it looks brand new! Wonderful restoration job as usual Gareth. Glad you were able to recapture your childhood machine.

Scott
Post# 313455 , Reply# 20   1/26/2015 at 17:39 (3,370 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England)        

These cleaners were hugely popular here in the UK, possibly because they were so much cheaper than anything else like it. Also they were advertised on TV in the early days. Here is the video:



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Post# 313496 , Reply# 21   1/27/2015 at 02:56 (3,370 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

Intersting vacuum I have always thought of the Moulinex folks making kitchen appliances-mostly food processors and blenders.


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