Thread Number: 27837  /  Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
My First Hoover 750
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Post# 310989   1/5/2015 at 15:09 (3,370 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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I have wanted one since I first saw this style of Hoover. My hopes of finding one here in South Africa were non existant then Joanne saw this on Gumtree is Durban ( about 1600 km +- 1000 miles ) away. I got hold of the second hand store selling it and bought it and arranged to courier it down to Cape Town.



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Post# 310990 , Reply# 1   1/5/2015 at 15:15 (3,370 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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I took some time to get to it as the day It arrived I did a nice Job of wiping out the front of my car.
I eventually got to stripping it down for its full rebuild


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Post# 311183 , Reply# 2   1/7/2015 at 15:49 (3,368 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Getting the motor open was fun It was nicely tight after all these years.

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Post# 311188 , Reply# 3   1/7/2015 at 16:42 (3,368 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Rather jammed up with dust. Bearings were in great condition. After I cleaner them I took them down to show my bearing company that supplies me with all my bearings. Old man behind the counter was dead silent for a few minutes , Just rolling them about in his fingers. aahh when they made things properly.

The snap rings that held the bearing covers in place nearly shot all the way across the room when I removed them


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Post# 311189 , Reply# 4   1/7/2015 at 16:43 (3,368 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Forgot to add this pic of the rating plate earlier

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Post# 311190 , Reply# 5   1/7/2015 at 16:48 (3,368 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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The underside before stripping

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Post# 311191 , Reply# 6   1/7/2015 at 16:52 (3,368 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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The Base all stripped down and after a Good clean before buffing

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Post# 311192 , Reply# 7   1/7/2015 at 16:53 (3,368 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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After buffing

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Post# 311199 , Reply# 8   1/7/2015 at 17:59 (3,368 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California)        
Transformation!

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You do some of the most extreme saves of any of the restos posted here, bravo!
No doubt because of the fairly rare nature of most of these machines in your country.
Thanks for posting, it's satisfying and instructional for me, and no doubt many others, to witness the renewal process, if even secondarily.


Post# 311214 , Reply# 9   1/7/2015 at 22:21 (3,368 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
KUDOS

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to you. "Impressive"

Post# 311267 , Reply# 10   1/8/2015 at 11:53 (3,367 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)        

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That's going to look amazing. Great job.


Post# 311622 , Reply# 11   1/11/2015 at 15:52 (3,364 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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The bottom all cleaned up I had to settle for painting the brush holder as aposed to having it chromed as it is not possible to remove it without damaging it.

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Post# 311625 , Reply# 12   1/11/2015 at 16:02 (3,364 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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Armature all cleaned up

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Post# 311627 , Reply# 13   1/11/2015 at 16:07 (3,364 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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The wires leading to the field coil had badly perished so I used the shrink wrap electrical covering's to seal them up nicely and safely

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Post# 311628 , Reply# 14   1/11/2015 at 16:13 (3,364 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa)        

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More Motor assembly pics

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