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Thread Number: 30437
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
1975 Hoover Senior Ranger U4002 Restoration |
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| Post# 337444 11/13/2015 at 16:29 (3,085 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
 I bought a Senior Ranger off eBay last week for £60, seems a it steep but it in in fantastic condition. The motor Runs pretty well as it is but I will open it up and clean and lubricate the bearings. The machine is just more or less dirty but I think it will turn out to be a diamond in the rough!
I understand this is the First Senior Ranger model introduced in 1974/75 so mine is an early one, I think it looks a lot nicer than the later U4014 that seems to be quite a famous cleaner as it was used in the classic Shake n' Vac advert.
Anyway, here is the picture from the eBay listing.
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| Post# 337445 , Reply# 1 11/13/2015 at 16:35 (3,085 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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It arrived today (Friday 13th!!) I was happy to see it arrived in a box rather than bin bags like many eBay sellers post vacuums in with little to no protection!! I was aware this model had plastic cord hooks as mid 70s onwards Junior and Seniors had so I was worried they would of snapped off in transit but the seller did wrap bubble wrap around the hooks, which I was pleasantly surprised to see. :) Needless to say, the cord hooks were/are intact. 
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| Post# 337446 , Reply# 2 11/13/2015 at 16:37 (3,085 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337447 , Reply# 3 11/13/2015 at 16:38 (3,085 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337448 , Reply# 4 11/13/2015 at 16:39 (3,085 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337449 , Reply# 5 11/13/2015 at 16:40 (3,085 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337450 , Reply# 6 11/13/2015 at 16:44 (3,085 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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The bag was washed in the washing machine, it was filthy, I mean just look at the eBay pic and then look at the bag in this pic lol. Now I need to clean up the motor, re-lube the brushroll bearings and get some new belts and it should be ready to roar again. I will post updates when I am at the next stage but this is as far as I have got up to now. :) 
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| Post# 337475 , Reply# 7 11/14/2015 at 06:09 (3,084 days old) by vacuumlover (UK) | ||
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Nice find. Done a good job as always :P | ||
| Post# 337478 , Reply# 8 11/14/2015 at 06:48 (3,084 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337503 , Reply# 9 11/14/2015 at 13:50 (3,084 days old) by Vintagerepairer (England) | ||
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Great job, but it looks luke you got the dirty water all over the wall tiles and grout! Easily done of course. | ||
| Post# 337507 , Reply# 10 11/14/2015 at 15:24 (3,084 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337556 , Reply# 11 11/15/2015 at 15:35 (3,083 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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The machine is all back together, I have ordered new carbon brushes as they were worn out and a new genuine white cord as the old one was torn in a few places. Belts are on the way too, then it will be all ready to go. :) 
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| Post# 337566 , Reply# 12 11/15/2015 at 20:05 (3,082 days old) by warcake (Georgia) | ||
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Such a beautiful machine! I'm not normally a fan of this model during most years, but this one is truly wonderful to look at in such pristine condition. | ||
| Post# 337781 , Reply# 13 11/20/2015 at 17:11 (3,078 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337782 , Reply# 14 11/20/2015 at 17:13 (3,078 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337783 , Reply# 15 11/20/2015 at 17:15 (3,078 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337784 , Reply# 16 11/20/2015 at 17:16 (3,078 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337785 , Reply# 17 11/20/2015 at 17:19 (3,078 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337786 , Reply# 18 11/20/2015 at 17:20 (3,078 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337787 , Reply# 19 11/20/2015 at 17:20 (3,078 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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| Post# 337869 , Reply# 20 11/21/2015 at 18:17 (3,077 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
Beautiful job! | ||
| Post# 337925 , Reply# 21 11/22/2015 at 11:57 (3,076 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK) | ||
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