Thread Number: 32180
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
1989 Hoover Turbolite U4527 Complete With Tools: Restoration |
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Post# 354118   6/20/2016 at 11:19 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Thanks to one of my collector buddies, (he sent me the link to the Gumtree ad) I managed to get my Hands on a rare Hoover Turbolite complete with tool kit!
It came from an old lady in Dorset who had owned it from new, she said she bough it from a vacuum shop in Portsmouth over 25 years ago, to use for upstairs. It arrived the otherweek and was probably used bagless at some point or had a few bags blow up in it as it was pretty dirty as can be seen from these before photos. |
Post# 354119 , Reply# 1   6/20/2016 at 11:21 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354120 , Reply# 2   6/20/2016 at 11:23 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354121 , Reply# 3   6/20/2016 at 11:24 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354122 , Reply# 4   6/20/2016 at 11:32 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354123 , Reply# 5   6/20/2016 at 11:35 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354124 , Reply# 6   6/20/2016 at 11:37 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354126 , Reply# 7   6/20/2016 at 11:38 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354127 , Reply# 8   6/20/2016 at 11:39 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354128 , Reply# 9   6/20/2016 at 11:41 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354129 , Reply# 10   6/20/2016 at 11:44 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354130 , Reply# 11   6/20/2016 at 11:45 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354131 , Reply# 12   6/20/2016 at 11:46 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354132 , Reply# 13   6/20/2016 at 11:47 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354133 , Reply# 14   6/20/2016 at 11:49 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354134 , Reply# 15   6/20/2016 at 11:53 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354136 , Reply# 16   6/20/2016 at 11:54 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354137 , Reply# 17   6/20/2016 at 11:55 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354138 , Reply# 18   6/20/2016 at 11:57 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354139 , Reply# 19   6/20/2016 at 11:58 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354140 , Reply# 20   6/20/2016 at 11:59 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354141 , Reply# 21   6/20/2016 at 12:01 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354142 , Reply# 22   6/20/2016 at 12:03 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354143 , Reply# 23   6/20/2016 at 12:04 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354144 , Reply# 24   6/20/2016 at 12:05 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354145 , Reply# 25   6/20/2016 at 12:07 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354170 , Reply# 26   6/20/2016 at 19:49 (2,837 days old) by vacuumboy23 (California )   |   | |
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AMAZING! You made it clean as new again Alex!!! |
Post# 354172 , Reply# 27   6/20/2016 at 20:43 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354173 , Reply# 28   6/20/2016 at 20:46 (2,837 days old) by vacuumboy23 (California )   |   | |
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Yup! |
Post# 354210 , Reply# 30   6/21/2016 at 08:33 (2,837 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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looks like it may have had a seal mounted to the center grooves, unless the purpose of three grooves did the sealing. Not a lot of suction on those type of uprights to begin with. |
Post# 354217 , Reply# 32   6/21/2016 at 09:25 (2,837 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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"Over here it would be a standard Elite using type A Bags"
It was the most basic Hoover upright you could buy here, it ran along side the Turbopower Juniors in the upright range. It was only on sale for a year, this was the only US Elite style machine we had, although, we did get some other Elite BASED cleaners throughout the 90s. The H4 bags were the Top fill bags designed for the Turbopower 1, Turbopower Juniors, Turbomaster and Turbolite uprights. Regarding the pan comverter, I don't think it ever had a seal, as there is no sticky residue left behind, I will be adding a seal to it, which will improve the suction, I have no doubt...It makes a hissing noise in tool use, so I imagine there is quite a bit of suction lost around the converter. |
Post# 354350 , Reply# 33   6/22/2016 at 19:36 (2,835 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 354351 , Reply# 34   6/22/2016 at 19:37 (2,835 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 355394 , Reply# 35   7/5/2016 at 12:10 (2,822 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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Post# 355397 , Reply# 36   7/5/2016 at 12:50 (2,822 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 355400 , Reply# 37   7/5/2016 at 13:44 (2,822 days old) by AlexHoovers94 (Manchester UK)   |   | |
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