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Thread Number: 33350
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
Sad day with my first vintage vacuum hoover 300 that arrived DAMAGED |
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| Post# 363818 , Reply# 1 12/18/2016 at 20:09 (2,684 days old) by pr-21 (Middletown, OH) | ||
The older machines had bakelite (spelling)? wheels. With age they became very brittle and easily broken. Make sure that the person packs these old vintage machines well, if you buy them. UPS and Fed Ex are normal shippers, however in my experience, Fed Ex is much better at getting your package delivered without breakage, but it still has to be bubble packed, and peanuts are ok as long as the machine is placed in some kind of bag or towels before placing the peanuts in the shipping box. Otherwise you will be digging out those pesky things for a long while.....
As collectors, we have all probably been through similar experiences.... Sorry for you disappointment. Other donor machines will be the only way to go and unfortunately, the very vintage vacuums are getting very rare and people on ebay know it....... Sincerely, PR-21 Bud | ||
| Post# 363822 , Reply# 3 12/18/2016 at 20:26 (2,684 days old) by jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
Dont ever buy a hoover that looks like basement oxidization.
This is a beautiful hoover, but it was left in someone's wet basement and looks to have been heavily used. I use machines like that purely for wheels, motor parts, and handle parts. When you buy an old hoover, make sure its aluminum and steel are not to oxidized. When its old and oxidized, it tends also to be brittle. If it gets banged up when its brittle, it cracks apart. Your handle probably wasn't tight because there was no plastic collar cap thing. You can make one for it. Those attachments are a score though. Those are real nice. Sounds just like when I got one from California on my birthday. It was all there in pics, but those rare bag bolts weren't there, and the original bag came ripped. It had a frozen bottom, not pictured or stated. I couldn't even open the bottom up to get the beater bar out. It was too rusty. Also NEVER EVER use a 48 belt on those. Way too small, you'll toast your motor, and break a cheap pulley. Use a Sanitaire/Eureka RD belt. Always try to get those solid pulleys, off of a 28 or something. I tried to take off one of those cheap pulleys and it snapped. Theres 2 different hoover pulleys that ive seen. I got some parts for your vacuum if your willing to trade or buy them from me. Ill check my email this week to see if you want the parts.
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| Post# 363825 , Reply# 4 12/18/2016 at 20:29 (2,684 days old) by jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
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DONT REPLACE THE MOTOR | ||
Post# 363831 , Reply# 5 12/18/2016 at 20:52 (2,684 days old) by vacuumlad1650  (Wauponsee, IL) |
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Post# 363832 , Reply# 6 12/18/2016 at 20:53 (2,684 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 363857 , Reply# 7 12/19/2016 at 09:05 (2,684 days old) by jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
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Yes i do Andy | ||
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Post# 363874 , Reply# 9 12/19/2016 at 13:56 (2,684 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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Post# 363920 , Reply# 11 12/20/2016 at 15:10 (2,683 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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That's how they did it then.  | ||
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