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Thread Number: 33378
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
My 541 came today!!! And its not damaged . Check it out! |
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| Post# 364043 , Reply# 1 12/22/2016 at 14:27 (2,680 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 364055 , Reply# 2 12/22/2016 at 17:59 (2,679 days old) by jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
Would suggest...
Dump more than 3 drops of oil in the top. Clean commutator. Scrape lead paint chips out of the cap. OIL the bottom bearing since that old wick that was meant to oil the bottom is probably caked in dirt and not going to move the oil. Clean it well. You should not need to spin start it like a cheap benchtop buffer. Cleaning it and servicing it might help make it more convenient. Id also buff the base shiny, and wax and oil that handle. Add some Armour All to the bumper to prolong its life. Those bumpers are usually cracking apart and hard. The 541 was my 2nd hoover I believe. It takes the RD belt as well. Practically Everything before 1957 or so can use RD belts. Try and get 1541 attachments for it. There was never a motor serial for these I don't think. My brass motor plate has no serial. The base has a serial number though.
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| Post# 364056 , Reply# 3 12/22/2016 at 18:51 (2,679 days old) by Steamawayclean (Concord NH) | ||
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Ok thanks jim I will do all that. When it comes to the attachments I have a nice set from the 300 I got. Are those the same? I'm not sure how to plug them in. There's an adapter to hook onto where the bag goes to hook on the hose but then where would the bag go? | ||
Post# 364057 , Reply# 4 12/22/2016 at 18:57 (2,679 days old) by vacuumlad1650  (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 364066 , Reply# 5 12/22/2016 at 19:40 (2,679 days old) by Steamawayclean (Concord NH) | ||
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Ok will do. Thanks again | ||
| Post# 364074 , Reply# 6 12/22/2016 at 23:00 (2,679 days old) by jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
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Those 300 attachments wont work. | ||
| Post# 364075 , Reply# 7 12/22/2016 at 23:16 (2,679 days old) by Jimjimmunster (Hammond, Ind.) | ||
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Pics of 541
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| Post# 364100 , Reply# 8 12/23/2016 at 15:03 (2,679 days old) by Steamawayclean (Concord NH) | ||
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541 adapter I think I have that one. It came with these 2 adapters. Can't figure out the brown one. I'll attach the pic
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| Post# 364104 , Reply# 9 12/23/2016 at 15:32 (2,679 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
The adapters you are showing go with a Hoover that has a bottom plate that covers the roller brush and belt. The brown adapter goes over the bag opening as a blower adapter.
The Motor will have a serial number that will be different from the vacuum serial number. If you don't have a serial number on the plate, the plate may be a replacement. There is a serial number on the vacuum but it's hidden, and it should match the one on the plate. On mine both numbers match ( the hidden and the plate number). Here's pictures of mine, it still has the sateen bag from 1924. | ||
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