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Thread Number: 5196
I got a new toy!! |
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| Post# 57935 1/10/2009 at 11:55 (5,584 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
I was wondering around town today looking in all the second hand shops. We have LOADS of charity shops round here and I like to go in and look at the records (I'm a vinyl collector). Not many sell electrical items as they need to be tested. I was in Age Concern and they had a Panasonic MCE-53 stood in the window for £7.50!! It was caked in dust. I asked the assistant if i could test it out. The belt had gone and it was all clogged up and some bright spark had put a Turbopower bag in which had fallen out and spilled dust all inside it. She let me have it for a fiver. I got it home, replaced the belt, bag, filters. Took it to bits and washed everything in hot soapy water. It smelt really musty. It must have been stood around for a while. I put a few drops of rosewood oil in the water to help with the smell. A wipe down and a toothbrush in all the crevices on the body followed by a polish and it looks fantastic and runs like new. It's not exactley a light weight machine compared to the MCE-40 machines but the 900w motor has a nice sound to it and the suction power is fantastic! Much better than a brand new 1700w bagless. The hose is ridiculous short though. I think there was an extension hose available when you bought these. Pics below. You'll have to copy and paste the links. i147.photobucket.com/albums/r313/... i147.photobucket.com/albums/r313/... i147.photobucket.com/albums/r313/... i147.photobucket.com/albums/r313/... thanks for looking, Chris | ||
| Post# 57937 , Reply# 1 1/10/2009 at 12:36 (5,584 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Opps... | ||
| Post# 57946 , Reply# 2 1/10/2009 at 17:18 (5,583 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Good deal and yes I think the wands are missing. If they're the same as the US/Can Panasonics they're just those generic plastic wands that come with them new.. nothing fancy at all. | ||
| Post# 57952 , Reply# 3 1/10/2009 at 18:57 (5,583 days old) by rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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They were a more upmarket range... ...compared to the MC-E40 range. I liked the look of them; more elegant and streamlined than the MC-E40 range. Here be a television advert: CLICK HERE TO GO TO rolls_rapide's LINK | ||
| Post# 57983 , Reply# 4 1/11/2009 at 08:26 (5,583 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Petek... | ||
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