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Thread Number: 7420
Fab Weekend Finds! Hoover Concept Power Drive and U1100 |
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| Post# 81868 10/4/2009 at 11:44 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
Paul and myself spent the weekend chasing appliances which included the collection of a recent ebay purchase from Glossop. We planned to travel from Crewe to Glossop and from there down the A roads through the Peak District en route to collect a Hotpoint washing machien from Birmingham. This route took us via Buxton, Ashbourne and finally through some of Leicestershire in which we stopped off for a nosey around. One rather quaint little appliance repair shop tucked away in one of the stop offs had me and Paul nearly dying for seeing the obsolete parts they carried and when we got the owner in conversation about our collection it came out he had a self driven Hoover cleaner somewhere. Well minutes later after a discussion about them he dissapeared upstairs to his store rooms and brought down one of these....... 
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| Post# 81869 , Reply# 1 10/4/2009 at 11:55 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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After cooing over it for a few minutes we progressed the discussion onto other things, the guy was a haven of knowledge all things Hoover and Hotpoint and ended up giving us some Hoover Service manuals which we had not seen before. As we were leaving he signalled for us to not forget the Concept 1 to which I nearly passed out. I offered payment but he wouldnt accept, such an unexpected gesture!!!! 
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| Post# 81870 , Reply# 2 10/4/2009 at 11:56 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 81871 , Reply# 3 10/4/2009 at 11:57 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 81872 , Reply# 4 10/4/2009 at 11:57 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 81873 , Reply# 5 10/4/2009 at 11:58 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 81874 , Reply# 6 10/4/2009 at 12:00 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 81875 , Reply# 7 10/4/2009 at 12:01 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 81876 , Reply# 8 10/4/2009 at 12:02 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 81877 , Reply# 9 10/4/2009 at 12:03 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 81878 , Reply# 10 10/4/2009 at 12:04 (5,317 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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Post# 81880 , Reply# 11 10/4/2009 at 13:29 (5,317 days old) by gsohoover  (Reidsville, NC) |
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Wow I have never seen a power drive in that good of condition. Usally they are really beat up. That one is mint! Congrats on the find. | ||
| Post# 81881 , Reply# 12 10/4/2009 at 13:39 (5,317 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
Nice finds!!! | ||
| Post# 81889 , Reply# 13 10/4/2009 at 16:55 (5,316 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
Trunion?
What is a trunion? Closest I can find in my Merriam Webster is 'trundle' (to roll along, to wheel) right before 'trunk'. Am I getting warmer? Oh, that colourful British language...much of which we use in Canada. Excellent adoptees, Robert & Paul. A PowerDrive Concept one with cordwinder - very very nice. Dave | ||
| Post# 81892 , Reply# 14 10/4/2009 at 17:56 (5,316 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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If I'm correct..... I have heard of a trunnion in relation to a steam locomotive. Like the hangy thingy that axle springs would be mounted on. Or, I think half of a universal joint is a trunnion. maybe? Rick PS....spellcheck wants it spelled this way....trunnion. | ||
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Post# 81895 , Reply# 15 10/4/2009 at 18:06 (5,316 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Merriam- Webster Says | ||
| Post# 81898 , Reply# 16 10/4/2009 at 19:24 (5,316 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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TWO new words in one day! Wow!
Trunnion: especially: either of two opposite gudgeons on which a cannon is swiveled. I'm in high dudgeon over truncheon-ing onions. I loathe onions. Won't eat 'em. Pick 'em out of my food; that's my opunnion. Do like vacuum cleaners. Hangy thingie? Dave, Sunday night off, Monday is day off, playing with my refurbished upgraded 1.5 Ghz DVDdl Mac CUBE running Leopard. I WILL learn OSX and be converted. I WILL not buy into Windows7, which is damnittohell Vista with all the missing XP bits PUT BACK IN. argh. :-) | ||
| Post# 81903 , Reply# 17 10/4/2009 at 21:00 (5,316 days old) by swingette () | ||
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What type of agitator does that UK Concept have? Did it come with the bottom plate? I wonder how the cleaning performance compares with the Turbopower/master? | ||
| Post# 81905 , Reply# 18 10/4/2009 at 22:03 (5,316 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX) | ||
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i wonder why the concept was a big flop over in the UK | ||
| Post# 81910 , Reply# 19 10/5/2009 at 03:24 (5,316 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
Congratulations
to you for getting this Concept 1, just shows that good fortune can smile on us all - personally I put it down to clean living and thinking pure thoughts. You can imagine how pure my thoughts have been given that I have just paid £126 for one of these myself. Now, where are my wax dolls and pins LOLOL
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Post# 81914 , Reply# 20 10/5/2009 at 05:04 (5,316 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 81930 , Reply# 21 10/5/2009 at 12:58 (5,316 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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You guys are pretty much spot on with Trunnion so I wont say a word and let the romantic words you have found leave their effect. Al, yes a shocker completely and when he said just take it I nearly choked comsidering the fortune these machines bring in the UK. I will be honest and did look at the £5 I had in my wallet once the spare part I bought was paid for seemed like an insult to his genorosity and kindness so I dropped the matter as not to offend - however I did put the £5 into Tesco's charity of the year fund for Muscular Dystrophy. However monetary value aside its the machine and the joy it brings to me that counts. No ebayer or insurance policy can pay for that joy. Now for the crunch, It is missing its brushroll to which I assume will be the Quadraflex and also the baseplate. Belt also needed as also the Powerdrive pully which the belt hooks onto. I had a hunch that a local repair shop had a Quadraflex in his window but a lucnhtime walk solved the mystery and he didnt so I now need to find these parts to get the poor thing up and running again. Parts seem to be way obsolete in the UK, even copy parts although I have located some bags. DOes anyone have a clue as to where I can get what I need? Cheers Rob | ||
| Post# 81936 , Reply# 22 10/5/2009 at 16:39 (5,315 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London) | ||
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You could try Hooverland | ||
| Post# 81981 , Reply# 23 10/5/2009 at 22:05 (5,315 days old) by swingette () | ||
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Rob, keep us updated on the parts. Im sure you will get what you need. | ||
| Post# 81988 , Reply# 24 10/6/2009 at 01:02 (5,315 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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| Post# 82035 , Reply# 25 10/7/2009 at 15:56 (5,313 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 82036 , Reply# 26 10/7/2009 at 16:02 (5,313 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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| Post# 82057 , Reply# 27 10/7/2009 at 22:45 (5,313 days old) by xraytech () | ||
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Rob, I am in the middle of aquiring a Hoover Concept for parts from a local Craigslist ad. If the brushroll is good I will send it to you as well as the bottom plate and a few belts so you can get you Concept running. I will let you know when I get it. Sam | ||
| Post# 82086 , Reply# 28 10/8/2009 at 13:24 (5,313 days old) by turbomaster1984 (Ripley, Derbyshire) | ||
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Sam thats sounds wonderful. Thankyou. What will the postage cost be like? Should I now also mention without being greedy that I forgot to inform that the drive pulley is missing and also I think there is a button missing off the handle. Feel free to email me if the parts become available and im sure we can come to some agreement/swap. Perhaps you would like some UK goodies in return? Kenmore81 I know what you mean about the leaning Turbomaster/Innovation so if I find the part you need to correct this Ialso would have no issues doing a swap or something. I will have a look to see if I have the part you need and let you know. Cheers guys, | ||
| Post# 82140 , Reply# 29 10/9/2009 at 07:31 (5,312 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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Wow | ||
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