A while back, my friend Joe22 posted about a sucker that took his Grandma's 1970 Hoover Convertible to a vacuum repair crook and got taken for a ride. I asked that the old motor be taken care of as the bearings were getting dry and the brush roll worn. When I got the vacuum back it sounded winding and shrill and picked up poorly. After two years I got the nerve to try andfix it myself and found a small rusty Eureka motor in side. I completely replaced to motor with a new Hoover guardsman motor and it was an amazing fit. I'm happy to say the vacuum runs amazingly well and will last another 40 years with out a problem.