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Post# 125260   2/17/2011 at 05:19 (4,807 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Well, I just trash-picked another vacuum cleaner, it's a Vax QuickLite, it's black and has pink parts, and it's bagless and stinks of dog!!! :S

I am pretty sure of it's fault cos it has a serious nozzle clog, and the filter in the bin is packed with dirt and fur, and it seems to have been left out in the rain so the motor is flooded, this could be an interesting challenge for sure... :P

Post# 125263 , Reply# 1   2/17/2011 at 06:27 (4,807 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Yeugh that thing stinks!!! :X

Anyway, some pics (some parts removed)...

Post# 125264 , Reply# 2   2/17/2011 at 06:29 (4,807 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

The clog (or, a game of spot the nozzle opening)...

Post# 125265 , Reply# 3   2/17/2011 at 06:32 (4,807 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

And be glad the internet does not support smellovision, this filter smells horrific!!! :S

Post# 125269 , Reply# 4   2/17/2011 at 07:51 (4,807 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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My that is gaggy! Bet it made your garden gnomes upchuck!

Post# 125276 , Reply# 5   2/17/2011 at 09:07 (4,807 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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Oh my! Nasty.

Post# 125279 , Reply# 6   2/17/2011 at 10:33 (4,807 days old) by Ohio_Tuec ()        
this could be an interesting challenge for sure... :P

 I wish you the best of luck in restoring the machine. But would it be worthwhile economically? I know sometimes those filters cost almost as much as the machine itself, which is why most people just let the filters clog and keep using the vacuum until the motor burns out. If the customer is too cheap to buy bags, guaranteed they're not gonna buy a new filter.

- Karl

Post# 125288 , Reply# 7   2/17/2011 at 13:13 (4,807 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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Valid point ther Karl.

Post# 125290 , Reply# 8   2/17/2011 at 14:04 (4,807 days old) by scvacuumguy (SC)        

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Definitely agreed on that one! Sometimes a machine doesn't hold any collectable value when they are so new and completely trashed. If I'm not mistaken, that one is also missing the height adjust knob. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder- it will be a major pain to clean up regardless.

Post# 125304 , Reply# 9   2/17/2011 at 19:30 (4,806 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

In all honesty, I don't do restoration for the value, I just do it cos I enjoy it, even if I managed to not sell it, I would rather see it running in someones home and not being thrown out, people still want a cheap vac to replace another cheap vac, that is why freecyce exists... :)

Most of the parts are there, some I had removed before taking pictures, like the height adjuster, that is sat in the tray next to the vac with the belt & brushroll in the first pic, so aside from the tools and power cable, it's all there... :)

I stripped it back to the motor, which had a sodden sponge "filter" around it, the surprisingly simple wiring is intact and servicable and aside from looking wet, I think it will fight to live again, even if it is a cheap-ass plastivac, I've seen vac motors survive worse fates (look up PhotonicInduction on youtube to see what I mean!!!)... :)

Just need to find it a cable... :)

Post# 125306 , Reply# 10   2/17/2011 at 19:50 (4,806 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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I do the same things, something to do, and someone always has a worse one that needs replacing.

Post# 125308 , Reply# 11   2/17/2011 at 20:38 (4,806 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)        

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That looks like a cross between the Hoover Fold-Away and a Dirt Devil. It's kinda neat!

Post# 125311 , Reply# 12   2/17/2011 at 21:27 (4,806 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

That's why I called it a Hoovax... :P

Post# 125319 , Reply# 13   2/17/2011 at 22:11 (4,806 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Motor looks okay, bit of rust on the armature, nothing on the commutator, I'd say it's perfectly serviceable... :)

Just not braved cleaning the stinky plastics up yet... :S

Post# 125354 , Reply# 14   2/18/2011 at 14:47 (4,805 days old) by jodan3399 (Brownsville, PA)        

I've found as long as they haven't been submerged in a flood they're usually fine.

I normally brush out the worst of it outside and then soak whatever I can in some sudsy water in the stationary tub. It should clean up fine, although the filter is toast (you'd never get the odor out of it anyways).

I like the color scheme. : ) Scrappers got to the cord before you found it though I see, same issue around here.

Post# 125390 , Reply# 15   2/19/2011 at 00:49 (4,805 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

A lot of people here cut the cable off when they throw vacuums (or any other appliances) out, either to stop people using them cos they're "broken", or if they're like me they save the cable to use on something else... :)

It is a pain though, having to find a replacement to match isn't fun, especially as the price of copper makes it expensive to buy cables now, so I tend to save what I've got when I can... :)

Thinking about it though, the cable I saved from a Hoover PurePower a few years ago, that cable is rated for 6 Amps at 240 Volts, but the motor in that thing was 1800w (current ones are 2100w (8.75A)!!!), and 1800 Watts is 7.5 Amps, it's no wonder the things like to scorch, burn and short out.... :S

Post# 125410 , Reply# 16   2/19/2011 at 09:42 (4,805 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Well, I found a cable that'll work on it, and I have it wired up to the motor which has thoroughly dried out, and it's working fine, bit on the loud side, but that's probably cos it's a stupidly high-RPM plastivac motor, made by "TEK Electrical (su zhou) Co., Ltd." of China.... :P

It's a 6 Amp cable, and the vac is rated as 1400w, so, it's just within tolerances (and as it's a bagless-with-cartridge-filter vac, it probably won't run that high), and it is long enough to do vacuuming in an average british living room, so should do... :)

Just needs the plastics sorting out now, get 'em clean and get 'em deodorised, just have to wait for the moment cos we has company here... :S

Oh, and the brushroll needs sorting out, it's a bit stiff, so may need it's bearings sorting, assuming it even has proper bearings....

Post# 125413 , Reply# 17   2/19/2011 at 10:12 (4,805 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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Nice update!

Post# 125420 , Reply# 18   2/19/2011 at 11:23 (4,805 days old) by twocvbloke ()        
"Nice update!"

 Not much of one really, just got the motor running outside of the vac after it was half-submerged in rainwater... :)

Post# 125421 , Reply# 19   2/19/2011 at 11:57 (4,805 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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it keeps the mystery rolling!

Post# 125426 , Reply# 20   2/19/2011 at 12:16 (4,805 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

I suppose it goes to show, there is life after death... :P

Post# 125578 , Reply# 21   2/21/2011 at 02:43 (4,803 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

I think I shall tackle this today, get it cleaned up and stuck back together, before I forget how it goes back together!!! :P

Then onto the Electrolux z500's plastics.... :)

Post# 125590 , Reply# 22   2/21/2011 at 08:29 (4,803 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Well, it's all washed up, smells a lot better (though still has a slight doggy smell to it, I shall fix that with Kirby Odorific masking the smell), the outside of it is a bit greasy, that gungy yukky stuff that forms around a cooker when you're a heavy food fryer, so that'll need to be cleaned off with some degreasing stuff (probably some decent kitchen cleaner), but otherwise, it's all looking good, just need to let it dry now... :)

Unfortunately though, the filter fell apart, I guess it was past it's best, thought looking at it, I think if I dug the glue out of the bit that let go, I could probably reassemble it with some silicone sealant, though that would probably be a waste of time really, cos the thing still has a bit of a smell about it, and looking on ebay, the filter kits aren't too bad, about the cost of a cheap pack of bags, so no worse than buying bags for a proper vac... :)

Still, I'm having fun, I like projects.... :D

Post# 125630 , Reply# 23   2/21/2011 at 13:34 (4,803 days old) by unconscious (London, UK)        

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I also have a Vax Quicklite, but mine is called WideTrack (www.vax.co.uk/images/products/1-1...). The one that you have is V-047 FoldAway. :)

Post# 125631 , Reply# 24   2/21/2011 at 13:44 (4,803 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Thanks, I meant to post the model number earlier but completely forgot about it, still, it helps in locating the correct filter(s) for it... :)

I've seen a few different QuickLite models, though this one I would guess is easier to put in the post cos it folds down, reducing the height... :P

I've identified another problem, one of the brushroll bearings is pretty seriously rusted up, and it's not recent rust either, it looks like it's been rusting away for some time, but we'll see, might have something somewhere to replace it... :)

Post# 125832 , Reply# 25   2/24/2011 at 10:00 (4,800 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

It's back together, minus the hose which is still wet inside (I hate stretch-hoses!!), and goodness me is this thing a noisy bugger!!! I'm used to my Kirbys, Sanitaire, Juniors, Victor and the miele, but this thing is louder than standing next to a police car with it's sirens blaring.... :S

I'm definitely not keeping this one, horrible thing!!!

Post# 125888 , Reply# 26   2/25/2011 at 01:03 (4,799 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

NOISE-probably another reason why it was thrown out.

Post# 125893 , Reply# 27   2/25/2011 at 03:46 (4,799 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

Nah, modern plasticrap vacs here in the UK are horrifically noisy whatever brand you go for, I think it was just thrown out cos it suffered from SOS (or, Stupid Owner Syndrome) cos of the lump of dirt/fur/whatever that was caught in the nozzle, aswell as the filter that was just a cake of dirt, both easy fixes even for a complete idiot (but then again, the totalled up IQ of the rest of this street probably won't reach 100), but still, their loss is my project... :)

Managed to re-assemble the filter though, but I'm not sire if it's secure enough being held in with permanently flexible silicone, cos twisting it off made it move slightly, so, I don't know, not too keen on spending more money on it (£3.99 for belts, one of which went to the Lux Z500), especially as I haven't got any to spare at the moment, but we'll see, might have access to some different sealant (that hardens when it dries) next week... :)

The hose is a PITA though, even after a few days of drying somewhere warm, it was still wet inside, so the bin ended up wet too, and with dirt from me trying the thing out (and blowing out my eardrums!!!), so that's been sat on a radiator overnight to try and get the thing dried out properly...

Got a sound meter downloaded onto my phone, might do a comparison of this and three other vacs of mine (Junior, Sanitaire & Kirby I think), just to see how loud they are in comparison to the HooVax... :P

Post# 125898 , Reply# 28   2/25/2011 at 04:57 (4,799 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)        

Its too the point I leave "plasticrap" vacuums in the dumpster or trashpile where it lies-don't want to be involved in them-now if it were a Kirby,Royal,'Lux or some other expensive vac in the rubbish pile-will take the machine and give it a shot in fixing it up.The ones I have encountered something was BROKEN on them-or missing.Like a busted housing or such.or missing attachments-Where did they go?

Post# 125900 , Reply# 29   2/25/2011 at 05:30 (4,799 days old) by twocvbloke ()        

I usually see plasticrap vacs as something to do, cos I have a sleep disorder, I can end up being awake during the night, and being awake during the night can be quite boring, so something to do, even if it's cleaning up a plastivac, it keeps me busy.... :)

Still, it's a POS... :P


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