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Dirty Eureka
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Post# 225218   3/26/2013 at 18:32 (4,047 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

I seen a Craigslist ad this weekend for a $5 vacuum, of course I had to go check it out. The seller claimed that she had bought, used it for a short period of time, then inherited a nicer machine from her mother and this one had been sitting around for a while. She said it worked, but thought it would need a new belt or something. It appeared to be in reasonable condition so I look the plunge and brought it home. It may have only been used for a short while, but I was in for a surprise when I started to open the poor thing up. Here is the bag chamber, there was not a bag installed.

Post# 225219 , Reply# 1   3/26/2013 at 18:34 (4,047 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        
More filth...

This was the sight I was greeted with when I opened the bottom of it up. And yes, there was a drywall screw and a feather stuck in the belt cover

Post# 225220 , Reply# 2   3/26/2013 at 18:36 (4,047 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        
Pre-filter

Yucky!

Post# 225221 , Reply# 3   3/26/2013 at 18:38 (4,047 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        
Even the foam wrap around the motor was dirty

....

Post# 225222 , Reply# 4   3/26/2013 at 18:41 (4,047 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        
Clean up time

Everybody in for a bath! Normally a good wipe down is sufficient but in think we need more scrubbing power.

Post# 225224 , Reply# 5   3/26/2013 at 18:45 (4,047 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        
All better!

After a work over with the magic eraser, all is well. Seems to be rather BOL,but it cleaned well.

Post# 225228 , Reply# 6   3/26/2013 at 19:52 (4,047 days old) by jodan3399 (Brownsville, PA)        

Great clean up job!!

Post# 225232 , Reply# 7   3/26/2013 at 20:30 (4,047 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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That poor machine, to live through that.It must be happy now

Post# 225265 , Reply# 8   3/27/2013 at 10:48 (4,046 days old) by hoove94 ()        

dang...i have a black eureka the boss, with this body style...it was free, i turned it on and i could instantly tell why it was free...someone had to of sucked up dirty kitty litter in it...the smell knocked me straight down...

Post# 225266 , Reply# 9   3/27/2013 at 11:25 (4,046 days old) by kirbyg6 (York)        
Eureka

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That's my favourite style boss vacuums



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