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Thread Number: 22964
eureka 1266 B rotomatic canister vacuum cleaner |
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| Post# 257087 , Reply# 1 11/20/2013 at 21:35 (3,809 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
Hello, Christina and welcome! Sounds like this is an electrical problem, (obviously) which is always best left up to the professionals. Take the machine to your local favorite Vac Shop,,this is their job, so let them have at it! It may just be something out of allignment,,cord reel,,electric connection,,ect or some simple issue. Good luck and let us know what happens.
We like pics here,,please post pics of your machines,,collection,,ect if you are able. Take Care! | ||
Post# 257205 , Reply# 2 11/21/2013 at 22:13 (3,808 days old) by Durango159  (State College, PA) |
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Agreed. My guess is that it needs a new cord and the cord winders on these machines are not readily serviceable by consumers. Take it to your local vacuum shop and they can attach meters on it to see exactly where the issue lies and how to best remedy the situation.
If it does need a new cord then most likely you will be looking at having just a stationary cord that you will be wrapping around the machine after uses. These machines are wonderful cleaners and are built to last but sadly many parts for them are not produced anymore. The original cord winders on these were not service friendly. The repair primarily comes down to a new cord system. But this is my best guess without seeing the machine. Your local shop may have some better ideas and older working parts laying around to help. | ||
| Post# 261615 , Reply# 5 1/2/2014 at 23:19 (3,766 days old) by hippiedoll () | ||
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2nd picture.... top view... 
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Post# 261621 , Reply# 7 1/3/2014 at 00:35 (3,766 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Glad it is working now! The bare floor brush that you have on the top of your canister looks like a Genuine Eureka. The dusting brush and upholstery nozzle are for a Hoover Elite styled upright. But that is a nice feature on the Eureka canisters that it is what's known as a universal fit hose end. Your machine will fit tons of tools that are slide on friction fit from various models and manufacturers such as Kenmore, Panasonic, Hoover uprights, Eureka, Dirt Devil, numerouse ones. It's best to bring your hose or another tool that you know fits with you to ensure any others you get will indeed fit.
We would still like to see the power head. I know you'll still get years left out of that machine. I imagine the vac shop gave the rest of the suction unit a check up too, so that motor should be in great shape!! They last a while. These are powerful cleaners. One of the great things is no circuit boards or fancy gimmicks to possibly break. The attachment set up on mine is a little different along with color but other wise the suction units and cleaning power I bet is about the same. I love mine. 
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| Post# 261637 , Reply# 9 1/3/2014 at 06:37 (3,765 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Hi Christina! Your orange Eureka Power Team was part of the line up of Eureka's very first power nozzle canisters brought to market in 1973 just before Eureka Williams was bought by the Swedish Electrolux company.
In the vacuum tests done by Consumer Reports in 1974, your vac was rated as the second best power nozzle canister among the long list of vacs tested! The only one beating it for first place was a more basic Eureka power team that was listed as a Best Buy since it had a lower price but similar high test results. Enjoy your toy! | ||
| Post# 261677 , Reply# 11 1/3/2014 at 14:40 (3,765 days old) by hippiedoll () | ||
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eureka 1266 B updated pictures..... here is the picture of both the canister with the power nozzle connected. this lil' guy is all suited up & ready to play or work!! 
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| Post# 261679 , Reply# 12 1/3/2014 at 14:40 (3,765 days old) by hippiedoll () | ||
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eureka 1266 B updated pictures..... here's a picture of the power nozzle.... 
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| Post# 261680 , Reply# 13 1/3/2014 at 14:41 (3,765 days old) by hippiedoll () | ||
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eureka 1266 B updated pictures..... here's a picture of the power nozzle powered up with headlight beaming... 
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| Post# 261681 , Reply# 14 1/3/2014 at 14:42 (3,765 days old) by hippiedoll () | ||
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eureka 1266 B updated pictures..... here's the lil' guy with his "tool belt" loaded & ready to go... 
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| Post# 261685 , Reply# 16 1/3/2014 at 15:19 (3,765 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Hi Christina! You are very welcome! Indeed, the yellow Harvest Gold version was a more basic canister with no suction control, no dust bag indicator and no headlight on the power nozzle.
All your attachments are genuine Eureka tools, including the crevice tool. But I actually think Model 1266 originally came packaged with Eureka's "deluxe" attachments: the upholstery nozzle would be wider and the dusting brush would be square shaped and would have softer horse-hair bristles. The crevice tool you have is a later version: Eureka Williams crevice tools did not have those notches at the end of the tool - these were added by the Eureka Company in the late 1970's to prevent "suction lock" created by more powerful motors. By the way, Eureka's design for power nozzles was quite successful: other vac makers like Tristar contracted Eureka to make these power nozzles for their canister cleaners too. | ||
| Post# 261689 , Reply# 18 1/3/2014 at 16:22 (3,765 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 261733 , Reply# 19 1/4/2014 at 01:38 (3,765 days old) by hippiedoll () | ||
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oh yeah??!!?? cool!!! my lil' eureka tends to always make me smile whenever i look at 'em :o) | ||
| Post# 261779 , Reply# 20 1/4/2014 at 13:36 (3,764 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Hi Hippiedoll Christina!
Here's a videoclip of the more basic Eureka Model 1261 in Harvest Gold: Just click on the link below.... CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
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Post# 261809 , Reply# 21 1/4/2014 at 15:48 (3,764 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Thank you for the dedication posts.
My unit is a 1784B, it is newer than yours due to the Eureka logo. I do not know the model year of my machine though. The attachments on mine are genuine originals for the unit with exception of the crevice tool. I think the crevice tool I have on there is a Eureka but not for this machine. I am happy that it fits in the caddy though. The 1784B has is 11.5 Amps, 4.0 Peak Horsepower. VGII brush roll. It's a great machine. Here's a good picture of the tools. I noticed your bare floor brush is missing a connection stem, is that a separate piece? It looks brand new so I'm confused!! 
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Post# 261810 , Reply# 22 1/4/2014 at 15:49 (3,764 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Post# 261811 , Reply# 23 1/4/2014 at 15:51 (3,764 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Post# 261812 , Reply# 24 1/4/2014 at 15:51 (3,764 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Post# 261815 , Reply# 25 1/4/2014 at 15:58 (3,764 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Post# 261819 , Reply# 26 1/4/2014 at 16:08 (3,764 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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| Post# 261824 , Reply# 29 1/4/2014 at 16:49 (3,764 days old) by hippiedoll () | ||
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wand conneced.... and here's a picture of the boomerang shaped wand connected to the bare floor brush... 
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| Post# 261825 , Reply# 30 1/4/2014 at 16:59 (3,764 days old) by hippiedoll () | ||
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durango159... i notice that your power nozzle has a little window on one side that says "power view". what is that and what is the point of that??? please explain it to me... my power nozzle doesn't have that window in it?? thank you.... | ||
| Post# 261827 , Reply# 31 1/4/2014 at 17:07 (3,764 days old) by Loganvac (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) | ||
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| Post# 261828 , Reply# 32 1/4/2014 at 17:09 (3,764 days old) by Loganvac (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) | ||
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woops!! | ||
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Post# 261871 , Reply# 33 1/4/2014 at 23:52 (3,764 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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The power view window allows you to see the belt turning. I guess it's a way to tell if belt slows down or doesn't turn at all!! The belts have writing and/or dots all over them so you can easily see whether or not the brush is actually turning.
Thank you for the comments. It certainly is a "Mean Green Machine" very power agitation and airflow. My guess is that your brush roll is the same as mine or do you have a VGI? You have a wonderful machine yourself too!! I've always liked the headlight style on the one that you have Cristina. Someday I will probably find myself a power head similar to yours, I'd like to find a burgundy Canned ham some day and it has the same style as yours!! Thanks for posting all of your photos!! We love photos on this forum! | ||
| Post# 261891 , Reply# 34 1/5/2014 at 08:08 (3,763 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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If I remember correctly, Eureka provided a second set of plain wands with the deluxe Power Teams so that the user would not have to disassemble the power nozzle wiring and wands in order to attach the bare floor brush. The user was meant to keep the two extra wands and curved wand assembled in the corner of the closet so that he or she could easily switch over to bare floor cleaning by just disconnecting the hose and unplugging the wire from the power nozzle wand assembly.
The "neckless" bare floor brush was a leftover design from the earlier non-power-nozzle versions of the vac. The first generation of Eureka Power Teams were basically copies of the earlier straight suction Sweet Sixteen and Empress II vacs modified to take the new Roto Matic power nozzles. Throughout the 1960's, canister vacs made by Eureka Williams featured neckless carpet nozzles and bare floor brushes that connected to the straight wands with a single curved wand. The concept allowed the user to easily switch between various floor and carpet tools by simply turning the tool on the wand 180 degrees to pull it off. Consumer Reports never liked the design concept because the tools could easily swing around and fall off as you moved from cleaning task to cleaning task!!!! :-). But the concept also allowed for a very neat way to store the tools on large "nipples" on Eureka's "Tool Paks". So that Eureka Tool Pak on Christina's Power Team is a left-over design from the earlier straight suction version of the vac. Eureka soon realized that the neckless bare floor brush was inconvenient since it was the only attachment requiring a separate curved wand. So the newer versions of the Power Teams sported a return to Eureka tool design from the 1959's: a bare floor brush with an integrated swivel neck. Of course, this forced a redesign of the Tool Pak which is what you see on Rob's Mean Green Machine.... The first Eureka Roto-Matic power nozzles did not feature Vibra-Groomer brush rolls - they came with the more basic Disturbulator brush rolls found on all of Eureka's 1400 Series economy uprights: a gold-coloured wooden brush roll with one set of red plastic beater bars and one row if black bristles. Hope this clears up the picture somewhat guys!!!! | ||
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Post# 261897 , Reply# 35 1/5/2014 at 09:19 (3,763 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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That's Awesome | ||
| Post# 261920 , Reply# 36 1/5/2014 at 11:37 (3,763 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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| Post# 262054 , Reply# 40 1/6/2014 at 07:29 (3,762 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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