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Thread Number: 23044
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| Post# 257775 11/27/2013 at 23:49 (3,800 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID) | ||
I have a good friend who will be coming by my house on Saturday for a micro-meet. He's bringing a crap-load of parts and attachments (yay!) as well as a few vacuums from his collection. One machine that he is bringing is a 1980's Electrolux LE. He says it worked when he got it, but now the switch is stuck in the OFF position. We need to go in and fix the switch so the motor will run again. So, I have a couple of questions....
First of all, can you repair the power switch? It's a push-action, foot operated switch mounted near the front of the cleaner. I am hoping that it's just gummed up and needs a bit of TLC to work again. I really hope that it doesn't need to be replaced entirely. Second, how desirable is this particular Electrolux? It has the tools, PN7 power nozzle, and my friend is even throwing in a NIB SideKick mini power nozzle as well. I hope that we can get this vacuum up and running again soon! And, click the link for the timeline of the Electrolux models through the years. The LE is from 1988. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Jaker15's LINK | ||
| Post# 257798 , Reply# 1 11/28/2013 at 09:04 (3,799 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
Hey Jake
Afraid that time line isn't all that accurate and it misses a lot of machines. There are three different models of LE. The first one out was the usually referred to as an LE (J). The J stood for Jadestone which was the really dark blue color of trim. It was out from 1985-1987. From 1987 - 1989 they changed to the LE (T). The T stands for Taupe which is the tan/brown colour. The third model is the SE LE or Special Edition LE which was sold in 1989 through various mail order outlets like the Esso flyers they sent to card holders. The trim on it was a wine colour. All the parts are available to repair the switch yet and they aren't very expensive so you shouldn't have any problem with that. Doug | ||
| Post# 257810 , Reply# 2 11/28/2013 at 12:18 (3,799 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID) | ||
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Doug.... | ||
| Post# 257832 , Reply# 3 11/28/2013 at 14:54 (3,799 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 257836 , Reply# 4 11/28/2013 at 15:36 (3,799 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID) | ||
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Looks good! But..... | ||
| Post# 257837 , Reply# 5 11/28/2013 at 15:38 (3,799 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
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switch Most generally all you need is a rocker arm. The new ones are reinforced. | ||
| Post# 257838 , Reply# 6 11/28/2013 at 15:42 (3,799 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 273798 , Reply# 7 3/28/2014 at 11:34 (3,679 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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I found it interesting that the L-E pictured below and in the next thread are Model 1623 like the Regency Series machines. I used to think that each name or series had its own model identification. 
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| Post# 273799 , Reply# 8 3/28/2014 at 11:35 (3,679 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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The machine marked "Model 1623" as shown in the previous reply: 
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| Post# 273800 , Reply# 9 3/28/2014 at 11:37 (3,679 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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I neglected to mention that the Ambassador (no Roman numeral after it) was also a Model 1623. | ||
| Post# 273910 , Reply# 10 3/28/2014 at 21:09 (3,679 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
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Ronni according to my records The Ambassador model # was 0027. | ||
| Post# 274012 , Reply# 14 3/29/2014 at 16:04 (3,678 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID) | ||
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