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Post# 263782   1/17/2014 at 20:15 (3,751 days old) by papasvacs (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)   |   | |
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Just finished rejuvenating this model XXX. Bought it at a garage sale for $25.00. Put about $30.00 into parts (new handle and floor brush) and a lot of time cleaning and polishing. Inside it has a 1949 date of manufacture. She purrs like brand new. How many machines made today would sound like new after 65 years? |
Post# 263784 , Reply# 1   1/17/2014 at 20:17 (3,751 days old) by papasvacs (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 263785 , Reply# 2   1/17/2014 at 20:19 (3,751 days old) by papasvacs (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 263789 , Reply# 3   1/17/2014 at 20:46 (3,751 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 263793 , Reply# 4   1/17/2014 at 21:03 (3,751 days old) by sries (Tacoma WA)   |   | |
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Post# 263794 , Reply# 5   1/17/2014 at 21:04 (3,751 days old) by sries (Tacoma WA)   |   | |
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Post# 263795 , Reply# 6   1/17/2014 at 21:05 (3,751 days old) by papasvacs (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 263797 , Reply# 7   1/17/2014 at 21:06 (3,751 days old) by papasvacs (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 263813 , Reply# 8   1/17/2014 at 22:39 (3,750 days old) by Vacosaurus (Cleveland ohio)   |   | |
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In your first picture and description you said you bought a floor brush. Do you mean the horsehair brush? and if so did you buy a horsehair replacement for the aluminum body? Bill, |
Post# 263834 , Reply# 9   1/18/2014 at 03:22 (3,750 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 263902 , Reply# 10   1/18/2014 at 14:07 (3,750 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 264003 , Reply# 11   1/18/2014 at 19:57 (3,750 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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To those who use a XXX; do U put a paper liner inside cloth bag or use only the cloth bag? Where can I find paper bags for the XXX? |
Post# 264006 , Reply# 12   1/18/2014 at 20:08 (3,750 days old) by papasvacs (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)   |   | |
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use a paper liner. I like to empty the cloth bag at least once a week. With a dog and a cat in the house in NY, the bag gets full quickly. In Florida I don't empty as often but prefer just the cloth bag there as well.
If you can find the paper liners, they are kind of a generic tank cleaner bag. Haven't seen them in years, though.
Also, I bought a new floor brush on Ebay. It was complete and I just swapped it out for the old one which was in pretty bad shape.
Love that Lux! |
Post# 264009 , Reply# 13   1/18/2014 at 20:42 (3,750 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY)   |   | |
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Since I started using my XXX more, I took a style c Electrolux bag, took the cardboard top off and removed the rubber gasket around the clean XXX bag. After fitting the C bag in it, I put the gasket back around it and put it in the machine. Granted it does make the door a little more difficult to put back on, but it works great for me!
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Post# 264066 , Reply# 14   1/19/2014 at 09:13 (3,749 days old) by 2011hoover700 (owosso michigan)   |   | |
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Will any like model g non electric hose fit the xxx? I asked cause Essco sells a generic non electric hose that another site lists the g(among others) but not the xxx. I'll save up for two (one to donate where I volunteer at) should that generic hose fit. Also, will a royal pony cloth bag fit the lux xxx? Thanks for your input and nice lux xxxes 2011hoover700
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Post# 264112 , Reply# 15   1/19/2014 at 16:40 (3,749 days old) by luxman107 (USA )   |   | |
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Really ,really nice and I love your dog |
Post# 264144 , Reply# 16   1/19/2014 at 17:30 (3,749 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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The Electrolux non-electric hose had the same machine-end fitting from the Model XXX to the Epic (1992).
The coupler was changed with the all-new Renaissance in 1993. The Renaissance was the first hose coupler change in 56 years -- not counting the later version of the internally wired electric hose which has little nibs on either side of the coupler to prevent the hose from swiveling at the machine-end (which I really hate). That style of coupler, while still essentially the same, will not fit into machines earlier than the late 1205 because of those locking-nibs.
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