Thread Number: 42789
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Acquired two Electrolux ZB55's, unsure if worth restoring |
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Post# 448596 , Reply# 1   12/12/2021 at 16:08 (864 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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They are actually in very good shape. I have an XXX that looks a lot worse than that!
The outside is very clean and really pretty good. Cleaning it up with some gentle cleaner and a SOS pad on the runners will get it in good shape. The interior bits and everything galvanized is only but surface rust. You can likely get a lot of it off with a dremel and a wire brush, and then hit the remaining stuff with that rust removal jelly and see if that will take it out. I would give them a thorough tear down and clean up due to the mice odor. If they took fabric bags I am certain they took paper bags too. I am sure you can find both with some looking, or you might be able to cut up a HEPA vacuum bag from a Shop-Vac or similar and make a custom bag if you have the originals to use as reference. |
Post# 448597 , Reply# 2   12/12/2021 at 17:27 (864 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 448601 , Reply# 4   12/12/2021 at 20:56 (864 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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Post# 448723 , Reply# 6   12/19/2021 at 23:22 (857 days old) by Cousineddy (Canada)   |   | |
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I’d definitely say those worth fixing! Great old machines, I may have a bag as well as I got quite a few of these Electrolux’s and I think my parts ones still got intact bags! This is one of my zb55’s
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Post# 448857 , Reply# 8   12/27/2021 at 15:18 (849 days old) by Elecroluxmodel1 ( Schererville, Indiana)   |   | |
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Doing a wonderful job! Your work is almost as good as some of the professionals! The motor on the American version of this is not in a sealed cylinder and is easily accessible. I think you made the right call on just putting the motor back in because the Canadian and European Electroluxes seem to more over engineered than the American ones. I can't wait to see the end result of both vacuums!
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Post# 448887 , Reply# 10   12/28/2021 at 22:13 (848 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 448968 , Reply# 12   12/31/2021 at 12:44 (846 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 449491 , Reply# 14   1/23/2022 at 14:12 (822 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 449556 , Reply# 16   1/25/2022 at 02:41 (821 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk)   |   | |
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