Can anybody give me some tips about restoring my Golden model 65 please? The hood is the worst part, it's badly warped and it has a hole in it, and don't forget the deep scratches!
I'll post some pictures tonight so you can see how bad it is.
Post# 54318 , Reply# 1 11/2/2008 at 23:01 (5,651 days old) by rugmaster37 ()
That hood was, up till just recently; still available from The Hoover Co, coming to you in that plain white color. You may still be able to find a Hoover Service Center, which still has one of those hoods in stock. Or call as many connections, or vac stores that you may have to see if you can still get one. Or watch fleabay. I've seen a couple listed over the last few years.
The headlight lens ( if nescesary to replace )was ALSO available too, but was this disgusting milky white color, and looked kinda gross next to a clearer original that plainly had ribs in it to chamfer the light rays as they exited the hood. The NOS ones did not have that If I remember correctly.
P.S. The original headlight lens did NOT have the Convertible lettering stamped in it. this I'm almost 90% on. So If you find an old lens, and wish to get it close, try to find a lens that doesn'thave it. If It does have the stamped lettering, at least it's still better than the NOS as I said earlier.
The color of gold he used to paint the bag was I distinctly remember, this Krylon Gold metallic. I believe that it's still available. It's CLEARLY the closest match that you can see just by looking at the picture I have.
The bumper should be white, and if you do choose to paint the base, all care must be used top mask off the bumper to omit any splatters or overspray that could occur.
The Hoover medallion that's set into the base is a cloisonne rubber coated thing, which is impossible to find NOS , and either you dan mask that off too, to paint it, or you can carefully remove it by flipping the base over, looking at the underside with the brushroller removed. On your left hand side, you should see the small tangs, that are bent over, that hold the medallion in place. I wish I had pic's to show all of this, but alas if you dont want to fool with it, just mask off the thing, and call it a day when you ( if you decide to do that) paint the base.
I use a great Krylon glossy black when I really wish to redo the beater bar roller brush. You must remember to mask off the metal beaters. Otherwish it will rub it deep into your carpet as it's starts immeditly wearing away the first time it starts to beat the rugs you try to clean. ( I've lived and learned that one). If you wish to leave it alone, you can find new bearings and bristles still, although like most everything for Convertibles, that stuff is also NLA, and you may still be able to finde a place that still offers stuff, or has an ample supply still of those pieces you will need.
While you have the old hood off, I use a vacuum to ompletly degunk the motor (gunk = fuzz, lint, dirt, and etc), and use an old toothbrush to remove as much as possible. Dissasembling the motor to clean it is usually unescesary, unless you really fell you're up to the challenge of doing so... Just use the suction of another vacuum to remove all the gunk from the air inlets, and outlets. A cool, clean running Convertible motor will last you years. One that's all gunky will run hot, and will die on you fast, just like a car without coolant or oil...
As you may have read oiling the top self-oiling sleeve bearing of a Convertible is in some circles considered a definite no-no. Some of us, myself included have used a tiny drop of (ZOOM oil), I use nothing else, and for as many Convertibles that I've had, and still do have; I've never had one die from doing this (putting in that tiny drop to the sleeve bearing to help things along..
The lower bearing should be messed with only if your up to the challenge, and have some idea of what you're doing, as it requires dissasembling the enitre motor down to the baseplate. At least that's how I've done it. And you need a special tool to grease the bearing also. Although a few mavericks out there may have an idea on how to do that without the greaser...
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These are the things I normally do to a Convertible when i get one that I'm about to keep for personal use...
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