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The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
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Post# 81625   9/29/2009 at 22:55 (5,294 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Yeah, I know, it's actually Candy Apple Metalflake with a somewhat streamlined handle and power brushroll base with detachable bageless canister.

But I was always taken with the design and concept when these came out. Since rescued from the trash two of them, in differing states of damage. Recalling Rob Mitchell's post about his new shimmering green Germ Guardian that detached from it's base to become a cylinder on wheels I decided it was time to investigate if I could get one of the Bissells operational.

To begin with both had their cords cut off. Found a nice flexible long one off a wrecked Hoover stickvac. check!

One lift-off had a cracked bin, broken cord hook and massive gouges in the cylinder's paint. But the brushroll base was unmarred and clean. It also had the tools, wands, hose, and all the foam and hepa filters.

The other one had virtually perfect paint with cord hooks intact and clean bins but the base had been sitting in water, seizing the brushroll motor and corroding away the connection pins for the canister. The brushroll was quite worn down and sticky with aromatic wet pet hair. yuck.

Systematically took them apart, selecting the best parts & washing them down for reassembly.

Here the cylinders are side by side for the wiring harness switchover - the front of one to be joined to the back of the other. Felix, as always, is fascinated and raptly attentive...


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Post# 81627 , Reply# 1   9/29/2009 at 23:07 (5,294 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Cylinder pulls a respectable 85" through the hose. check!

Turning to the the power nozzle base and handle, switched in the other pn power cord socket on clean base & partz, tested with cylinder in place, then joined base up with cosmetically perfect handle that carry's the rear wheels.

Nice power nozzle design with an almost central intake.


Post# 81628 , Reply# 2   9/29/2009 at 23:11 (5,294 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        
Ta-daaaa! From two one rises one from the junkpile.

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Recipient and donor.

It is surprisingly hushed quiet and does not scream. :-)


Post# 81629 , Reply# 3   9/29/2009 at 23:12 (5,294 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Looking forward to the test drive.

Felix is distracted by alien dust mote ghosties...


Post# 81650 , Reply# 4   9/30/2009 at 09:12 (5,293 days old) by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)        

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Great job! I got one of those new when they came out. I remember Bissell's web-site having a flash movie introducing it to the song "New-York New-York". I had to get one! Enjoy your Bissell!



Post# 81657 , Reply# 5   9/30/2009 at 10:05 (5,293 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        
Whoops, double post but in fact they are different...

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I wrote up this one last night but some unintended keystrokes shut the browser down, then a power burp restarted the computer and the thread wasn't there. Couldn't find it this morning so re-wrote the whole thing. LOL

Dave


Post# 81658 , Reply# 6   9/30/2009 at 10:19 (5,293 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Fantastic job as usual Dave, but those aren't dust mote ghosties, it's starlight twinkling down from the upper quarters!


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