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Thread Number: 8371
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| Post# 93100 3/8/2010 at 03:00 (5,156 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
Here's the second vacuum cleaner I found yesterday. It need a little TLC because it had bad fitted bag so it's full of dust and need a careful cleaning of the motor, I usually do it with an air compressor and a hepa vacuum cleaner...we'll see if I can do it next weekend! This one has a stupid plastic brushroll with bristles and plastic beating bars, nothing special, but I have its original instruction booklet showing it, so it must be original. Funny thing: replacement brushroll is unavailable at all but there is the chanche to have a modified convertible brushroll to fit it... 
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| Post# 93123 , Reply# 1 3/8/2010 at 22:54 (5,155 days old) by henrydreyfuss (Ohio) | ||
It has a plastic brushroll??
I've never seen a plastic brushroll in a Hoover like that before. Is the brush/beater bar setup the same as a typical classic Convertible or Dial-a-Matic, just in plastic? I like the colors of that model (almost makes it look more "commercial" than their brighter models). Is that the switch on top of the bag chamber? Our Dial-a-Matics never had that! Nice Hoover! | ||
| Post# 93130 , Reply# 2 3/9/2010 at 03:18 (5,155 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
I've never seen a plastic brushroll in a Hoover like tha | ||
| Post# 93291 , Reply# 3 3/11/2010 at 09:20 (5,152 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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Hello! Its plastic brushroll in much different from the Turbopower/turbomaster's , it's in black glossy plastic with one single raw of thin bristles and one segmented triangular shaped plastic beater bar. For what I know all hoover UK Convertibles made in France after 1984 had it. It's a shame! The only pro is that the vacuum cleaner is quieter than those with the traditional brushroll. For what concerns the switch, all the DAMs made in France since 1975 have it in that position, in this case it's a 2-speed switch, you can choose between 530 and 800 watts! I'll take better pictures as soon as I can | ||
| Post# 93292 , Reply# 4 3/11/2010 at 09:45 (5,152 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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| Post# 93293 , Reply# 5 3/11/2010 at 09:46 (5,152 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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use and care booklett | ||
| Post# 93294 , Reply# 6 3/11/2010 at 09:47 (5,152 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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| Post# 93299 , Reply# 7 3/11/2010 at 11:29 (5,152 days old) by hoovercelebrity (Germany) | ||
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Fabulous! Those are such beautiful cleaners! I would love to have one of those later-80s versions of the DAM/Convertible someday... they were long discontinued in the US by 10 years or so... I know Mike in the UK has a beautiful specimen of that cleaner in a deep red color. | ||
| Post# 93300 , Reply# 8 3/11/2010 at 11:30 (5,152 days old) by hoovercelebrity (Germany) | ||
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It would also be cool to get ahold of a plastic brushroll and try it in an American machine... Too bad the plastic brushroll was never available aftermarket for the US cleaners. | ||
| Post# 93325 , Reply# 9 3/11/2010 at 16:32 (5,152 days old) by andy (Boston, MA) | ||
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Wow! It's so interesting seeing that modern looking hose paired with the Dial-A-Matic body style. Thanks for posting this Tommy! | ||
| Post# 93401 , Reply# 10 3/13/2010 at 14:46 (5,150 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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thank you for your nice replies, well I like the style of the tools as well, but I prefer the older style, the last one with cream hooverflex hose, alluminium wands with brown latches and cream tools wich came with the cream and brown mod U 5034 from 1984. I'll post pictures of a brand new set I found weeks ago! What I don't like of this black tool set is that the hose is no longer a hooverflex but a standard plastic hose! take care you all, Tommy | ||
| Post# 93404 , Reply# 11 3/13/2010 at 16:50 (5,150 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
wow.....a "gas-pump" handle on the attachment hose | ||
| Post# 93408 , Reply# 13 3/13/2010 at 18:49 (5,150 days old) by rolls_rapide (-) | ||
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"Plastic brushroll" That was known as the "activator". | ||
| Post# 93468 , Reply# 14 3/14/2010 at 16:55 (5,149 days old) by tommymilan (milano) | ||
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