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1986 toshiba vj-350 |
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Post# 9218   2/6/2007 at 17:39 (6,259 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9220 , Reply# 1   2/6/2007 at 17:43 (6,259 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9291 , Reply# 3   2/7/2007 at 11:00 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9292 , Reply# 4   2/7/2007 at 11:02 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9293 , Reply# 5   2/7/2007 at 11:04 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9294 , Reply# 6   2/7/2007 at 11:06 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9295 , Reply# 7   2/7/2007 at 11:09 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9296 , Reply# 8   2/7/2007 at 11:10 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9298 , Reply# 9   2/7/2007 at 11:16 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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here's the powerbrush: it's one of the best built I've ever seen...the brushroll is made by two rows of soft bristles and two beating bars, there's a switch for stopping the turbine and opening the airstream, a brush strip behind the brushroll, and four rubber wheels for bare floor cleaning. Believe me it works great! |
Post# 9299 , Reply# 10   2/7/2007 at 11:17 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9300 , Reply# 11   2/7/2007 at 11:24 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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there are a lot f buttons on the machine. I don't have the owner's manual but trying again and again I've undertood this: the button on the front pushes dust and dirt away from the filter down in the dirt compartment; the button on the top, between the two handles splits the machine into two parts, motor/cord winder and dirt compartment/filtration system; the button on the left of the handleoperates only when you have the front part separated from motor unit.It releases the bottom cover for emptying the dirt compartment. On the rear bottom of machine there's a lever that operates the cord winder. |
Post# 9301 , Reply# 12   2/7/2007 at 11:32 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Well, when I took this vacuum cleaner home, the filter assembly was completely full of dust, and bag compartment full too, but suction was great! I removed it, and washed carefully every sigle part of the filter: suction is incredible now! Another interesting thing is that I opened the motor compartment to check if everything was ok: the motor is wrapped in polyurethane foam and extremely clean...this means that the filters have done their job! On/off switch is only at the end of flexible hose! Toshiba doesn't seem to produce vacuum cleaners anymore and I really don't know where I could ever find any kind of part for this machine, though I remember that these very hard to find vacuums have been sold for at least ten years in italy in the eighties. tommy |
Post# 9311 , Reply# 13   2/7/2007 at 14:51 (6,258 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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Nice little vac..sort of reminds me of the Sanyos. Toshiba put out some good stuff in the 70's and 80's, good quality too, but they more or less got out of the small appliance business except for televisions nowadays. |
Post# 9318 , Reply# 14   2/7/2007 at 14:58 (6,258 days old) by ian88 ()   |   | |
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The cleaner splitting apart seems to be quite common of japanese vaccums of that era also. random fact: toshiba made the first japanese vacuum cleaner, back then they were called Shibaura Engineering Works. Ian |
Post# 9323 , Reply# 15   2/7/2007 at 15:04 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 9337 , Reply# 17   2/7/2007 at 16:28 (6,258 days old) by funvacfan (Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 9344 , Reply# 18   2/7/2007 at 16:49 (6,258 days old) by 74simon ()   |   | |
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There's a great ad for a 1971 National vacuum on Youtube - if you haven't seen it yet, you haven't lived! CLICK HERE TO GO TO 74simon's LINK |
Post# 9345 , Reply# 19   2/7/2007 at 17:03 (6,258 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 343466 , Reply# 20   2/11/2016 at 03:41 (2,968 days old) by Vaclover (Freestate, Virginia, South Africa)   |   | |
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Hi this was my mothers first vacuum cleaner, but it was badged as a sunbeam. I still have it but its like really well used. But it also split in half with like a cartridge filter inbetween no bags. |
Post# 343467 , Reply# 21   2/11/2016 at 03:42 (2,968 days old) by Vaclover (Freestate, Virginia, South Africa)   |   | |
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Hi this was my mothers first vacuum cleaner, but it was badged as a sunbeam. I still have it but its like really well used. But it also split in half with like a cartridge filter inbetween no bags. |
Post# 343468 , Reply# 22   2/11/2016 at 03:44 (2,968 days old) by Vaclover (Freestate, Virginia, South Africa)   |   | |
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Hi this was my mothers first vacuum cleaner, but it was badged as a sunbeam. I still have it but its like really well used. But it also split in half with like a cartridge filter inbetween no bags. |