Hoover Constellation

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Another constellation restoration.
This one is another Ebay find and cost £20.
I seem to have lost some of the Photos again, anyway in order of dismantling ready for powder coating.

Lid with handle removed, usual rusting hulk.

 

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Vacuum chamber.

 

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Motor out, bearings are shot, turn the fan by hand and you can feel the play and feel the crunching.

 

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Motor mount and the base of the machine.
I always take a photo so that when I rebuild the machine I’m reminded which way to refit the mount.

 

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Rubber mount

 

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Vacuum chamber, motor cover
Drilling out the rivets with a 3mm bit.

 

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Drilling out the rivets holding the flotation ring.

 

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Some times you get one pig; the rivet keeps spinning, so wedge it tight with a screwdriver between the two parts helps.

 

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I win the struggle.

 

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Catch off.

 

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Body parts ready for a paint job.

 

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Everything else in the storage basket for safe keeping, all the rubber parts washed including the name badge, hose ring and ratings plate ready for reassembly.

 

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Stripping the motor, first mark the motor casing with permanent marker, so that the casings are put back in the same places when rebuilding.

 

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Marker two places!! I allways use a 4

 

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Motor screws removed and slowly pull apart.

 

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In two.

 

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Using a socket remove the bolt retaining the fan from the armature and then separate the fans and internal covers.

 

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Second fan and internal fan cover.

 

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Motor field windings on the left, armature centre and big ends, bearings on the right.

 

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And this is where all the photos have gone missing, drilling out the bearings and the complete rebuild, I hate my computer, but on the other hand I will have to find another constellation to work on and do it all agene.

 

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Finished machine.

 

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..

 

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...

 

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So that’s five done and I would like to find a blue and white one next.

 

[pulltostart]

Awesome Job!

These look great!  Thanks for sharing all of the photos, obviously a job well-done.

 

lawrence

 

[unclejohn]

Constellation

Very nice job, Lee!

I luuuvvv quite a lot those cherished Hoover Constellation vacs !

Personally, I now have three of those---a fourth (found for 40$ recently) is on its way... I also have a couple of Celebrity vacuum cleaners plus a brand new Miele S6 Contour machine equipped with the famous HEPA filter.

Your restoration process is impressive, a success as obviously witnessed by the photos. I plan, soon, to post some photos of my own vac collection. Stay tuned.

 

[ovrphil]

Constellations !

very nice! never saw these, but they're great looking...

picked up a Hoover S3061 earlier last week, 1977, tan, no chrome - it's a Celebrity II Elite....my first..and
would like a few more...Have you ever glued any plastic parts together on those Hoovers(do they have a motorized powerhead?)..just curious, I have a crack on the elbow - any experience using some epoxy or know of anything that will bond the plastic to itself? .thanks if you have any ideas/opinions.

Love your collection, there- thanks for posting.

Phil
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Hotpoint 95622: ....and may your collection keep growing

 

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The problem is,

should his collection grow to that size, his darling wife's collection of shoes and handbags would grow equally. Or so the rumor has it! **LOL**