Very nice. This cleaner was manufactured in January 1978. The motors fan needs cleaning, that’s what is causing the vibration. The bearings are a little dry but they’re not too bad. 🙂
I have a confession. I’ve never converted the shakeout bag in my Kirby to use paper bags. When my father had his dry cleaning business he’d clean it a few times a year the day before he was having his dry cleaning fluids changed. Presently I wash it with a mild detergent twice per year. I always start it and run it outside for a minute after a shakeout. Both of my Mighty Mites have cloth bags which I wash a few times per year also. The cloth bag also significantly increases the Mighty Mite’s ability to work very well with a turbo nozzle better than even the synthetic fleece bags available. I have Hepa Filters on the exhausts of both Mighty Mites and change both every nine months. Dust emissions haven’t been a problem and since I empty the bags well before needed I shake the bags out, outside as my last chore before hitting the shower. I have an Electrolux Silverado that uses paper filter bags and I now use the synthetic (diaper) bags and my Electrolux UltraSilencer and both are affordable to run but if there was a bagless that performed without the compromises that cyclonic bagless machines comprise I’d have them. Recently I purchased bags for my Miele canister and my Oreck XL. I purchased nothing else for myself until my next paycheck.
If I remember right, compact canister front wheel will fit on this. It's very common that front wheel is missing on these 427 models. Is there a hole in the cloth bag or why the filter is so dirty?
I believe it should be there as I have seen the exact part on other similar Hoover machines. Also it has been riveted in position, whereas regular modifications tend to be screwed in.
Hi Roger.. Are you please able to move the picture of the vacuums to the far bottom corner I find. It cuts off someof the screen and is a little distracting.. Love you vids and have been watching for years
Its actually made in 1978. The date code is on the serial number 0427801......., The first 4 digits are the model code of 0427, and then you have the 3 digit date code, which is 801, where 8 is the year, and 01 is the month, so on this machine, meaning month 01 - January, of year 1978. On pre 1997 UK Hoover models, you didnt get the decade on the serial number you had to guess it, but as the Hoover 427 was not made in 1968 or 1988, then the decade has to be the 70s.
