I picked this little fellow up from the car boot a few weeks ago for £10. I had been after a diy/car/dirty jobs vac for a while now, and this seemed to fit the bill nicely.  However, it had been heavily abused, and had no suction at all so of course I stripped it down!  First to be fixed was the hose, I chopped off each broken end and put it back together! As you can hear, he doesnt sound healthy! So, off with his head!  Yummy!  Found this stuffed deep in the cord rewind system  it was VERY dusty! No wonder it blew dust out when turned on  Oh, the motor looks fun...  I cant believe this still ran! I started unpicking the wiring  Cord rewind cables out  Thermal cutout for the motor removed  identifing the wires one by one  Switch and power socket are out  Power socket stripped down for cleaning  contact rings removed  And onto the motor! Carbon holders out  2 bolts under the