A long overdue update! I bought all the Dysons I owned down from the loft before Christmas, and had a bit of a photoshoot. These pictures are out of date now, as there has been some movement. is what it looked like! Here we have the oldies: DC01 De Stijl DC01 Absolute+ DC01 Standard  DA001 DC02 Standard As for the rest: The DC18 is awaiting surgery and refurbishment The DC50 is waiting for a miracle! The DC03 Clear is no longer with me, it now lives in Manchester in a glass case! The DC03 Absolute Plus I still have The DC05 Needs a new wand The DC16 gets used daily I also have a scrap DC02 Clear now, although that is being broken for spares. I also have a late DC01 Standard, which is faded and will be lent out to a family member after refurbishment as a stop gap vacuum. I didn't mean to start collecting DC01's, it just sort of happened!

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