My challenge here is to get my Hoover Celebrity working. I was given this a year or so ago, and it never worked. So I thought I would try and fix it up, and clean it at the same time! This, along with the more common Hoover Constellation floats on air. This particular one is a US model, imported in 1973. I used to have an orange imported Constellation, which I regret selling now. I have an imported Hoover Convertible as well, which will be rebuilt at some point! First things first is to remove the lid. Take out the tiny circlip and remove the bolt. Which leaves the main part which I will focus on for now. Take off the plastic cover and reveal the powerhouse 900w motor! Wires marked for re-assembly. Next, remove the 3 bolts holding the bottom plate on, and remove the bottom plate. This was cleaned with Megs APC, an old wheel brush and a few old MF's 50/50 Next lift out the plate which sandwiches the motor into

All of my brochures, instruction manuals and other paperwork had been in disarray for years, so I decided to smarten it up. Bargain expanding files obtained from the supermarket. They came up at £3 each at the till, but a quick word at the customer services desk saw that reduced to £1 and some money back (I bought 3) What I had to sort through Started to categorize bits. Dyson Hoover (Missing a few here) Miele Sebo Numatic Random My girlfriend wrote all the labels as she has better handwriting than me My stock of air freshners wouldn't fit in, so they stayed out and went in a cupboard As did the service manuals The lever arch is full of bits I've printed off over the years, which is too thick to go in the box files. Either way, much neater!