Perking up an old Dyson DC04 for under £15 in 2023

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This belongs to a lady who lives on a farm, and it needs perking up a bit. Not a full refurb, but what could I do for £35? Well, let's try and turn some profit by getting this old girl working well the cheap way, with a bit of graft and the minimum of new parts!
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  • @goodbyepolarbears172
    @goodbyepolarbears1723 ай бұрын

    All I could think of was the poor washing on that line! 😮😂

  • @megatronskneecap
    @megatronskneecap Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos ❤ - Been really busy but always enjoying sitting down after a long day to watch them 😊

  • @Retro_andy_1977
    @Retro_andy_1977 Жыл бұрын

    Do like a good dc04 And that's a good one now you've done it Sam!love to see the little feathered fella too!

  • @AmigaA-or2hj
    @AmigaA-or2hj18 күн бұрын

    I’ve picked up a DC04 too at the car booty for £8. For the blower, I use a sidewinder mattress air pump. Good video!👍

  • @beko1987

    @beko1987

    18 күн бұрын

    Oooh nice! Was it any good for a car boot find?

  • @AmigaA-or2hj

    @AmigaA-or2hj

    18 күн бұрын

    @@beko1987 Yes. It’s pretty good. Just needed a really, really good clean.

  • @anthonygreen1468
    @anthonygreen14683 ай бұрын

  • @megatronskneecap
    @megatronskneecap Жыл бұрын

    The problem is these use a plastic that overtime reacts with UV and becomes EXTREMELY brittle. This is literally just pop it in your collection and leave it on your shelf type of Dyson. Not daily use.

  • @lezbriddon
    @lezbriddon7 ай бұрын

    I'd have gone for brush bearings at the same time and really pushed the boat out! (627rs size) They eventually dry out and stiffen a little which ends up causing early belt stretching and eventual screeching and smells of burning rubber. a cheap set is around 4 quid and would easily last about 5 yrs. I really miss my original first gen dc01 but when we got a 4 for free we thought it would be easier to get spares for longer

  • @bobsurrey6686
    @bobsurrey6686 Жыл бұрын

    With that sticker arrangement on the bin it’s a late malmesbury machine produced between 2000-02. The ones that have no sticker at all on the bin and a black helpline sticker similar to the 07s and 14s are Malaysia ones.

  • @jayambermsp8000

    @jayambermsp8000

    Жыл бұрын

    Not to forget that the Malaysian ones have the design award on the bin.

  • @bobsurrey6686

    @bobsurrey6686

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jayambermsp8000 good point I’d completely forgotten that one

  • @Rhythmman14

    @Rhythmman14

    Жыл бұрын

    now that’s funny… my DC04 Zorbster has that sticker on the cyclone, the helpline number and the design awards 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

  • @jayambermsp8000

    @jayambermsp8000

    11 ай бұрын

    @@bobsurrey6686 Later models also had the better wand.

  • @heeheeriah
    @heeheeriah Жыл бұрын

    It can fit clutched hoses, the only thing is then the unclutched wand won't click on at the end for above the floor cleaning :)

  • @LeeTillbury
    @LeeTillbury3 ай бұрын

    Very useful video, thanks. I'm struggling to get the green 'cone' out of the dust collection cylinder. I don't want to force it, yours popped out real easy?

  • @ellisfletcher3491
    @ellisfletcher3491 Жыл бұрын

    Cool video! How do you get people looking for vacuum services do you advertise yourself in any way or they just come to you? Thanks

  • @paulf2898
    @paulf289810 ай бұрын

    I thought the wheels needed some wd40 😂 it was your pet bird 😂

  • @beko1987

    @beko1987

    10 ай бұрын

    He needs some oil 😂

  • @paulf2898

    @paulf2898

    10 ай бұрын

    @@beko1987 squeaky beak 😂

  • @district3071
    @district3071 Жыл бұрын

    Omg poor internal hose. I wonder how it got in such horrible condition

  • @pure_awareness
    @pure_awareness3 ай бұрын

    What you using to blow out the dust ?

  • @beko1987

    @beko1987

    3 ай бұрын

    My home made blower! It's a 1950s paint sprayer with a 1400w Dyson motor fitted, which is why it makes such a racket as the airflow pushes past the original seals 😂

  • @pure_awareness

    @pure_awareness

    3 ай бұрын

    @@beko1987 wow ! 👌 nice. I want one

  • @blitzsuccess2303
    @blitzsuccess2303 Жыл бұрын

    I hear Dyson are not allowing repairs from 3rd party engineers… will this affect you ? Parts etc?

  • @beko1987

    @beko1987

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably not as I buy either 3rd party copy parts or used parts. Plus parts for most of the era of Dysons I work on have been obselte for years anyway and parts are still plentiful. What's going to suck is them covering everything in epoxy and other tricks. Not had a V15 in yet but I'm not excited about it 😢

  • @RJA_World
    @RJA_World Жыл бұрын

    That's not a DC04i. DC04i was blue and silver. These were called simply Silver and Lime and was the base model. Although the DC04i was pretty much the same machine but with a hepa filter. Nice video and job though mate.

  • @jayambermsp8000

    @jayambermsp8000

    Жыл бұрын

    If I'm not wrong, I did see a DC04 ConstantMax which was a silver and lime.

  • @jayambermsp8000

    @jayambermsp8000

    Жыл бұрын

    It had the DC04i ConstantMax on the motor housing.

  • @RJA_World

    @RJA_World

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jayambermsp8000 Yes they did 2, the red/iron and silver/lime both the same machine just different colours

  • @FrenchFryCheese04
    @FrenchFryCheese04 Жыл бұрын

    Ooh!

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