Here it is beside a yardstick, to give you an idea of the size of it.
Here it is with the top removed, showing the accessories stored inside the collection tank. That round frame with the black ball inside it is the float which activates a shut-off when the returning waste water needs dumping. That 'D' shaped handle swings up to carry the bucket. They don't make these faucet-attached machines now, and in a way that's too bad, because these had the advantage of a steady supply of hot water through the hose, and the cleaning mixture was added to that by an eductor fitting which was part of the tap connection on the hose. That's the gadget showing on the left end of the lid, with a brown rubber hose on it, which is the sucker tube for the detergent metering bottle. When this is set up for use, you may wonder how everything packs up so compactly before and after, but it does.
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Ray, I am impressed. You have really maintained it all these years. Maybe you should store it somewhere and let it become an antique and worth a lot of money. :-)
ReplyDeleteI have to 'fess up, Tommy - it's in such mint condition because it hasn't been used all that much.
ReplyDeleteWhy not? Because: it makes only slightly less noise than an F-18
on its take-off run with full afterburners on. This is definitely not a quiet machine to operate. Ask any of my neighbors. Even those down the block....