Judging by the amount of dust inside the housing, this thing must have been through years of wrong filter bags (not sealing properly) and/or missing filters. There sure is some dust to be expected, but not that much. That's why I have bagless vacuums, because I don't have to worry about finding the right bag. The liquid damage was only the tip of the iceberg for this poor Miele. Nice to see it working again, I hope that the owner will buy fitting bags and a set of new filters.

miele are expensive but they are well made German built, have a washer over 20 years old never missed a beat, still runs like the day i took delivery, great strip down Dean and hats off to your repair skills,top man!

Painful high pitch squeal on the audio here Deano. brutal!

It's missing the holder for the dust bag, which should be fixed to the base and the bag slots into before you close the top.That'll be one reason it's so full of rubbish apart from it having had liquid put through it at some point.

Dean, I’ve done dozens of those repairs, and you were a hell of a lot faster than my first one! Note there’s a bag holder missing. Also, the new front (commutator end) bearing won’t be seated securely in the front cover of the motor. They use a setting compound or something during assembly, it comes out attached to the old bearing. I use a single wrap of cellotape around the new bearing to seat it.

If it's a Miele, it's worth fixing. Nice change of pace from all the power tools, hoping for more home appliance repairs.

Good video but i had to mute it ... very high pitch sound in the background

I wish we all had an ounce of your logic , would save millions in landfill. Keep up the great work 👍

You should be glad it didnt had one of those security screws, which you need those weird bits/screwdrivers. Many home appliance manufacturers love to add that. I would know with Vileda steam mop.

You're a brave man, wire brushing your fingers like that! Very entertaining, thanks for sharing, all the best

She was a vac machine

I've been fixing Miele vacuums for years. And the thing with Miele is that you always have to use the original Miele vacuüm bags. Any off brand bags will destroy the machine over time. Miele uses a 99,98% sealed system that only works with the original bags made for it. When people do use the original bags the machine can easily last up to 25 years. There are still lots of Miele 200 series and 300 series around the 200 series being from the 80's! And the 300 series from 1998 onwards

I've had 3 Miele's in 30 years. great machines.

Nobody would have gone in as deep as you did without giving up. It is a thing of beauty!

It's always a good night watching deans videos. You can prety much fix anything.

A bit of fun watching how you push on to the problem. Great video, Jersey Bill

Excellent job Dean

Definitely worth fixing that, they ain't cheap Mieles but even if it had needed a complete new motor I'd have stumped up the cash if it was mine. Good to see they're still serviceable.

Loved this one Dean. Interesting to see you work on something you have no idea how to get into. Great video.

Nice one on the hoover repair. I'm sure your neighbor will be delighted to have that one back in action.