El Loro posted:I had to get a new vacuum cleaner as the old one (20+ years) went up in smoke (that's true & I switched it off).
It was a cheapish Hoover Enigma which I found at a local shop. I spent much of the afternoon working out how to put it together as the instructions were not very helpful. That must be why they called it Enigma
Gave it a test run to check it works OK.
Aimee, the Destroyer of Worlds and White Goods has struck again 
It's hard to crack 
