How To Clean and Service a Vintage Fan - An In Depth Guide!
Well I've been requested to do a more "how to" style video on how I go through and clean / service vintage fans so here's the first video of what will probably end up being a mini series of how to clean and service a vintage fan! This video focuses specifically on stuff from the 70s onward and in particular looks at a 1977 Lakewood 1st Generation box fan!
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Overview Of The Fan
04:30 - Initial Disassembly
06:18 - Blade Removal
08:26 - Motor Removal
09:26 - Motor Disassembly
12:28 - Cleaning / Servicing The Motor
17:50 - How To Revarnish A Motor
20:18 - Motor Reassembly
23:01 - Realigning Motor Bearings
24:40 - Cleaning The Fan
28:10 - Don't Forget About The Cord!
30:10 - Cleaning The Fan
30:35 - Do A Test Run!
31:30 - Cleaning The Grills
31:52 - Final Reassembly
34:38 - Fixing The Broken Grill
37:10 - End Results