How to replace power cord on Hoover WindTunnel upright vacuum

On my sister's model, which I just did, that would have been impossible to do. I HAD to get at the motor to remove the old cord. The wires never would have reached to the opening. On my sister's model, which I just did, that would have been impossible to do. I HAD to get at the motor to remove the old cord. The wires never would have reached to the opening.

Disassembly instructions were accurate for model U5458-900 UNTIL separation of motor cover halves. Access to the motor wires was not possible. It was necessary to remove the headlight lens and the screw found under it securing the light bulb and DirtFINDER assembly. Thereafter it was necessary to unplug the wire connected to the DirtFINDER circuit board and remove the spongy plug at the other end. Only by doing this could I separate the covers to access the wire bundles. After cutting and removing two cable ties and electrical tape, the covers could be opened further and the two motor wires, black and white, could be separated. I removed the wire nut securing the old black wire to the blue motor wire and cut the old white motor wire about 3" from its connector (to the motor). The 'strain relief elbow' was removed with pliers as noted in the 1st comment, but also remove the wire securing screw about 2 inches from the elbow. [In order to splice the new wires to the old wires w/o disassembly as suggested in the 1st comment, this would have to be done externally on my model and the removal of the elbow would not have been necessary.] The old power cord can now be removed in its entirety from the motor compartment and back of vacuum. The securing fitting (after removal from the old cord) needs to be placed on the new cord before proceeding. I found it necessary to remove 4" of the outermost insulation from my new generic 2 wire 17/2 power cord as it would not fit through the elbow. Black and white wires were thereby exposed as well as twine. After cutting away the twine,the two wires were pressed their 4" length through the elbow . I then stripped the ends of the two wires of 3/8" of insulation for their respective splices. The elbow was then pressed into the hole it had been pulled from replicating its orientation to the securing fitting. The stripped end of the new black wire was spliced to the blue motor wire by means of the original wire nut. It was necessary for me to strip 3/8" of inch of insulation from the cut end of the old white wire in the motor compartment and splice to the new white motor wire with a wire nut I contributed to the project. [Had I had a replacement Hoover power cord, I think I would have cut the connector off of the white wire and done a splice as I did as there is little room to access the removal and installation of a new connector.] I chose to reassemble w/o tape or cable ties. I'll post another comment if that comes back to bite me. - Gary Disassembly instructions were accurate for model U5458-900 UNTIL separation of motor cover halves. Access to the motor wires was not possible. It was necessary to remove the headlight lens and the screw found under it securing the light bulb and DirtFINDER assembly. Thereafter it was necessary to unplug the wire connected to the DirtFINDER circuit board and remove the spongy plug at the other end. Only by doing this could I separate the covers to access the wire bundles. After cutting and removing two cable ties and electrical tape, the covers could be opened further and the two motor wires, black and white, could be separated. I removed the wire nut securing the old black wire to the blue motor wire and cut the old white motor wire about 3" from its connector (to the motor). The 'strain relief elbow' was removed with pliers as noted in the 1st comment, but also remove the wire securing screw about 2 inches from the elbow. [In order to splice the new wires to the old wires w/o disassembly as suggested in the 1st comment, this would have to be done externally on my model and the removal of the elbow would not have been necessary.] The old power cord can now be removed in its entirety from the motor compartment and back of vacuum. The securing fitting (after removal from the old cord) needs to be placed on the new cord before proceeding. I found it necessary to remove 4" of the outermost insulation from my new generic 2 wire 17/2 power cord as it would not fit through the elbow. Black and white wires were thereby exposed as well as twine. After cutting away the twine,the two wires were pressed their 4" length through the elbow . I then stripped the ends of the two wires of 3/8" of insulation for their respective splices. The elbow was then pressed into the hole it had been pulled from replicating its orientation to the securing fitting. The stripped end of the new black wire was spliced to the blue motor wire by means of the original wire nut. It was necessary for me to strip 3/8" of inch of insulation from the cut end of the old white wire in the motor compartment and splice to the new white motor wire with a wire nut I contributed to the project. [Had I had a replacement Hoover power cord, I think I would have cut the connector off of the white wire and done a splice as I did as there is little room to access the removal and installation of a new connector.] I chose to reassemble w/o tape or cable ties. I'll post another comment if that comes back to bite me. - Gary

On my Hoover Vacuum model number U6425-900 this saved me a lot of time trying to figure out how to change the cord. Took me less than 30 min. Many thanks to maverick_bea for his solution. On my Hoover Vacuum model number U6425-900 this saved me a lot of time trying to figure out how to change the cord. Took me less than 30 min. Many thanks to maverick_bea for his solution.