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Anyone have thoughts on what seals should be between the fan housing and EMPTOR?

Well just about there. The seal between the EMPTOR and the fan case isn't thick enough. I got one of the cork gaskets. I found an o-ring as well online but haven't bought it yet...what the right combo of parts? You can see In the pics the gap where the seal is. I repaired the threads in the...

I cleaned and repacked the bearings. I'll admit they are not as quiet as I'd like. But they turn quite smoothly. Since this will be more of a show piece I'm not too worried about it honestly. If it was gonna be in regular use then yeah I'd order new bearings. But with the cloth bag, no way...

And holy crap that handle spring is a beast. I know there was a tool for it, but I didn't wanna spend the a for a tool I'll use one time. It wasn't too bad, but still...the new spring had quite a bit more tension, and even then it's not like the old one was a light weight haha.

Progress made! Got a hand ful of new parts, brush roller, belt, bulbs and seals. Started to wet sand the pieces to knock the junk and what not off the case. Most of it came out pretty good so far. 1500 and 2000 grit. Makes for a much easier polishing job. I ordered a few buffing pieces for...

So much good info, thanks to everyone!! Ordered a new brush roller, the old was has a pretty good grove in it, and the bearings are pretty tired, not like its expensive. Comes with a new belt too. 2 new bulbs, and some seals and gaskets that were missing/falling apart. Also got a new spring...

Ok, well that that would make sense with some of the other parts being 510. That would match the motor casing then, heh. Kind of a novel idea too

Ill measure the adjusting screws. Its defiantly got the dual 80 wheels, bumpers, bag, belt lifter and Emotr from an 80. Since I know this was bought second hand by my grandparents, most likely in a vacuum cleaner store, it may have started life as a 505 (parts of it) and maybe got a bunch of...

Yeah no markings on the armature other than what's I mentioned before. So you think it's a 4 amp motor? I read somewhere if they were ever replaced they all used a 4 amp replacement. Definitely a frankenstein of parts. When was the spring loaded handle catch introduced? And what do you...

I saw that info about the date code before I joined the site. Part of the reason I did join is because I cannot find any stampings on the armature plates...there are stampings on the winding insulators, I'll get those numbers tomorrow. The field windings do have the following numbers on it...

Hi all, just like the antique fan forum this is a wealth of info so I had to join and ask a few question about this Kirby 505 I literally found in my back yard. Dad said it was his parents, not sure when they got it, he thinks it was in the late 60s or 70s and second hand of course. Im...