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I found this at a vac store in Dover Ohio. I took it apart and I do think at least the motor was made in Mexico as the metal...

A lovely Mexican Hoover Constellation. Found in a vac store in central Ohio!

Kirby with integrated emtor- where did you find these images?! I built the twin fan Airway once. There was a small power increase, but...

It’s mainly for in home demos. It is VERY MUCH a product of its time, circa 541 era. There is a section on bringing a piece of candy for...

Thank you very much. Rugsucker- pics of my tchotchkes

Before you replace anything, take it apart, clean it, and apply oil directly to the bushings. The belt shaft spindle unscrews from the...

These had bushings until the last few years of manufacture. Are there oiler screws on it? Notably there would be a slanted one on the...

I have a few. Do you have the clip? $45 is crazy work. Most of the bellows for these rotted away years ago and the vacs were converted...

I’m not totally sure as the watts are not stated. If I had to guess it was below 3 on both 32v machines. Another theory of mine is the...

I did try that on a 32v Eureka I had. The amperage is way too low to power anything that big sadly.

A few spots open for machines currently under restoration, and a couple needing restoration. A lot of my Eurekas have been sold, now the...

That is awesome. Lucky find!! They have bronze bushings, you should be able to just oil them and it should run better. Does it still...

Les- Wow where did you find that? Huskyvacs- I didn’t run it for more than about 5 seconds on AC. Making those sounds it couldn’t have...

Went up to 50 volts ac which is supposedly the equivalent to 32dc. It didn’t like it, and unless jump started by hand it would only...

I thought so but I’ve gotten a look at the 120v version and it is rated for both.. maybe it’s an amperage thing with my variac.. I have...