Recent content by jimp

Thanks for the info on the Kiwi. I'm not worrying about aesthetics too much at this point. I just didn't want my wife to have to use a beat up looking vacuum. We've been using the Tradition as our daily vacuum for a few weeks now since my Riccar broke down, and it's growing on us. I noticed the...

Awesome. That's the schematic I was hoping to find. Thanks for all your help everyone. The vacuum works fantastic since the rebuild but my wife keeps complaining about the headlight. Regards, Jim

Ok, thanks guys. So the white wire from the headlight harness should go to the "hot" constant black wire on the switch or the "neutral" white switched part of the foot switch? I'm sick of taking the motor cover off. I hope that makes sense. Thanks again, Jim

Hi all. I'm new here. I just restored / rebuilt my mom's old Kirby Tradition. I disassembled the unit down to it's basic parts and replaced the armature bearings, motor brushes, foot switch, drive belt, brush roll, floor plate and all gaskets and O-rings. I also polished her up the best I could...