Recent content by rougemacintosh

Will, thank you for the information; I really should have done my research first, but I can't change that now. All is not lost, though. After a couple hours of fruitless fiddling and plier-ing, I managed to get one working PN out of the two. I had to cut into the otherwise really nice label, but...

I'm fearing I may need to buy another one, but I'd really rather fix this one. Does anyone know if the brushroll shaft goes from one end to the other?

Looking to get some help. Got a Rainbow D2 from eBay today. Appears to be in overall working shape, just needs a lot of TLC. First thing I took on was the power nozzle, thinking it'd be easy. It came with two R1024E units, one of which was apparently disused due to a broken motor mount (as...

Hey guys, looking for some advice. I recently picked up a Hoover Elite 200(?) for next to nothing, but I haven't gotten around to restoring it for the simple fact that the printing on the hood appears to be coming off. It's all smeared, and if I touch it it'll smear even more. The hood...

Major facepalm! I had noticed that switch on the side of the machine, but for some reason assumed it was just an overload breaker, and didn't fiddle with it. In my defense I did read the manual, but I just realized the manual I found online is for the plain Ultimate G, not the Diamond Edition...

Thank you for the suggestion Billy! I will definitely have to pick some up and try it out; I'm really hoping I will be able to get it off non-destructively. rivstg1, what do you mean by two-speed? Are you referring to the speed change when you attach the hose, or does it have a feature I am...

So over the last couple of months I've picked up a few new machines, and today I decided to pull out the collection (that's currently in the house and not in storage), and take some pictures of it. The machines I picked up that I'm most proud of are an Electrolux LX, Kirby Ultimate G Diamond...

Thank you everyone for all the advice! I've been busy with work the past few days, but did get all the parts I ordered in and installed, so now it's complete and working as it should. I'll start the metals restoration next time I get some free time. And as for the old powerhouse, I actually did...

Oh, really? How can you tell, Ben? The motor is actually not original to the rest of it, as the original motor/powerhouse was so rusted I couldn't even get it apart to replace the horribly broken fan (and assumed ruined bearings). But it does sound great! Especially considering the fact that the...

Thank you for the advice! This one doesn't actually appear to have any deep scratches surprisingly, just very bad tarnishing and rust (on the interiors.) By finer abrasives do you mean something like a wire wheel/steel wool or something like sandpaper? Luckily I do have an extra powerhouse...

Hey there everyone. I've had an interest in vacuums for a long time, and have restored several, but I have just now finally got the Kirby Classic III I've had sitting in pieces for close to eight years working, and I'm ready to restore it. Only problem is I've admittedly never restored a Kirby...