Recent content by vacuumlad1650

Yes they originally did. It was just a thin, clear peice of plastic. Any that remain today have yellowed with age and are brittle.

I had a used Vac-U-Flo two motor installed in my shop, works very well and handles small debris. Make sure it is exhausted outdoors. I have a MD Silent Master in the house

As with many others, life has simply gotten in the way. I try to check here every week or so, and about the same with the Facebook groups. I have no intentions of getting rid of my current collection, which I still enjoy, and still pick up sweepers every once in a while. I've made great friends...

I think I have only ever used that drawer to store baking sheets...

Others with more knowledge will chime in, but the vault was long gone by the time you were born. Hoover kept the first serial number sweeper on every model new in the "Vault" at the factory (or was it at headquarters?). When TTI purchased them most machines ended up destined for the scrapper. A...

An update for those interested I stopped over to look at the grease gun in person again. The small internal "plunger-needle" will push a very small amount of grease out when the push handle is bottomed out. The rubber gasket is to keep grease from leaking out the top. Extra research and...

There was no spring in that style grease gun, just brute force. If the grease is cold, it will become too thick. Warming for a VERY short amount of time with a lighter can help. Double check that there is no blockage in the tips either. I have used that exact gun before (granted it was at least...

It's the same switch. The hose and wands was the only change between the 6000 and 6500

The system has a clean bill of health. Ot was over 100 degrees here, which usually only happens for 3 or 4 days in August. The exterior is already white, and a medium light colored roof. The biggest issue is I have 9.5' ceilings and no attic fan. There are some vents up there but it doesn't...

Owen pretty much covered the design. I bought my set NOS from an old vac shop that happened to have one on the shelf he did not need. Found another brush roll end at a vac shop closing sale. Very handy tools, although you can accomplish the work quite easily with a syringe and a high quality...

Naturally the day I was scheduled to have the Central Air Conditioning unit given its annual service, it is over 100 degrees here. The 30 minutes the unit was off really heated up the house. Now 3 hours later it hasn't cooled off yet and the A/C has run non-stop. I finally broke down and went to...

"Is the Kirby website infected" Well it is cold and flu season... Thank you, I'll be here all week

There is one in my scrap pile, It came out of a barn we tore down on a jobsite. Was buried about 4" deep in the dirt floor

This website has always felt right to me, granted I'm computer illiterate, so learning a new site layout is not high on my list... It serves us well and we have few (if any) technical issues. I'm sure flashier websites are harder to keep smoothly operating

It was sad to see my closest 4 Sears stores closing over the last few years, but the Illinois based company no longer being here in IL really puts it into perspective. They should have held onto their catalogues for a few more years...they could have been today's Amazon.