Recent content by zenith12

I tried all of those things When I sanded the commutator I made shire that the gaps were clean. I have a armature growler . It does have 3 burnt com bars.

The motor in my 1205 failed. The brushes arc a lot even after sanding the commutator so I think I need a motor.

I tried I tried the ouch method with no avail.

I’m wanting to know how to remove the handle return spring . when it’s not broken so I don’t end up missing an eye.

The resto was a bit more like a clean up I wanted to look 97 years old . I had to sandblast the adjuster and handle latch as they were too badly rusted that most of the platting was gone. Don’t worry that switch isn’t connected it’s bypassed.

This is some of my vacuums I have two more that are not in the pictures. A Kirby legend 2 and a eureka canister. My collection is not that Impressive I like to keep it small because I don’t have much space as I just graduated high school on Friday and I still live at home.

I got it it for 30 bucks at the swap meet i though it was a steel for the price all I did to it was clean it I got a few more vacuums too I will post them soon . Is this a early one like a 37 ?

I fixed one of them and I’m getting parts for the other one And my grandma said she has three more vacs and her sister has some too so I have a lot of repairing to do when I get them .

My grandma asked me if I could fix two Electrolux Silverado’s for her friend so said yes at that time I had no clue what I was working with. My mom brought them home with the power heads and one hose . They were really gross the brush roll was full of her hair and at some time someone else had...

The drill I paid 10$ for it at a local swap meet in the fall .

I made a cover for the rectifier on my modified craftsman hand vac . I used a old black and decker drill a Sony dvd -r you may say what is the dvd for well I was wondering can I cut plastic with it like an angle grinder and the answer is yes yes you can and it didn’t even ware down all that much.

I modified it again i originally built it a year ago but it wasn’t powerful enough so a bigger transformer was needed

You can You can buy blocks of grafite off of Amazon cheep and make your own brushes with a hack saw and a file.

I heard that it’s bad to not use a Kirby of a extended period of time like a month? If so how often should you use your Kirby. I have one that sits a lot is the runt of my collection.

What is this capacitor on the motor for should I replace it or will I work with out it because it is leaking and it is sort of smashed by the clamp that holds it