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  1. bikerray

    Electrolux xxx suppressor

    If the frame of the motor has a number 6500-11 that motor went to a model 60. Anyway you could just clip the wires (from the capacitor) at the connection points by the switch and undo the nut on the suspension ring take the wire from the capacitor off. Put the nut back on the suspension ring...
  2. bikerray

    Scarcity of Electroluxes in thrift stores; a theory

    I've been passing on an Electrolux Silverado with hose and power nozzle (NOT one of my Fav-o-Rite models) for over a year at Dollar and Thrift.
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    Electrolux Olympia Olympics Label Question..

    Just as a point of interest The Single handle serial numbers ran from N-00001-D to N-63036-F The Two handle serial numbers ran N-63037-F and above Both service manuals have a copyright date of 1980
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    Electrolux Olympia Olympics Label Question..

    The Olympia was offered from 1978 thru 1982 The early Olympia had a single handle like the Super J The later Olympia had the two part handle like the Silverado They both had the Olympic sticker
  5. bikerray

    The Greater Morrow

    Gee, where have I seen that before? Oh yea in my living room
  6. bikerray

    KitchenAid model 38 stand mixer

    Forgot the picture of the bowls On the left is the Beehive bowl which is Pyrex marked KitchenAid On the right is the original bowl for the 3A and 3B which is glass which is unmarked
  7. bikerray

    KitchenAid model 38 stand mixer

    Here's a couple of pics, two model 3B and a model 3C
  8. bikerray

    Sunbeam Model 12 stand mixer

    Put a new cord and polarized plug on the mixer, the old cord was petrified. When I went to put the motor on the stand the old cord started cracking and pieces of rubber were falling off. As near as I can tell the mixer is somewhere around 1957. re: Lamp the base is old ( from the 20s) the...
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    Sunbeam Model 12 stand mixer

    Found this at Goodwill, a Model 12 Mixer still in the box, the only thing it's missing is the manual.
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    KitchenAid model 38 stand mixer

    That would be a KitchenAid 3B from the 1940s. The owners manual covered the 3A and 3B models.
  11. bikerray

    Goodwill Score

    I found this Lasko Hassock fan at Goodwill for $9
  12. bikerray

    Goodwill score

    Found an Electrolux 2100 with hose and an Aerus Lux Classic with hose at Goodwill today. At $10 each I couldn't pass them up.
  13. bikerray

    And Now For something completely different

    A Hoover brushroll in a ash-blond/off-white
  14. bikerray

    A Couple of Mixers

    Is it bad that I just used the Dormeyer to make pudding, considering that it is now 100 years old?
  15. bikerray

    Extremely Old Hoover, searching for details.

    Old Style Special serial numbers 100,000 to 115,999
  16. bikerray

    Hamilton Beach Model C Mixer

    I have pyrex bowls for the mixer in the large and small size. The original bowls for this were custard glass which fluoresces under black light (meaning custard glass glows a greenish yellow because of the uranium oxide in the glass). The cord and plug are not a 3 prong, the plug is just a...
  17. bikerray

    Help with a hoover 700 motor.

    The original Hoover number for the carbon brush was 4747 Carbon brush size 1/4" X 9/32" X (approx) 3/4" If you're looking at the motor from the top the fan would be spinning Counter Clockwise If you're looking at the motor from the bottom the fan would be spinning Clockwise Here's a hint look...
  18. bikerray

    Hamilton Beach Model C Mixer

    Got this mixer Christmas Eve Replaced the cord with a polarized cord and plug Solved the problem of having to start out on speed 2 then going back to speed 1. It helps if the beaters aren't hitting each other. One of the gears that drive the beaters was off by a tooth. While I was in there...
  19. bikerray

    WHERE IS EVERYBODY???

    I think Amelia Earhart is asking the same question
  20. bikerray

    Hoover Model 425

    Re: Belt Guard The first picture is from the owners manual printed in Dec 1931 No belt guard The second picture is from the owners manual printed in Aug 1932 belt guard added
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