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No, eureka belts are too loose. You need Hoover 48 belts, should be available at most older hardware stores and any vac shop. Where are you located in Michigan?

Where are you located? There is one at one of our local thrift shops for I think $20

We have 3 shops in Jackson, and I've written off two of them. The first is rude and snooty, I've been in the place exactly twice. Once I bought a belt for a Filter Queen power nozzle, only after waiting for him to sell th customer ahead of me a brand new panasonic for over $500, and telling them...

If I'd have known you are in Ann Arbor when I posted my first reply, I'd have offered to put a new plug on for you! I've replaced many plugs on vacuums and never had a problem with any, one is a commercial machine at my Church- I always use a heavy duty plug, and make sure it's attached...

It won't cost you any $50 to replace the plug, do it yourself. Not hard at all. If you have a local hardware store you might even get them to wire on a new plug for you.

I'll probably clean up and sell most of them, I may keep the Hoover Air and the Kirby. I think the issue I'd run into with giving the bagless Hoover to my church is the fact that it's a fairly small building, although 90% carpet, and it's never filthy dirty, just whatever gets tracked in from...

And the amazing thing is, they're all in really good condition- just dusty, no major scratches or scuffs, no chewed up cords, all run great (Oreck sounds pretty tired though). I agree, the Kirby made it worth the trip even if the rest would have been junk. After it's totally polished, it will...

I've had many of the Bissell blue/black powerforce bagless and I totally clean them inside and out, new belt, and a good polishing and sell them for $25 or $30. They really are decent vacuums when they are maintained properly, and I've only ever had one come back with a bad motor. Most typical...

And the brushrolls of the rest, all in good condition, and the NASTY filter from the Bissell- doesn't look like it's ever been cleaned, but surprisingly still has good suction from the hose (lower hose is clogged end to end though!)

Here's a picture of the worn out Oreck brush roll...

The only one that has any wear on the brush is the Oreck- The others are all nearly new. Looks like they could have vacuumed the parking lot with it! This is a before picture, none had been wiped down or anything, except the Kirby. I polished the Kirby last night and installed a new belt and it...

Last Sunday I replied to a Craigslist ad for "4 free vacuums for parts". The ad said they had been used commercially and were no longer working. The ad had a picture of a Panasonic commercial upright and a Hoover Air. They were located in Portage, about an hour and 20 minutes drive from Jackson...

If you've got enough ash behind the fireplace damper that it won't stay open, it needs more than to be vacuumed! You need to clean the chimney or have it professionally cleaned if You aren't comfortable doing it yourself. All that buildup will cause a chimney fire and that's not a pleasant...

My most recent find (now a couple months ago) was a Dyson DC25 Animal. Nearly made a U turn at 55 when I saw it but common sense got the best of me and I turned around in a driveway just up the road. It wasn't even terribly dirty, attachments were present and looked as if they'd barely been...

Not nightmares, but I've got one (Not even sure of the model number, it's all beige, power drive, headlight) that doesn't pick anything up or groom the carpet. It's pretty useless in my opinion, a poor excuse for a vacuum cleaner. The belts are fine and it's not clogged. Has decent suction at...

Vintage: Kirby Classic III, needed nothing but a good cleaning. Cleaned up and worked great! Modern: Dyson DC25, All attachments, good condition overall, nothing wrong but a nasty clog in the extension wand. Both trash finds.

Great, Thanks! Will order it as soon as I have a couple extra pennies to rub together, just had to pay for car repairs so vacuums are on the back burner for a bit :(

Will the lower housing from the Perfect fit the 6.7 amp sanitaire motor? Doesn't sound too terribly hard if all goes as planned.

I recently picked up a Sanitaire SC899 (16") at a garage sale for $5 in "somewhat" working condition (Had a broken fan, needed brush strips, belt, light bulb and a complete cleaning) I got all the broken, worn parts replaced and I've used it a bit, but it has some horrendous bearing noise on...

I've used the Proteam RunningVac canister, and while it does have great suction when everything is clean (new bag, clean filters), it didn't really perform all that well on carpet due to it's lack of power nozzle or any kind of brushes on the floor tool. The bag would only fill around 1/3-1/2...