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Looks great!! Almost factory.. Glad that Tradition went to someone who will use it and appreciate it. Now that I see you had transferred the belt lifter to the 13" nozzle, I realize I had an extra belt lifter I could have sent so you could use either nozzle at will. Just make sure the...

Kloveland, Nice to know it may be an original machine - it is quite nice up close. Here's the chance to get it back - just make a day's road trip to Texas, lol! I will be at the store next week for another drop-off so i can see if it is still there. In the haul I will be donating a dirty...

I saw this at my friend's thrift store yesterday - the Plaid Tag at NE corner of Ave K (Plano rd) and Park, next to Poor Richards Cafe. Unit ran great, brush roll in good shape, good belt, everything rather clean for its age, and even the headlight worked. Uses paper bags and has the...

Glad we are not the only ones getting into this scenario. My ladyfriend and I both do such things and usually it gets us in more trouble. We would see something that we force ourselves to pass up, then go back another day to get it or to see if it sold. At that time we either get that AND...

I was lucky enough to have scored one on ebay a while back for free. It was sold as a 16" which is what I needed. After contacting the seller about the size issue, he refunded me and did not want it back. I kept is and now it awaits my D80 when it is restored. Lucky error I guess...

Just saw this thread - very cool looking machines you have there! Nice to see some of these obscure machines saved and maintained. I remember some cars long ago having similar colors and patterns in the interior. Love the ad also!

This thing does 'okay' of keeping the worst of the light stuff cleaned up on hard floors. However, the prep work of removing obstacles and setting up barriers, as well as the noise does not make this anything I would have a use for. For play, maybe. For real cleaning, no. I just have too...

On my routine weekend-morning e-bike ride today, I had found a few boxes set out early for bulk trash pickup in a wealthy neighborhood. As a scavenger, I had to see what was there. There were some very nice crystal bowls (still wrapped and with tags) and vases, so I planned to get them on the...

I have a few brownish ones that I would love to get rid of as I have no use for them. They are not in the best shape and I am almost ready to chuck them. They would be great for use and not show; picture below...

Yep, the Classic III is the real McCoy. Here are a couple pics out of the box; not all parts shown. Just let me know if you are interested!

Sorry guys - had not been on here this weekend... Vacuumman, your email has been replied to. Huskyvacs, I am 99.99% sure it is a real CIII but I will check it for that last 0.01%. A 1CR posing as a CIII? That's pretty low in my books... I may have seen that thread a while back as it...

Here is the thread I was thinking of - good shots of the internals. https://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?37563 I did not have pictures from my own teardown and I know I did not go as far as the thread's OP.

These are quite reliable. I have taken one apart before just to see how it worked. Overall it is pretty simple - a gear/clutch disc/pressure plate set for forward and another for reverse. As long as it looks clean inside, the clutches are free from oil, and nothing looks overly worn or...

I have this thing... A Dirt Devil hand vac that my mom gave me for Christmas back in 2006 or somewhere around there. It was pretty useless. The hose stretches to only about 24" and the air-powered brushroll jammed as soon as it touched anything. Suction is pretty good though and it has a...

BUMP! These two machines are still available. They need to be gone by early fall as they are in the way of getting the classic cars out of the garage when it finally cools off. If no one here wants them, I will assemble them and donate them as-is.

If you are referring to the belts with the cogged teeth on the inner side, and these cogs mesh with cogs on the brushroll and the PTO pulley, then they may transmit more torque as the cogs eliminate slippage under heavy loads or if they stretch out slightly. These designs are used in...

bikerray - on their website you can actually schedule an in-home demo if desired. This is in the 'find a distributor' section. This would be good for someone unfamiliar with the machine who is not good at figuring it out by themselves. Personally I like this as being a choice. For those...

It is about time this happened. There are three different packages to choose from - the most expensive is of course the default one. The basic package includes just the vacuum and the standard attachments for 1600. Now if they would bring back a D50-sized machine with no self propel and...

It would be nice if we could have an online repository for these old manuals, where any of us can access them. I do not know how to do such a thing - IT is not my specialty... I have the Heritage service manual, the parts lists from 505-Heritage, and the Tradition engineering service bulletin...

Fakebook wants your ID and so-called security number?? OMFG........speechless..... Never been there, never will. I have the domain blocked on my machine due to other sites cross-scripting from them for unwanted reasons. Other so-called media sites I blocked as well for same reason. I only...