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My favorite vacuum cleaner is the Eureka victory. It’s nostalgic to my childhood (my parents had one). The only thing I like better than the way it looks is the way it sounds. I know it wasn’t the greatest vacuum ever made, but it’s my personal favorite.

Finally finished! I apologize for the lack of updates, but my life has been crazy busy the past month or so. I would also like to take the time to say how grateful I am that this website exists. If it wasn’t for vacuumland, I wouldn’t have had any of the information I ended up needing to get...

huskyvacs Nice G5! Lots of luck with it. Yeah, I agree, Kirbys are tough as nails. I always knew they were really good, but I didn’t realize just how good until I saw mine run just the way it was. As far as finding a Classic III, I would suggest looking on EBay. I’ve seen at least 3 on...

KirbyClassicIII Wow, that’s a gorgeous classic III you have. Thanks for the info, glad to confirm that it is in fact a 1978 model. A lot of the internal parts had numbers embossed on them, and 8 was the highest I saw. I assumed this meant it was made in 1978, but I wasn’t sure. Glad to...

Hi! I’ve been working on a Kirby classic III rebuild on and off for the past year and a half, and I’ve finally got it (mostly) completed. It had mice living in the emtor, corrosion all over the inside of the floor nozzle, and a warped fan shaft (found that out the hard way, when the belt...

My favorite vacuum of all time is the Eureka victory. It’s nostalgic to my childhood, and I just love the way that they look and sound. It may not be the best vacuum ever made, but I like it.

Hi there! I have a Eureka Mega Boss victory (my dream vacuum) that I inherited a few months ago. It's never given me trouble until now. When I was vacuuming with it just now, I heard some squealing noise coming from it. I changed the belt, which helped some, but it still didn't go away...

What I did... I took the motor apart, wiped the armature down with a dry rag, then blew it off with compressed air. I also sanded the commutator down a little bit. I then replaced the front ball bearing, and added 3 drops of oil to the rear sleeve bearing. I made sure that the brushes slid...

It's running... Thank you all so much for the help! It's running like new! I just had a couple of questions regarding the power nozzle. This is an early G with the port for the head on the front of the cleaner. I was wondering if a later electric hose and a later PN-1 would work with the...

I wiped the whole motor out, and then blew it out with compressed air. I replaced the front bearing, and oiled the rear one. I sanded the commutator a little bit, and put it back together. I didn’t replace the brushes, as a local vacuum shop said that the aftermarket ones aren’t good. He...

Hello. I have a 1960’s Electrolux model G in blue. It still works, but only a little bit. When I turn it on, it instantly smells absolutely terrible. The motor doesn’t sound like it’s turning fast enough. And, when I turn it off, it makes a grinding sound as it comes to a stop. I was...