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Does anyone know what the part number of Kirby handi waxer wax pouches is? If they are unavailable is the any way to re pack the bag with wax? Maybe fill a sandwich bag and use that?

Im lucky enough.. When I was in the basement of the vac shop I frequent, I found an entire shipment box full of genuine princess upright bags!!! How does airflow compare to other clean air vacs? The only video I found with a princess was against a royal and we all know why royal won the...

I just picked up a princess vacuum and dont know much about it other than its a fakir machine. Anyone know anything about it?

These types of vacuums where made in the early 1900s and work by rolling the vacuum along the floor, rolling the vacuum makes the rods that are connected to the bellows pump air through the vacuum,they aren't very effective but are a cool piece of history. As far as price goes it's hard to get...

After spending most of my afternoon off looking at older used vacuums on ebay, I was lucky enough to get a princess 2000 upright by filterqueen with the basic 3 tools,an extension wand and an extension hose. I've heard about them for awhile and do understand they are uncommon but wondered if...

In general I prefer the convenience of an upright, the only 2 that I have found to do a good job on bare floor would be the electrolux discovery and the vorwerk vk117 with the combo tool in floor mode. Other than that I find that a tristar a101 with a tacony hardwood floor nozzle(the one with...

The answer is simple.. And your totally right about the fact that Kirby and Maytag have fairly "normal" brush roll. The reason direct air uprights have such good agitation is because of their airflow. It's airflow not suction that lifts carpet off of the floor and then as the brush sweeps the...

I'm interested in pictures of both the Constellations and of you model 63.I'll try getting ahold of you over email.Thanks

Hi everyone, I recently got this model 14 and I'm trying to find a handle spring to keep the handle from falling over. I would imagine that the original part would be nearly impossible to find so would anyone know what i could use? I was thinking I might (heavy might) be able to use hoover part...

It's the model 14 apartment sized upright! I'm about half an hour north of Pittsburg right on the OH PA border.

Hey everyone, just wanted to say that after quite awhile of looking for a Hoover Lark I've finally found one! I found it as a local pickup listing but I threw out an offer on the terms that they ship and now I'm expecting it to be here sometime tomorrow! Pictures to come..

I think this goes a long way in proving the point that you don't need a large motor but a (relatively) straight and simple air path to get high levels of airflow.I mean a 12 amp Dyson has the potential to have high airflow but when you stick 20+ cyclones between the hose and motor, you start to...

Thanks all! I kinda figured that a d50 wouldn't fetch as much as I initially thought, on the upside I did just get a d80 to add to the collection so maybe I'll just hold on the the 50 for my collection also.

So I got a really good deal on a Kirby d50 that included the vacuum with bag in good condition, practicaly nos floor polisher, all the original attachments in there box, the suds gun, the owners manual and the owner kept all the parts in the original box that the salesmen would have taken to the...

By the way it look on the eBay listing I had thought it was a crevice tool but I think I was wrong. Anyone know what it does?

Well I'd say that airflow is important but so is filtration. Personally I like to use my Filter Queen when filtration is important and my Kenmore branded Singer twinfan or Kirby D50 when filtration is less important

I personally cant stand the new royal in fact I have a one of the new pro series metal uprights and i never touch it. Its noisy and not of the fit and finish a Kirby is. Personally I'd stay away.

So recently the great people over on automatic washer helped me pick out my 1965 Kenmore wringer washing machine and I got to wondering what kenmore labeled vacuums would have been selling at that time? I'm not very familiar with who sears had contracted with to make kenmore labeled at that time...

Would fan 119078 be the amodel fan that I need for a d50? And how hard is it to change the handle spring? Mine wasn't installed right and when I tried to fix it I broke the screw the spring holds on to.... Needless to say I'll be replacing that

Hey everyone, I'm looking for a Kirby expert that would be able to tell me what the list price of my machine was back in 67. Also are the handi butlers and rug renovators common to come across or will this take some digging? So far I have the d50 which has 3 green wheels and a green cord(those...