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Someone thinks we're going to write his essays for him, and then let him take the credit. He probably Goolgled "Suckers" and found this vacuum site 😂

I'm sure this, or something worse, has happened to us all. Myself included. My friend bought a large second-hand wide-screen flat TV. Once he'd paid, the seller wrapped it in a black plastic bin-liner, taped it up at one end, and stuck his label on it! 😧

This isn't entirely YOUR fault Barry. The seller included the box in the photo/description knowing it was a positive selling-point. That's why it fetched the price it did. People know that boxes, literature, and items proving provenance, are all part of the overall package. Sometimes sellers...

They do look good. Especially side-by-side. I too have a Heritage II (black one) that you have. I'm toying with the idea of fitting a Sani-Emtor (shiny aluminium) and an all-black corduroy Outer Bag. I thought I'd see if it could be made to look more masculine in Shiny & Black? And perhaps...

Hi everyone, I found a promising source of Kirby Parts on the web today. An ex-Kirby Service Centre, in Manchester, UK. https://www.barlowservicing.co.uk/kirby-vacuum-cleaner-spares.html They sell complete refurbished machines, have a workshop, engineers, deal with all makes/models, spares...

Are you finding in your tests, that performance is improved in any way? Is that why you're looking for a Style-1 Tradition HEPA bag?

Hi Barry, If you are crazy, so are we all. No-one will notice here 😁. That looks like a 1970's version of the earlier Hoover Dustette. A vac intended for little jobs (breadcrumbs), instead of pulling out the main machine and feeling the need to vacuum everywhere. They came in many flavours...

Hi Les, Tradition Tubes are the narrowest of the lot. Unless your Sentria II Tube fitted without modification, straight onto your Tradition Emptor, then the Bag-Topper will not fit. They are a fair bit narrower. That's why most conversions involve drilling and re-sealing the Tradition Emptor to...

A loud vibration rattle has also developed on my Legend II. It's not Roller Bearings; the Roller is brand new. I tightened the Roller Support Tabs (bent them inward); no difference. Checked & adjusted roller height; no difference. Checked Motor Casing 'O'-Ring Gasket where the Brushroll Head...

"...daring you to pop the trunk. " 😨

Thank-you guys, I'll check those out today.

Hi Huskyvacs! Ahh, the smell of old oil 😊 That's what I like about restoring Sewing Machines. LOL.

I have the original plastic tubes for my 'daily-driver' Kirby vacuums, and I'm looking to buy new chrome/aluminium Wand Tubes for them. Perhaps a telescopic tube? I want to use these machines on a regular basis whilst conserving the original plastic tubes which are more scarce and fragile. Can...

What a sad image. Makes me want to cross the Atlantic just to rescue it. I feel the same way seeing old cars in a scrap yard. I want to restore them all!

Hi Les! The Hemp/String wheel I have here (the only one I've seen) is really course. I'm going by BriGuy's photo and assuming all those fine in-line parallel scratches were the result of machining? I would have thought it unlikely that he was so accurate with hand-sanding in one precise...

I guess that's where the term 'To receive a Dressing Down' comes from? To be reduced in height.

I too wondered about filing Carbon Brushes to make them fit. It can be done. Sand by hand, on flat diamond plates used for sharpening woodwork plane irons & chisels. They're modern equivalents of the old India Sharpening Stones. They remove material quickly and accurately, while keeping...

I'd suggest your stitched wheel might be too harsh? Or you're pressing too hard, instead of letting the wheel do the work. It appears as though the stitched wheel itself may be scoring the soft aluminium? Perhaps consider a hard FELT wheel? Softer than stitched Hemp(?) but firmer than a...

I'm genuinely questioning this whole concept. In our old Electrolux, we used a shake-out dust beg for twenty years or more. It worked just fine. Our carpets weren't dirty. And there were no carpet-washers in those days. Electrolux recommended we use only genuine Electrolux paper bag inserts...

I'm keen to learn about this fascination with Hepa filtration. Is everyone hypoallergenic all of a sudden? Suffering from hayfever? Filtering the air of a room constantly? Using their vacuums to do the filtering? When you turn your vacuum Off, you are breathing in the pollen and sub-micron...