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I fixed it! I did a search on the web and found out why these Kenmore Power Nozzle Hoses quit working. Its the receptacle on the hose. If the receptacle isn't flush with the housing around it, its too far back to make good contact with the prongs in the wand. I took mine apart and sure enough...

Here is a pic of the vacuum with the hose and power nozzle.

The hoses are not missing any prongs. I did get one hose to turn the powner nozzle on so that tells me that the wiring around the motor is fine. It has to be something wrong with the hose. Could the switch just be partly bad to where it will turn on the motor but not the power nozzle?

Hi, I am trying to figure out how to fix a Kenmore Progressive power nozzle hose. I recently bought a Kenmore Progressive at a thrift store but didn't try it out before I did. I get it home and the power nozzle worked but the vacuum motor was shot. I then found another similar vac in the trash...

The old bearings were rusted so bad that I broke them trying to get them out. So I had no choice but to buy bearings. I have been told by other collectors that bearings even in the concepts would work in a Convertible brush roll. I'm just surprised the vac shop didn't know that they were...

Hi, I am trying to put new brush roll bearings in a Hoover Convertible brush roll. It originally had all metal bearings and the vac shop sold me new one's with plastic on one side of the bearing. It doesn't seem to want to fit the same way the old one's did. There is a clip that holds it in that...

Ok, here's my list..... Kirby, Fairfax, Compact, Tri-Star, Filter Queen, Rexair, Rainbow, Hyla,Vortech Force, Air-Storm, Electro Hygiene. I don't know if you would call Hoover a door to door vacuum but they started out being sold that way as vacuum shops as we know them today didn't exist in...

Massage Cup... I had a Kirby demo once of the Sentria and they showed how the massage cup could be turned inside out sort of and made to aid in unclogging a drain. Who knew a Kirby could do plumbing work too, LOL!

Does the Scott & Fetzer have the switch in the handle too? If so, I didn't know that the S&F had a model like that. Anyways, they both look great! I'm in the process of restoring my Scott & Fetzer finally. I bought a motor off of Ebay that actually ran so I'm using it along with the rest of my...

Alex, You may want to leave the emtor bottom on it. I believe the 508 had a black emtor bottom and not gray. My 508 is this way and so is Phillip's. And now yours has it too. And the design of the bottom is just slightly different than my 505's emtor which is also black so I'm thinking the 508...

Andrew, you aren't supposed to try and fix the transmission. I see you opened it up. I know you got another one, but I would say the old one is now ruined for sure. You can still buy the cogged belt for it, I think Hesco has it and I'm sure Kirby would sell you one too. Oh, while you are at it I...

Yes it is green. It is called Garland Green according to Jeff Parker's Convertible list. Chad Cunningham

The bag came on a Model 33 Special. It really doesn't even go with that machine so its original bag must have been replaced at some time with this one. I have tried to clean it to see if the bag is really white but it doesn't seem to come off so I think it is the color or close to the color it...

Hello everyone, I have a quandry about a Hoover Convertible bag that I have. I would like to know what model it goes to or if it goes to any one in particular. I've never seen one like it so its either really rare or its a replacement. The bag is a narrow top and the top is pink vinyl with pink...

Bag.. Hey, that looks like the original bag that came on that vacuum. That's a great find as that model is hard to find and to find it with an original bag, even better. Too bad the spring broke on your 509. I can't help you there but I'd like to know too how to sew in a spring as I hope to...

Convertible 65 Attachments... I just happened to score an attachment kit that I believe is for the 65. It has the box and hose and most of the other attachments. One thing I'm kind of wondering though is how the blower attachment works. Do you attach it in place of the disposable bag to use the...

Very nice job James! I am so jealous, I'd like to own an R model one of these days. Chad Cunningham

What you have is definitely not a 2C. It has been rebuilt so its hard to say for sure but it is probably one of the models from the 505 to the 512. If you look in the post that Kirbymodel2C has elsewhere in the forum about his latest project, he told you how to take it apart. If you have...

Replacing the bag.. You don't have to cut the strap if your careful. I have successfully removed and reinstalled plenty of straps. The only reason to buy a new one is if its damaged and not holding the bag on properly. A trick to get the old one off is to use a hair dryer to heat up the area...

I just recently had an SE motor apart and had a similar predicament. Turns out I needed to install the spider under the metal ring with screws that hold it on. I was trying to put the spider on after that was installed. I don't know if the E motor is a similar setup but it's worth a shot.