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Hi Folks, A couple of day's ago I picked up a Kirby Legend two for just £5 :) it was a steal! I got it home and started on the clean up and restoration of it. It came with no power lead but I had recently purchased two Leads so I did have a brand new spare lead for it, I gave it a thorough...

Great Job Matt, Excellent photo's, you got that Legend two looking in excellent condition, A new bag holder decal and fill tube it will be like brand new!

I love these Kirby ComVac's would love to own one at some point. I wonder though why Kirby felt they needed to alter the design of what is basically a Heritage model so much for commercial use, The bog standard machines aren't exactly Cheap/nasty and easy to break. Around where I live I know...

Hello Peeps, For me it would have to be the Heritage model, I grew up with the family's Heritage (which I have now got) so I have many memories with that machine. Something a little different but If I could have my own custom Kirby It would have to be the Legend two model (as performance wise I...

I was quite the opposite with Kirby's when I was little, when I used to play up for my mother, she said she would sit me in my push chair bring out the Kirby turn it on and leave it running at the side of me, apparently it always made me calmer and fall to sleep lol. Since joining this great...

I'm so jealous James lol, I would love to own and have a Kirby ComVac 1300 in my collection congratulations on getting it, I like the jumper too lol.

Have you tried knocking them round? if you get a small flat bladed chisel tap a wedge into the screw head then try knocking it around to free it off this sometimes work. There's other ways too first you can try drilling a small hole in the middle of the screw sometimes it releases enough...

I know everybody's different, but the noise would do my head in if I was using it lol, I would have to investigate and sort it just in case it was a small problem, which could potentially turn into a major problem.

Just listening again and to me at about 49-50 seconds the noise or as I call it the waft seems to pick up a bit don't know if anyone else can hear it, so I wonder if the fan impeller is spinning. I know sometimes when you turn a Kirby on the pitch can alter at first usually as the bag inflates...

Like Ben says could be either Bearing more than likely it will be, but just check to rule out the possibility of the fan being slightly loose I had it once where id replaced the fan but a month later it came slightly loose made a similar noise to the one your getting. Also this is doubtful but...

Just to add I take it the Kirby was working before you stripped it down?

when you say the shell of the motor, do you mean the actual metal outer casing? (shouldn't stop the machine) or you mean as in the casing surrounding the motor armature and field coil? (white in colour held in by 4 screws) if it was the latter when you put it back together again, were the carbon...

Got yourself a nice looking Heritage there Will, you polished it up good!

Excellent George you well and truly dropped on there. Some people just do not know what their throwing away oh well your gain!

My first Heritage two was a trash find. I worked for a Grounds Maintenance company and whilst strimming this particular site I happened to notice this Kirby outside of a house amongst a load of other tat, So I knocks on but get's no answer I didn't want to just take it just in case I got into...

Excellent find does it need much doing to it?

wow, I'd be in my element with all those Kirby's anyone notice the rare 13" nozzle on the Heritage in photo 3 wouldn't mind that lol.

Ben, I hadn't thought about doing that but, you may have sowed a seed in my head lol Merry Christmas.

Ben would this shed any light on matter a picture of the back of the nozzle?

Ben, This particular Kirby Has been In our family since new, My Mother and Father brought it a few month's before I was born, this is the machine that gave me my childhood love of Kirby's when growing up. When I was old enough I got my own H1 I do know that this one didn't have the vent on the...