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@lesinutah I see what you mean about the rubber end on the brushroll, but the square notches for the brushroll inside this base's casting is physically smaller than the notched ends on the endcaps on a modern VGII brushroll that I've taken out of my SC886. Being that you said you had a '60s...

Well darn... If I knew that Sanitaire had a model with a steel base, I would have gladly paid the $100 extra to get it over the plastic-base SC886 I bought in 2016. Darn. I think if there are any Achilles heels with the Sanitaire design, it is, by far, in the plastic base. In fact, the base on...

Update I secured a VG1 brushroll with square endcaps from a smaller vac shop with an online presence. Called to confirm they actually had it before I placed the order as I actually ordered one from another vac shop only to get a phone call stating that they had to cancel and were refunding me...

My theories... People have been using HEPA vacuum bags to make masks. Since bagged machines of any variety are in the minority, this phenomenon may have caught suppliers/manufacturers by surprise because suddenly everyone needs vacuum bags when for several years now, the demand for bags have...

These Sanitaires are rare... I'm sure 95% of the metal base Sanitaires have been used up and tossed after years of heavy use. The one I got was probably forgotten in a dark storeroom. The motor, fortunately, sounds great. Unfortunately, Eureka switched from square end brushrolls to the hex end...

I acquired a Sanitaire 643 which takes a square end brush roll. The brushroll that came with it was trashed, as in the threads of the axle bar (or whatever it's called, it went through the wooden brushroll) were worn smooth. The square-end endcaps no longer held this axle (and thus the brush...

I'm not sure why someone would use a vacuum for a blower It's just not hygienic and sanitary, considering that dust & dirt will never be completely cleared out of the hose/discharge outlet, the fancase and on the impeller itself. An air compressor seems like a better idea, and there are cheap...

I can't find anything anywhere about this motor. What should a 3.35 amp Eureka motor look like? I'm restoring a Sanitaire 641 and that is the motor it should have per the data plate, but the motor in my 641 looks suspiciously similar to the common 7-amp Sanitaire motor with the metal bearing...

These old Sanitaires came with a metal fan... but mine has a Lexan fan that's pretty old (no chipped blades, but pitted and battered. Apparently there's a company called Kobenz that produces Eureka/Sanitaire F&G knockoffs, they use metal fans in some of their models and metal fans are...

Without hesitation, I tore into it and broke it down for cleaning. When I popped the metal hood off, I was a little stumped (but relieved that there weren't any black widows or anything like that). The motor looks like a typical 6.5/7 amp unit that you'd find on most Sanitaires from the 80s...

The Hoover 1010 is all finished. I had the day off and my wife didn't so I finished it and the Sanitaire System_Pro to its right. No more pieces sitting in several Sterilite boxes and totes under my workbench, lol. The motor unit of the Kirby SVII is finished, save for a final polish, just...

@dysonman -- I'm pretty sure that my wife is at the "no more" stage, lol. I think I'm going to stop acquiring for a while but I do know that I won't be saying no if I come across something like an early 500 series or Model C Kirby, especially if it's in good shape and/or near original. The good...

Went on eBay to pick up a few miscellaneous parts for my Sanitronic VII rebuild (a recent acquisition) and noticed that in my "Recommended for You" which is full of either miscellaneous vacuum & small appliance parts, or more recently, Ford PowerStroke-related stuff, since I have been doing some...

A few intrepid taps with the hammer on the casing around the area where the foot pedal adjuster would go did the trick. Didn't see any evidence of any glue or adhesive around the edges on the fan case by the way, which was really strange. It seemed like it was cemented together. On to soaking...

I've got the outer motor shell off It's just the inner motor shell. I did a once over around the motor/fan case to look for any screw I may have forgotten to remove, but I've got them all. Seems like the fancase was super glued to the unit, but I have no proof of that, lol.

Shortly after I came across a circa 2006 Sanitaire System_Pro upright, fate landed me a Sanitronic 7, cast aside on the curb on trash day (what a shame). It runs well from what I could tell but of course will need to be polished and shined up, that is after I thoroughly clean and disinfect it...

Kind of reminds me of a story I read... ...a while back about a house fire. Pretty much everything was toast, but there was an IBM ThinkPad upstairs that was melted and a bit wet from the firefighting operations, but it still powered on and was completely functional. Is it probably something...

It's made in 2006 and has the "original" 7 amp motor, which I love the sound of. It's in good condition but of course I like to tear everything down to clean and disinfect (and replace any needed parts), which is my SOP whenever I bring a new (used) acquisition home (vacuums, computers, small...

For the two vacuums I've restored that came with hoses (Kirby Sentria and Avalir) I've soaked them in hot water, Persil and bleach, followed with a good rinse. Makes them look and smell new. Obviously antique cloth hoses or older vinyl hoses may need a more gentler approach (no bleach -- maybe...

I'm assuming that the "chassis" of the S7 is the ...the D50/D80. I have a D50 modified to take disposable bags. What I did was I purchased a mini Emptor for a Heritage II and installed it on the exhaust horn of the motor unit. It fits just fine. I then installed my D50 bag, which had been...