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  1. vacuser

    classic III bag install

    so here is what i did to defeat the oval emptor bag install on my classic III.i threw the bag in the dryer to heat up the elastic & with one pull it went right on with ease.PROBLEM SOLVED ! i now again love my kirby classic III !
  2. vacuser

    classic III bag install

    classic III shakeout bag install the round emptors are easier to put on than the oval ones.i can almost get it but not yet.might try the mini-emptor & see if that works on my classic III.so far it's just been grunt & pull.i must overcome this problem.
  3. vacuser

    classic III bag install

    does anyone have any tricks of the trade on getting a classic III bag on an oval emptor.is it just sheer strength ? the one i just bought had a nasty smell and is sorta worn out.i have a nice one i'm trying to put on.
  4. vacuser

    Vintage Westinghouse Upright on “I Love Lucy”

    lucy vacuums up coins i found the show where lucy uses a hoover to vacuum up coins.it's called SO3E13.lucy,the coin collector.
  5. vacuser

    What vacuums have you seen in movies?

    i walk the line movie there's a kirby sitting in one of the rooms.also karen black in some movie vacuuming on the stairs with a kirby.sound was fake.
  6. vacuser

    original kirby tan cord

    will be posting an original kirby tan cord with tan plug ends on ebay tomorrow.probably for a sanitronic vII ?
  7. vacuser

    Remove permanent marker stain Hoover 28

    to:TM try goo gone.it says surface safe.
  8. vacuser

    D-80 BAG

    looking for a decent D-80 original bag.has to be sold on ebay.that's my go to store.
  9. vacuser

    need an original D-80 bag

    need one on ebay to buy at a decent price.
  10. vacuser

    found on facebook marketplace

    i love the design on the red bag.very nice !
  11. vacuser

    found a kirby !

    trans pedal missing on the G7D i found in the trash is that a hard & expensive fix ? when i run it the trans works but can't shift it.
  12. vacuser

    found a kirby !

    this was setting in the trash waiting to get thrown away.i saved a kirby G7D.bag was full & hard & smelled like pet hair.i see why they got rid of it.i changed the bag & did some maintenance on it & now it's a good working kirby again.thanks to whoever for not knowing about kirbys.
  13. vacuser

    What vacuums do/did your parents or grandparents use?

    moms vacuum my mom used a 516 or 517 kirby for years.i was in my thirties when she sold it.broke my heart to see it go.so that's how i got kirby fever.plus i added a bunch of 500 series kirbys to my collection like the picture.
  14. vacuser

    517 kirby

    i bought this some time ago & when i turned it on it made a strange noise i did not hear from a kirby before.i parked it in a closet for a long time.yesterday i tore it down looking for the noise.bearings were good,brushroll was good.i took the fan case off & saw it had a plastic fan on it.what...
  15. vacuser

    kirby in a commercial

    on dec.25,1987 a commercial was made for philips square bulbs called vacuum up the cat.super bowl XXI.showed an older lady using what looks like a kirby classic 1CR.found it on you tube.
  16. vacuser

    heritage bojack

    lesinutah reply as i explained i do not have cash app or venmo.therefore ebay is my choice for purchase.so your stupid guess to my age is WAY OFF ! i'm 68.been around a while seen a lot.you trying to CALL ME OUT is subpar at best & you made me laugh.that's it.
  17. vacuser

    heritage bojack

    to:BEN yes i had no choice.i fought about it for a long while but i could not give a positive when i received nothing & then had to go through the get the payment back stuff.i explained to him why i did.i told him it would not hurt his stores sales.
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    heritage bojack

    to: ben i did have the p.o. track my package to a local mail distribution facility but that was as close as they could tell me anything.it was lost in the building they said.(i said horse crap)i had to get my money back from ebay.the seller did not insure it so he's out a kirby.
  19. vacuser

    heritage bojack

    to: human i love to change the original factory look to fit my own taste.i know the purest don't like it much but the kirbys are mine to add my own flare.i just today bought another heritage I with a shakeout bag.now i can put the original bag back on the heritage II.now i have both models to...
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    heritage bojack

    i bought a heritage II & the post office lost my package.i found another one close to where i live so i bought it. i had a heritage I shakeout bag & emptor i wanted to put on it. would not fit so i had to figure out why.the back axle was too wide.i came up with a way to make it fit.i removed one...
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