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  1. bikerray

    Adhesive question

    It also comes in a tube besides the can and bottle.
  2. bikerray

    Baby got Bumper

    If you mean what are they made out of 3/16" X 5/8" Felt Weatherseal leather grain vinyl
  3. bikerray

    Baby got Bumper

    A sewing machine.
  4. bikerray

    Baby got Bumper

    Decided to redo the bumper on my 102 as well.
  5. bikerray

    How do you enjoy your collection?

    Very Much
  6. bikerray

    Other Kirby items I have collected.

    Here are a couple I have The 10 inch porcelain sign The charm bracelet A service pin The dime banks
  7. bikerray

    I now own a Kirby

    Here's a picture of my G4 The bumper is just stretched over the nozzle. The stripe is a lavender color.
  8. bikerray

    Baby got Bumper

    Just made a bumper for the Baby 103.
  9. bikerray

    Kirby 2C Restoration and Repairs

    Wow It's become a trilogy !!!!!!
  10. bikerray

    Kirby model 2C help needed

    Before you create Armature Flambe If it's running slow it's either mechanical or electrical resistance Have you thought about systematically finding the problem? Does the motor spin free (meaning is something binding)? Have you tried connecting just the motor (without the safety switch...
  11. bikerray

    Hoover toy sales men

    Oh, it's a toy vacuum I thought it was toy salesmen in little Hoover suits
  12. bikerray

    Kirby model 2C help needed

    Question If you did rotate the field 90 degrees as you stated. How did you cram it back into the housing? The field coils would have hit the carbon brush holders.
  13. bikerray

    Kirby model 2C help needed

    Ok, the field is in correctly Looking at it from the front The lead from the bottom field goes to the right carbon brush holder The lead from the top field goes to the left carbon brush holder
  14. bikerray

    Kirby model 2C help needed

    If the fan is spinning in the opposite direction then you have the wires to the carbon brushes reversed.
  15. bikerray

    General Electric FP-1 Floor Polisher

    This was a gift from a friend. I cleaned it up. It came with the owners manual, 2 scrub brushes, 2 polishing brushes, 2 remains of felt buffing pads. The owners manual doesn't list zip codes in the service centers so I know it's before 1963.
  16. bikerray

    Kirby model 2C help needed

    Answer NO A 505 front bearing is an 87500 Also, when you put the 2C back together did you lift up on the projection from the handle fork yoke? If you didn't the bearing plate will not screw down evenly, which would cause the armature to bind. The projection rests on the edge of the bearing...
  17. bikerray

    Kirby model 2C help needed

    Front and rear bearing are New Departure 8008 which translates to an 87008 bearing.
  18. bikerray

    Hoover model 300 and 700 brush roll/beater bar substitutions.

    Re: Agitator / Brush Roll Bearings Hoover number 2/012978
  19. bikerray

    Hoover model 300 and 700 brush roll/beater bar substitutions.

    Here is what the agitator looks like in my Hoover 305 The agitators do show up on ebay every so often By the way if you want nylon brush strips in the 300 the numbers are long 42344 short 42345
  20. bikerray

    Hoover model 300 and 700 brush roll/beater bar substitutions.

    The brush strips for the 300 and 700 are 300 long 82344 short 82345 700 long 8639 or 8955 depending on the series short 8640 or 8956 depending on the series The brush roll that you are holding if it is from a Hoover is a much later Hoover that either the 300 or the 700. Those would be metal...
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