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So just the motor out of the 101 would be a downgrade or is it the same one in a newer body? If it's exactly the same I could just swap it in and save a few bucks, if not eventually I'll pick up one of the new ones, thanks. I think mine has a row of brushes and a beater bar set up on the...

Yeah, figure I'll put it on the list of things that can wait but I want to fix eventually and see how it does with a good motor again. I think thew newer ones have a better power head and I KNOW the later Royal power heads were way better as I also have a 413 I loved that just isn't as good as...

Well like it says we as a family got this thing brand new in the late 70's I think as a bonus for some MLM thing Mom was trying. It says Sir Anthony James on it which was what they called all the goodies they were enticing her to join with. We also got a Microwave that lasted quite a while and...

I have a Dirt Devil versa power stick vac I bought on Amazon for like 20 shipped. I wanted it for quick touch ups and it was dirt cheap. I thought it was overheating so I quit using it but I recently dug it back out and it seems to run fine. I've been using it to clean up the bird crumbs my...

That was hilarious, thanks. Probably should sub to their channel.

LED headlights as well... We've tried both typical color ranges and I went with 5k as I like the more white light and it does seem to light up dark corners better. My sister likes the warm yellow a bit more so she has those in her master suite and bathroom. I have tried the 5k led headlights...

My favorite TVs back when I was fixing them to sell was anything Zenith. When they were right they just had the best pictures and tended to last. Early Magnavox sets just didn't seem well built or give a good picture. I had a bunch of early to mid 80s Maggie's that did have great pictures and...

New Shark cordless The newish Shark cordless uses battery packs and their top version comes with two batteries and a fast charger. I think they claim 40 minute run on low speed. I'm on a Parrot forum and one of the users bought one to help clean up after her flock in their aviary and she...

As a kid we always had some kind of a Kirby, later we had a few canisters like a Compact and some others. I ended up eventually with a Royal 413 canister with a power head and loved it, it worked great on the carpet in rental and I bought it from the Kirby salesman as one of his trade ins in...

When I took electronics in high school in the 70s they were still using vtvm meters, later I got several Radio Shack cheap analog and a digital lcd meter. I used em all but mostly used the digital one as it was accurate and had a continuity buzzer which was handy. My latest meter is a Fluke auto...

We had a Tri Star vacuum when I was a teenager. It was a non Tristar branded machine we got from a home sales we tried to do for a while but it definitely was a Tristar machine. I remember really liking it and I think it had the same power head too. Can't remember what happened to it but it was...

I just replaced the pigtail on my 4650 with a close enough one to get my 4650 running again. I love that thing, awesome suction and really brings up the nap on the carpet. I think it has a similar motor and the same power head. I also have a blue 413 power tank and just got a free 5700 upright...

Repaired it today finally Finally had a free Saturday so tore apart the power nozzle and tried the black pigtail which fit without all the extra pieces just fine. Was fun trying to remember how to get the housing off then tear down all the stuff where the wiring and height adjuster goes, plus...

Pigtails showed up Thanks, they showed up today and I think at least one will work with what I have. Let me know where to send the shipping costs.

Just ordered a belt tool for a Royal from Amazon for the Stark 5700/Royal 9700 I was given. It was like 7 bucks shipped which was cheaper than the I saw on a very quick eBay search. They are nice machines and mine seems to run great.

It's a led that lights up as long as the roll is turning and it still works. My sister was showing my mom the machine and they were checking out the bag and mom noticed the bag had fallen off the feed tube it plugs into. I guess I missed the notches or at least the bottom one and it just blew...

Thanks for all the info and pics. It makes sense they may have swapped out the bag considering they were cleaning a large building and probably used what they had on hand or they could easily get to keep it going. My car has all kinds of parts from newer and older versions that would fit or were...

OK, a couple more shots, one of the data tag, other the brush roll. It does have 91 stamped on the power head case too so I figured it's a 91 and I think the newest service sticker is from 05. If you can't see it well enough I can post the numbers.

Yeah I don't get that lucky often but it's great when it happens. I did finally find the factory build sticker and of course it agrees with everything Ben says. Nice to get lucky and get their older top of the line machine and bags are even cheaper than the 4650 canister bags are. Also it's a...

Hey, thanks for the info, I'll poke around google and learn more. I've been kinda wanting a upright to complete my collection plus my 4650 I finally broke the little pigtail that goes from the wand into the power head so I've been working on my older 4.3 413 power tank to try and do my heavy...