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  1. johnnyb59c

    Handhelds

    ok this is probably my last post on the forum under "Handhelds" I sent a message to your email address thats in your profile
  2. johnnyb59c

    model xxx motor

    i think i think i may have put a G motor in a 30 before
  3. johnnyb59c

    Handhelds

    k. cool you have facebook? or we could do email
  4. johnnyb59c

    1937 Electrolux Model 30

    ? I might be able to help you.
  5. johnnyb59c

    Handhelds

    Energex upright- what's it look like?
  6. johnnyb59c

    Handhelds

    sure- I'll probably make a deal with you. remember though the brush roll is gone and the bag clip thing. what you got?
  7. johnnyb59c

    My Hoover 725 Project - Part 1

    thanks! helps I wanted to make new bag for my 800. it has original bag but has some holes not real noticeable but one was in the folds that when inflated that comes to kind of a (point) and lint was starting to come out. I got it fixed in places where there were small holes by turning the bag...
  8. johnnyb59c

    Kirby 505 or 2C? Kirby Frankenstein.

    awesome- now i just gotta sell and let go of some of my old vacuum and fan stuff to make room
  9. johnnyb59c

    Kirby 505 or 2C? Kirby Frankenstein.

    ? ok...how do you clamp down the parts that went flying? thats happened to me before and I also have a few scars. I wish you had a video guide or something. you sound awesome. oh, I hate buffing the older stuff- I'm guessing it was so hard to buff my Kirby because it's sand cast?
  10. johnnyb59c

    Handhelds

    GE and Energex here they are- I hope to get the Energex working one day. it's been in a box in parts for about 20yrs now. I believe I have all the parts. just gotta figure out how it goes back together. I always take pics of stuff I disassemble so I know how exactly it came apart- like my 1C...
  11. johnnyb59c

    Kirby 505 FB Marketplace find...

    daaaaaang dude all original except the cord and missing rubber cover for the metal slider at the top of the bag-awesome
  12. johnnyb59c

    My Hoover 725 Project - Part 1

    ? what kind of fabric are you going to use for the bag?(I assume you're making a new bag?)
  13. johnnyb59c

    Kirby 505 or 2C? Kirby Frankenstein.

    ? what kind of buff wheel and compound you use? what were you joking about?
  14. johnnyb59c

    Handhelds

    very nice I think my Kenmore Jr. is missing the wire bag support, however all of them that I have seen of that model have a limp bag. it runs nice and the original cloth cord is in really good shape. I would like to have one of the real old Polar Cub ones- same motor as on my little 6" fans I...
  15. johnnyb59c

    My Hoover 725 Project - Part 1

    orange trim color all 725's I've ever seen all had the orange trim on the motor
  16. johnnyb59c

    My Hoover 725 Project - Part 1

    beauty I have 800 we use regularly
  17. johnnyb59c

    Handhelds

    thats awesome dude- wish I could do like in the pics but I don't have but 5 hand helds. the Hoover Dustette-black and polished aluminum model with black bag with the silver lettering, Kenmore Jr. with the wood blocks holding the brush roller. GE that vibrates so bad I can't hold onto it so...
  18. johnnyb59c

    Kirby 505 or 2C? Kirby Frankenstein.

    I'm still amateur I do use a buffing wheel rake between types of compound. after 25 years I am still experimenting with buffing. have trouble with the swirls- when I move the part around curvs- especially fan housings the part where it curves where the housing connects with the emtor and the...
  19. johnnyb59c

    1937 Electrolux Model 30

    Charlie- I did a rebuild on my 1949. put what looks like almost NOS cord winder and found I had 2 companions amongst the stuff in the shed I was digging through. I'm pretty well set up! I need to get a nice hose tho so I can use it lots of fun cleaning my room and feeding it 3d printer scraps...
  20. johnnyb59c

    1937 Electrolux Model 30

    looks a lot like XII motor I have a XII motor out in the shed. I'm sure your motor is a bit bigger that my XII motor tho
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