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Yes. It just threads onto the end of the shaft.

Wow, never seen such insane selfishness. The hell with future generations of vacuum collectors right? The hell with the collector community right? Then you yell at us like we're crazy when we pay $300 for antique vacuums. That's because everyone throws it all out and there is nothing left...

Wow sold in 4 days, congrats!

That Kirby is in fantastic shape, only missing the bag. I have Kirbys that are in A LOT worse shape than this. If you seen mine you would agree. You can sell it whole or sell it for its individual parts. Collectors poo-poo on the Omega series, people seem to be chasing after the Tradition right...

That's probably one of the best condition Shop-Vacs I ever saw.

I guess nobody on here is electricians? You mentioned you are using an extension cord. Stop doing that. That is the source of your problem. You are exceeding the power limits of the extension cord and drawing more power than it is rated for. You are creating your own fire hazard. You never use...

Can we ban these narcissists yet? All it's doing is dragging the quality of the site down.

Spend an hour cleaning the house and then 2 hours playing with the things you found!

For $20 I would have grabbed that Hoover no question. They only go up in price. I've paid a whole lot more for worse lol.

Also another tip that gets forgotten - those metal pulleys that the belt rides on that are on the end of the motor shaft can wear down microscopically in high mileage vacuums. This will cause the belt to have too much slack and no grip and the belt will constantly fall off and never want to stay...

Tightening the fibers meaning freshening up an ancient old bag that has become stretched out and the bag's tensile strength is lacking and it is sagging. The starch and ironing will help make the fabric more rigid and bring the weave back around. Those old corduroy (?) Kirby bags you would not...

Eureka had so many sublets of models and every variation to the tool & die seemed to create an entirely new model number. Paul has done a excellent job documenting all their models, and if I remember right Hoover300 was too, or I might be confusing him with another person. I myself have a few...

It's not going to have asbestos in it. The Dirt Devil 103 is an upholstery vac from the 90s, the most it would have ever been used at to see that much dirt is a staircase of a house under renovations, or the inside of someone's work van or car. Asbestos was banned in the USA in the late 80s and...

I highly recommend buying a used step van and putting everything in there and parking it in your backyard or driveway. $200/mo for 12 months is $2,400, compounded over however many years. Could have bought several vans with that money and been storing it for free at home and not need to worry...

A collection - any collection - is like a prized rosebush. You need to prune it occasionally to keep it healthy and from being overgrown. You don't chop it down completely. I buy and sell vacuums all the time. I keep the rare stuff and my beloved Kirbies and antique Hoovers. I buy and restore...

well that is immensely ignorant and stupid. nothing in a barn is ever trash. it was saved for a reason and everything has value.

Amazing piece of history! This was made just during the time that people started phasing out horse cart vacuum cleaner services and started wanting to clean their own houses. Mainly in commercial residences. The big problem is usually the bellows fabric rots or gets moth holes and loses its...

Try and message Paul, he is our resident private investigator for old vacuum ads and literature! :cool:

My god that axle is so tiny! It's less than the diameter of a pencil if I am seeing that right! That is a lot of pressure to put on that one tiny part, and the goofy disc wheel design only puts more pressure on it. I think every time you would roll those wheels back and forth it shoved off a...

As far as Aerus is concerned, Electrolux was already extinct.