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Smoking Motor Have you made any progress with the smoking motor? If so can you share what the problem was and what you did to correct the situation? Thanks!

Thrift stores We have four thrift stores locally and I know one has a part time retired handyman who makes repairs to many appliances,especially vacuum cleaners. So hopefully not a lot of appliances get thrown out. I've never seen a metal Electrolux in a thrift store locally, just the usual...

Barry I've heard or read that those cleaning erasures like Mr. Clean makes work pretty good and are easy on the finish. Haven't tried myself but plenty others have!

The only vacuum cleaner that I bought new was a Hoover Decade 80 in 1985. For five years it was my only upright and was my daily driver. It still runs although a bit louder and with a little vibration you feel in the handle. Never had any work done in all these years. One headlight and many bags...

Carbon brushes You may be able to lessen the amount of sparking coming from the armature brushes if you can gain access to them. It sounds like your neighbor didn't really use it enough to use up the carbon brushes, they probably don't need replacing yet. Their holders or containers have a...

Kirby carpet cleaners Trying to be fair to Kirby by saying that I've only used the carpet cleaners that came with older models like CR1 and Classic III machines. I don't know if the Avalier/Sentria models have better carpet cleaners than the older models. The newest Kirby I have is a G-2000LE...

Are you removing the armature to clean the windings? If so ,there are many products you can use. I've heard people use liquid dish soap like dawn or grease removers like 409 or simple green. Contact cleaners for electronic equipment like stereos or circuit boards etc would work. You don't want...

Barry, I'm not sure how far out of driving range the Hospital G is, but for $20.00 that would be tempting. They are pretty rare. They are the quietest by design, from what I'm told. If you come across a nice Super J that is another favorite among collectors. I have one and use it often. At...

Smoking motor I'm wondering if you might have gotten some oil on the windings, or maybe over oiled and it's getting there while running, possibly on the carbon brushes too. I would inspect the armature and wipe it down if it appears oily with alcohol or contact cleaner, making sure it's dry...

stupid shower controls I'm glad you got that fixed. Texaskirbyguy mentioned what I said about all or nothing with regards to the water pressure. The set up I referred to was in a stand up shower stall,no tub. So not having a hand held sprayer just the spray head could make for a testy start for...

shower controls Human,it sounds like this repair project is going a lot smoother than the central heating replacement a few years back went! Assuming the dryer vent guy comes through. I don't get why these shower controls like you describe are so commonly used. The control I'm speaking of has a...

"Love that Bison" That is a real beauty Keither! I've never seen a Bison in like new condition and doubt I ever will unless you score another. Hope all is well with you. Enjoyed the story too!

Brushroll Victor, if you don't mind,where did you order the brushroll from? Were the bearings going bad or the bristles word down. For mine the bearings are so gone I had to use thick bearing grease to knock the loud noise down until I get the new roller. Thanks in advance.

Tip: IF you were to actually use these irons, I would do this as a precaution first. Pour some distilled water and a tbsp. of CLR in and heat just hot enough for steam. Press steam button a few times then unplug and wait an hr. or so then repeat. Then pour the rest out and rinse out with...

Late to this Don't forget to add a few drops of penetrating oil to the problem area. Tap the screw after applying to help oil work it's way in. Could take anywhere from a few minutes to overnight soak,but will make any of the methods above go much easier!

Belt problem? Very nice Eureka,lucky you! Good advice from others on your belt problem. One other thing to consider if the belt is still failing even after insuring that it's a genuine Eureka belt and you've checked the brush roll end caps and no hair, strings etc. slowing it down,spins freely...

Nice, did you re-bristle this?

Victor, Wow these look way nicer than mine. Looks like you have a black one also.Are some one speed and others two speed?

They are strong I have the two-tone salmon colored model. Heavy. There's a caddie that came with these to wheel them around that attachments are kept on and you can wrap the cord around. There should be a blower port on the lower side behind a removable cap, it just pulls off. GE has always...

Model 1-CR Wonder why Kirby started with 4 amp instead of the 5 amp (ds80) before progressing to the 6amp motor? The 5 amp was already in steady use so why reduce the size of the motor while increasing the needs of a larger sized vacuum cleaner? 4 to 6 instead of 5 to 6? Confused.