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Well, the end on this was rather suprising. 40+ watchers and high bid was $750. I can't let it go for that. If anyone here is interested, I will let it go for $1200 including shipping. I think that is a fair price for all involved. PM me if interested, or email on profile. Thanks!

Working on that Hoover Special I acquired yesterday. It was pretty easy to tear the vac apart, however, can anyone tell me what type of bearing these old motors use? It lloks like a sleeve type bearing. How are these serviced? Never encountered one before!! Thanks!

Happened to see across the street from my house there was a sign for an estate sale. Decided to take a stroll over as it was so close, walked in the garage, saw a Lux XXX in the basement for $12.00 but seeing as though I have several, decided to pass on that (though on Sat whatever is left will...

Hello all! Was working on an Airway 88 I picked up and I must say they are probably the easiest vac I have ever worked on. That being said, when I removed the fiberglass looking round disc that was directly below the metal bag basket, and above the motor, it literally fell apart. Does anyone...

Just need to make room in my basement, things are too cluttered!!!! I will sell all four of these for best offer plus shipping to your zip code. All have been went through, cleaned and work nicely. The peach and tan convertible has a messed up zipper as you can see in the picture. The Kirby was...

Hello all. I put a new belt on the Omega I just rebuilt. Rather, I ust put two new ones on. When I turn the vac on, the belt seems to slip and rubs, as I smell the burning rubber. COuld this be due to a bad brushroll? What are some other reasons this maybe happening????

You may remember the sad looking 1c I picked up a few months back....

All done and ready to go! Definate improvment over how I found it. New bearings, brushes and full clean including bag. Hand polished so it is not showroom but decent enough for me!

Working on my Kirby Omega now. Never used the fan locking tool before, but I have one. Looked in the forums, can anyone provide a walkthrough of how to use this tool? I don't see where in the armature it should go

I know this is a tall order but does anyone have either an Ezee or Scott Fetzer Sanitation system they would be looking to sell????

Curious to know if the current odorific can be used in older Kirbys (500 series specifically) by placing drops in the emtor hole as the sweet aire was administered. Also, does anyone have any bottles of NOS sweet aire they would be willing to sell me? Would really like to see what it was like!!!!

Evening all: Got the 1C all dissassembled and it is ready to be buffed. I am replacing the wiring inside as it was in pretty poor shape. Can anyone direct me to a wiring diagram of how eveything should connect? It would be much appriciated!!! Thanks!!!!

Hello all. Trying to get the fan off of the 1C I am restoring. I have nevr had a problem removing these before, but I cannot ge this off for the life of me. Can anyone give me an idea? When I put something in locking the armature, which way do I turn the metal fan??? Thanks!

Can anyone tell me about this vac? Model and approximate age???

Well, the opportunity is here to buy this. We of course all know the cord is not original, but the unit allegedly runs and the bag supposedly has no rips/tears. It looks like to logo is pretty intact to. The question is: How much should one pay for this???

Here is a 65 I would consider parting with as well. Perhaps in a package deal with the 593 I have listed? Issues I can see are a broken zipper at the bottom and a very small nick in the cord.

Selling my 593. Nice looker, runs nice. All snaps on bag present and accounted for! Entertaining offers:)

Well, those who said the compact is an easy machine to work on certainly are right. Started this resto this afternoon, new bearings, fully disassembled and reinvigorated! This will be going on ebay soon, unless someone here is interested. Also, there is a hose and the cloth bag is present, just...

Well, I got the compact apart and have given the case a facelift. Here it is ready for reassembly. As for the motor, I had a heck of a time getting the fan case off (someone had super glued it) and of course it almost exploded apart when I finally got it. Brushes look real good but the bearings...

Hello all. Anyone know how to get the motor out of a Interstate (Compact) vac? The casing of the vac appears to have only 1 screw near the back of the housing. Do you have to pry the shell apart and remove the bumper?