seanoliver77
Active member
Hi everyone,
I am new to the forum and I have some Kirby vacuum cleaner questions. I will start with the most important. This fall I acquired a Kirby Tradition vacuum cleaner and I have been cleaning it up and using it. It is a later model unit so it has the plastic type fan, Classic III style speed switch etc. It has been converted to a shake out bag and is in decent shape. I had to replace the vis-a-belt window and the belt. I also polished it. It came with two mostly complete attachment sets. The question that I have about it is what year was it made and does anyone have a spare manual for it (funny, with two attachment sets no manual)? I called the company on the serial number and they were not helpful. Thank you in advance. My next questions are less important. I am sort of looking for a Kirby DS 80 because my grandma had one. It is the first one that my dad remembers as a young boy. It was traded in on the Heritage II that we have in the garage and use to vacuum out the car. I want to have one like it because they are the last of that style and are a unique color. I am not in any hurry with this search. My last questions are regarding my great-grandmas Kirby 508 that I found in the barn. It is in poor shape. It does not turn on and the bag has been chewed on by mice in spots. I want to make it run again at some point. I am thinking that the switch or brushes are bad for starters, but it could be something else within the motor. Another odd thing is that it has red trim instead of grey, and the bag does not match the original. It has been in the shed for a while and it is not pretty. Was it common practice for salesmen to replace the trim on older vacuum's with that of newer vacuums so they could sell the old one for a higher price? It also has a 10 blade metal fan. It does not have a factory rebuild tag so I am assuming all of the modifications were done in town. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas please let me know. Thank you in advance. Sorry for being so long winded.
- Sean
I am new to the forum and I have some Kirby vacuum cleaner questions. I will start with the most important. This fall I acquired a Kirby Tradition vacuum cleaner and I have been cleaning it up and using it. It is a later model unit so it has the plastic type fan, Classic III style speed switch etc. It has been converted to a shake out bag and is in decent shape. I had to replace the vis-a-belt window and the belt. I also polished it. It came with two mostly complete attachment sets. The question that I have about it is what year was it made and does anyone have a spare manual for it (funny, with two attachment sets no manual)? I called the company on the serial number and they were not helpful. Thank you in advance. My next questions are less important. I am sort of looking for a Kirby DS 80 because my grandma had one. It is the first one that my dad remembers as a young boy. It was traded in on the Heritage II that we have in the garage and use to vacuum out the car. I want to have one like it because they are the last of that style and are a unique color. I am not in any hurry with this search. My last questions are regarding my great-grandmas Kirby 508 that I found in the barn. It is in poor shape. It does not turn on and the bag has been chewed on by mice in spots. I want to make it run again at some point. I am thinking that the switch or brushes are bad for starters, but it could be something else within the motor. Another odd thing is that it has red trim instead of grey, and the bag does not match the original. It has been in the shed for a while and it is not pretty. Was it common practice for salesmen to replace the trim on older vacuum's with that of newer vacuums so they could sell the old one for a higher price? It also has a 10 blade metal fan. It does not have a factory rebuild tag so I am assuming all of the modifications were done in town. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas please let me know. Thank you in advance. Sorry for being so long winded.
- Sean