Airway model 50

[rugsucker]

Air Way

The earliest would have had black painted rear wheel bracket.This is newer.The 2 screws and cover in reply 16,pic 4 are over the hole in motor housing that would have held the electric outlet for brush motor cord on the deluxe and famous 2 motor AirWay.
I think the Firestone was an Apex with different motor hood,styling and name.

 

[quebecois]

Yesterday I tried to access the motor itself , without success.

I removed the brushes and the grease sticks, also the fan at the bottom of the motor, and the four small nuts that were on the base of the motor casing.

How and where is the casing supposed to separate ?

I tried to figure it out , but I realy don't see.

 

[lesinutah]

Hmm

The center bearing if you pulled bearing off. Then the the four grease in circular formation there is 4 circular notches closer to center bearing. There is circular ring outside grease fittings.
I'm guessing but I'm probably right. The bearing is pulled those 4 circular notches and center is machine pressed on.
It also could be pulled by using a press on grease fittings hole and bearings.
If you can access other side it's probably easier because your not machine pressing anything easily.
If you have long metal cylindrical tubes they could be used for grease ports. If you look at an oiler Port on a royal bearing plate that's how they got greased. I imagine you have to make new ports yours are toast.
Alex idk if you have a good camera but if you take pics with technology in the last year you can use pics in the same way scanning a pic. I have it on my phone through Google but pic taking is easy compared to scanning and reprint or viewed similar to ebooks.
I have a bunch of old vacuum advertising, a 1960 blakemans order book from 1962, hard copies of Kirby parts 505 to avalir and vacuum manuals.
I'm in process of taking all the pics. When I'm done I can actually read it like a book. I can zoom in and zoom out. It's a PDF file instead of a jpeg.
I will put all on a flash drive and pull out my $50 Amazon fire and read books in front of me instead of pulling out each book.
If you have a vast collection is take pics label what you have pics of and move to next book. This way you don't retake pics. The end of the year Google will be able to read the pics. If they can read them it can also type them.
I hii didn't lose you I am a little bit of a tech geek.
If you go to Costco/Walmart you can get a terabyte portable hard drive. It would be $50 or less. You wouldn't have to buy memory cards this would hold it all.
The cloud storage is great. Putting on them is easy. Pulling them off you may never pull off maybe you don't have Amazon etc. The cloud is potentially going to be lost. The hard drive is yours and is easy to use.
This website I believe is backed up by a terabyte cloud drive he paid for to save website history. It probably will never get maxed out.
By saving or having someone save it will pass encyclopedia of knowledge for future generations and not be lost like everything has been lost.
I'm saying digitize and your legacy and knowledge will inform and never be lost.
Les

 

[caligula]

Pictures.

Hi Les:

I haven't taken pictures in years, all my uploads are from a file that dates back to about 2000. That Air-Way book, like all other pics was scanned. However, my housemate IS good at pictures and I plan to take up to date pics with a smart phone. I may know vacuum cleaners but I stink at computers.

My display wall was completed about a year ago and vastly improved, I plan to take individual pics of the special machines like my Electrolux's, Kirby's and some of the really old ones.

I do welcome ideas and suggestions.

Alex.

 

[lesinutah]

Pics

If you have pics of any era saved and it sounds like you do. Ill look into programs that convert like I mentioned. My phone does it. I took pics with phone and it converts to PDF. I'm sure Google has a program for desktop. I'll look it up and let you know. I could probably help with the process. I'll look into it. I have school tomorrow night but Thursday or Friday Ill look into it.
The thread you mentioned had Tania voigt (sorry if I spelled incorrectly) in it I believe gave a demo at a house or a convention. I seen it and I'll post as soon as I find it.
Les

 

[madman]

I doubt anything is pressed together on this motor. Probably just stuck. Stick a screwdriver in one of the holes on the side of the motor, and try to push or pry the front plate off. Might want to wrap the screwdriver shank in something soft like a rag, to prevent marring the motor housing. You might have to use two screwdrivers on opposite sides to apply even force on the front plate.

Btw, to clean the brush holders, you could just use a Q-tip soaked in alcohol. You can even rotate the motor against the Q-tip to clean the commutator.

 

[caligula]

Quebecois, Air-Way on eBay in Supermarket

is exactly like the one I have, take a look.

I'm so glad I was able to get you some of the information you requested.

 

[quebecois]

Do you mean this one ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Va...430622?hash=item23c93330de:g:RsMAAOSwkARdtG1B

 

[caligula]

Yes!

It is in awesome condition, but I'm happy with mine, had it since 1973, and the Chief since 1976.

I hope you get your model 50 running, you seem to be putting a lot of work into it. Somewhere out there are two bags, one for each of us.

Alex.