Kenmore twin fan curbside rescue

[moparhemipower]

BTW...

While I'm here Mark, you told me you have another Twin Fan Kenmore IDENTICAL to this one and although I think I've seen it before, would you mind at all Posting a Photo of it for me...? I'm sure it looks EXACTLY like this one here, but you know how it is, I kinda want to see a Photo of it anyway, if you have the time to take a Photo, cuz well, it's that whole curiosity thing, lol!

I'll tell yah Mark, when I found out, that my Mom threw out my Purple Kenmore, I never thought I'd see another EXACTLY the SAME, let alone two of them and in the same House even, lol!

THANKS again!

James C. Gockel

 

[aeoliandave]

Making it a weekend project to sort & separate into new locations, to clear up main floor space...because there were so many uprights in the piano room I couldn't get to the pianos to play rolls.

Set up a Singer/Kenmore/Eureka stall in the basement and all the Hoovers are lining up in the attic space with the Sunbeams.

For now, these are my Kenmore 2 speed and the Sunbeam Psycobag twinfans. The Singer was a gift from xraytech Sam Geresti to go with Elphaba, the Challenged Sunbeam. Thanks Sam - Love the carpet height mechanism that rotates both axles in a way that rocks & tilts the vacuum, rather than simply lifting one axle. While both look alike up top they are quite different underneath the roll plate. Neato. I'm on the lookout for a headlight lens...

 

[aeoliandave]

Elphaba's sister needs a good hosing down. Looks to me like the lens is a standard shared part?

 

[swiveltop]

Olympia

Thanks Sandy, I also have a model L that cleaned up really nice,I was a little confused about the models for a while,I thought it was older than my E or G, then learned it is the economy model sold alongside the 1205,great suction,very simple,I had some pics on my computer but lost at the moment,thanks for the Tri Star info,The fabric tool has to be better than the Lux's,are the wands the same so you can use the Lux tools, I have favorite tools from each machine so if it fits I use it.

 

[swiveltop]

Hi James, I'll watch for your e-mail

 

[swiveltop]

Sumbeam

Hi Dave, That looks like a real heavy duty twin fan upright,I remember that 70's mod bag on the Kenmores of that era, That hood looks unique,it is taller like the latter one but but has the casting on the metal base like the first low hood models,rare find.

 

[danemodsandy]

Swiveltop:

Lux tools won't work on a TriStar. The reason is that TriStar uses a lock button system on its wands and tools. While you can get a Lux tool onto a TriStar wand, the wand's button will jam inside the neck of the Lux tool, making it difficult to remove. The problem is particularly bad with the Lux floor/rug tool.

Now if you go back to when TriStars were called Compact, then you have wands that don't have lock buttons, and Lux tools would work fine there. The trade-off would be that not many Compacts had PNs, or power ports for a PN. Some do, though, so you might luck up on one with a PN port (Aeoliandave recently found one, I think, so they're still out there) and could have a "custom" vac with the combination of tools you want.

 

[moparhemipower]

Mark...

Hey, I emailed you back like I said I would, but haven't heard back from you yet, in fact, I haven't seen you Online lately at all, so I figured that you are busy now or something...? Anyway, I'm going to email you again today, after I do a few Post here or something, so as soon as you read my email, Reply back ASAP and we'll talk again Buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!

James C. Gockel

 

[swiveltop]

Sandy

Thanks for the Tristar/Compact info, now I know what to look for. Mark

 

[swiveltop]

James

I will e-mail back in a few minutes,It has been a busy week,I have the Washer bug also,so thanks to Craigslist I found a near mint 80's Maytag washer for $10.00,It wouldn't agitate so I spent the next day solving that problem, Also a vintage GE dryer,picked up both in the same town,about an hour and a half round trip, but from two different people on two different days. Mark