marvinator
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A few days ago, I posted about a terrific find, a Kirby classic III in near mint condition. Today I went to use the Kirby in one of my favorite assemblies: using the small handle
Oddly, the small handle does not fit in the handle mount. Did they change this sometime in the last 40 years? This unit was refurbished in 2012 and it may have been changed at that time.
You can see in the attached pictures that mount sticks out too far for me to put the small handle in. Or is there something I’m not operating correctly?
I sold this model back in the 1900s (lol) when they were new. Back then all you had to do was pull out the pin, remove the tall handle, insert the small handle and put the pin back.
(I even tried, putting the flange in the flat position, holding it in place with the slide pin, but the flange is still too big for the small handle to fit in place.)
Oddly, the small handle does not fit in the handle mount. Did they change this sometime in the last 40 years? This unit was refurbished in 2012 and it may have been changed at that time.
You can see in the attached pictures that mount sticks out too far for me to put the small handle in. Or is there something I’m not operating correctly?
I sold this model back in the 1900s (lol) when they were new. Back then all you had to do was pull out the pin, remove the tall handle, insert the small handle and put the pin back.
(I even tried, putting the flange in the flat position, holding it in place with the slide pin, but the flange is still too big for the small handle to fit in place.)
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