Kirby Ultimate G Diamond Edition (2005) restoration

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And motor out, revealing the bare shell.

 

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What a mess, anyway time for a bath

 

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A hot soak does the world of good.

 

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The water after.

 

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Bath drained, quite a bit of sand and grit in there.

 

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Everything drying, now on to the motor.

 

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Now unfortunately my phone died during the motor strip down process so this is the only photo I have, however the motor was stripped and any parts that could be washed got washed, everything else got lubed up to make it run all nice and smooth.

 

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completed motor, polished casing all ready to be re assembled.

 

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Motor sitting in its fresh housing.

 

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The tech drive also got the spa treatment, this was dis assembled greased, cleaned and then re assembled.

 

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That the bulk of re assembly done, transmission, tech drive and motor are in.

 

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The inside of the cleaner head is pretty much spotless.

 

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All of the metal parts received a special polish, not the best but not the worse, its certainly looking better than what it was.

 

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voila here she is, all complete.

 

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Fully re assembled

 

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Even the dogs aren't scared of it.

 

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Well after an initial run everything works great!

 

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Here is the final pic of it with its newly washed tools, I must say they work brilliantly.

 

[human]

Beautiful transformation.

 

[kirbymodel2c]

Hi,

<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">Michael. You've done a very good job of getting him back up to spec again.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: book antiqua,palatino;">James

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[citroenbx]

very nice

 

[super-sweeper]

AMAZING restoration work! Makes me want to rebuild my DS-80! 

 

[louvac]

What did you use to polish it?

Hey Michael!

Excellent job! I have the same American model and all I need to do is polish it but haven't had the time.

What did you use and how did you apply it?

 

[thekirbylover]

thank you

to everyone who commented, and Louvac I used autosol its not the best shine ive seen on a kirby but its a lot better then it was when I got it.

 

[charleskirby66]

Looks awesome!

Great job on your restoration!  I'm in the middle of restoring a G4, I'd say your restoration job blows mine out of the water.  Great work!