New to forum, Kirby vacuum questions

[kirbyklekter]

Sean,

Looking forward to your updates on these machines throughout the summer, keep us posted! By the way, if you don't mind, what courses are you taking at college? Billy

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

seanoliver77

Sean,

I would definitely be interested in the Suds-O-Gun cap and everything else relevant to your Tradition.

~Ben

 

[kirbyklekter]

Oooops! My bad,

Sean, Ben, I landed right in the middle of your conversation and I just wanted to apologize for that. Mom was right, "look Both ways before crossing."

 

[seanoliver77]

Ben,
I will get pictures and a better description of what I will send you if you want it. I will try to set a reasonable price so both of us get a fair deal. This might take a week or two. There is no reason to have two attachment sets. Thank you for your patience. Billy, the answer to your question is, I am in the process of attaining an Agriculture Operations degree. With hopes of some day taking over the family farm or starting my own. I have several more years of this and may work at a different Ag enterprise for a couple of years before returning to farming. Thanks for asking.

-Sean

 

[seanoliver77]

Hello everyone,

I have been busy farming ever since I got home. Ben, most of my attachments that you need I can send you if you want me to. I do not want to over charge for these pieces so after they ship we can discuss a price. I received my switch for the 508 and it feels like it will work better. The toggle part feels more tight. I will need help wiring it, as I only see one terminal to wire to. I hope the switch fixes the turning on problem so I don't have to buy other motor parts outside of brushes. I will probably work more on it once seeding is done. Thanks.
-Sean

 

[lesinutah]

508

I imagine your talking about the power toggle switch. You wouldn't necessarily see posts. There is a black and white wire from headlight. There is black and white wire from field coil and black and white wire going under the body to nozzle safety switch. The blacks go together and whites go together. If say you have 4 screws on bottom of the toggle switch.
1 3
2 4
The 1 would be black. The 4 would be white wires and on the side of switch 1&3 2 green wires or ground wires are installed there.
It's been a little bit since I did one but that's what I remember.
Hope to see a 508 pic soon they are nice vacs.
Les

 

[relhall]

Les ~

That's enough out of you. You make constant assumptions and come across as completely ignorant in most cases. I am HAPPY to be the one to tell you that.

The POS you are referring to was custom built from brand new parts as a proof of concept and is one of a kind.

The Magnesium you are referring to was a $700 vacuum (of which I own two) - never saw the "trash" and that TriStar would whoop your ass.

There is little if any spray paint on the Kirby. I do not know where you got that idea. That is hours of polishing and applications of layers silver buffed in to the plastic with custom pieces all over.

I am not even sure what a "troll" is but for you to call me that is offensive on the highest level. Especially coming from you, TROLL.

If anyone should stop posting it is you. sir. You have little if anything to offer. I have read - or TRIED to read- your posts and you simply have no idea of what you are saying the majority of the time though you love to say whatever comes to you little mind using whatever words you know whether they make sense or not.

I have kindly avoided this until now but YOU, sir, are the one that needs a hobby. In fact, I am an artist. In fact I do have an exhibit of art. I also have over 20 years of experience in the vacuum industry which has allowed me to be creative. I have sold my vacuums before and will sell these, too!

Shut your freaking hole. Stop posting your opinions. GET A LIFE and don't believe everything you know. Go back to school. Stop hijacking people's threads. Stop drinking or smoking whatever it is you are.

There are doctors out there that can help you. GO FIND ONE - STAT.

I realize this will likely get removed and perhaps me banned but it is quite worth it for me to let you know how most of us feel about you, damn it.

Once this is gone I will make another account just to come back and post this to you and bash anything you have to say about anyone else in the future.

GO TO BED. I am serious. You are the worst of the worst. Your insecurities are written all over your posts.

I have no respect for you.


No one who knows me would ever say something like that to me. YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE.

FUCK YOU LES, FROM ALL OF US.


Sincerely, Robert

 

[seanoliver77]

Thank you. I looked at the new switch and did not see the usual posts. I will start working on it here shortly once I get some other things taken care of. I still need to remove one of the screws to get the old switch out of the housing. I think I will have to drill it out or something and just buy a new screw that is the same length and thread pattern. After I replace that switch and see if that makes it run, I will replace the brushes as well and polish it, along with replace the wheels and rubber trim on the head light. It still needs a bag but I cannot find one as of yet. I am looking forward to making great-grandma's Kirby about as good as new. Thanks again.

-Sean

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

seanoliver77

Sean,

Here's my Tradition's basic attachment set almost completed!

~Ben

 

[lesinutah]

Nice

That's on good condition and I like the carrying case. I have rug rennovator and o think suds o gun.
Tradition are out there just over priced and have like classic or classic
3 attachments. With extension tube you can go full cannister.
Congrats.
Les

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

seanoliver77

Sean,

My Tradition's basic tool set, now 100 percent complete!

~Ben

 

[bbman9193]

New Kirby find

Can anybody tell me what model Kirby this is it looks like a d50 possibly but I'm not sure.

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

bbman9193

From one Ben to another:

Let's see now... if that green trim for the nozzle bumper, headlight bumper, foot switch, handle lock button and wheels are all correct, you likely have a Dual Sanitronic 80. Otherwise, you might well have a Dual Sanitronic 50, in which all the original trim was a light copper. The first picture I attached is what it would have looked like when originally produced from 1965-67.

The second picture is of a Dual Sanitronic 80, which was produced from 1967-69.

~Ben (KirbyClassicIII)

 

[hygiene903]

bbman9193

Looks to me that you have a hybrid made of at least 3 different models, or as some would call it, a Frankenkirby! I see a D-50 power unit & handle with a D-80 nozzle and guards, Classic bag, not sure of the wheels or cord. Actually the nozzle could be a D-50 with a D-80 belt lifter on it. Either way, it's definitely a mixture, but what does the data plate say?
Jeff