Salvation Army Thrift Store Red Day

[danemodsandy]

New Thread....

....Would be my vote for the complete manuals. Easier to find, especially for anyone coming here via search engine.

How interesting to see the blower port was changed so early. The C-2 we had, which was purchased in '54 or maybe '55 (it would be just like my mom to try saving some money by buying a discontinued model), had its blower port below the bumper, not above it. You can see that arrangement in the pic of Robert Seger's C-2, earlier in this thread. I have to say that I think the C-2's arrangement is better-looking than that of later machines- it's just sleeker-looking. I wonder why they considered it necessary to change it? The C-2 location worked just fine.

 

[aeoliandave]

Wonder of Wonders

This showed up on eBay today - it's the two speed model. The handle is quite different and looks to have been done that way to protect the switch from being accidentally tripped. The same seller has also listed a Turquoise C-6



http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Interst...yZ115993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[danemodsandy]

Yikes!

Bit rough and bojack-y, wouldn't you say?

The turquoise C-6 is a bit better, but also needs work.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Interst...yZ115993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[camelotshadow]

Agree with Sandy

Bo ba bo ba boo jack....red
& the C6 looks like its on its last leg

 

[aeoliandave]

Yes, Christine & Sandy, they're both pretty banged up & filthy and I wasn't suggesting anyone should jump at them. Especially not at that starting price! Let's see, we got here one curved Hoover wand, generic plastic accessory nozzles with short plastic hose, and a sloppy silicone repair to a splt power cord dongle on the powerhose. The all gray power nozzle is from a later Tristar model. LOL

The handle is an interesting variation and appears genuine. and now we have a clear picture of the speed switch.

I sure like mine better - at least it still has the red rubber bumper insert and the power nozzle matches.

Sure sign this CLX has been taken apart at some point - the bumper fuse seam has been carelessly placed at the rear side. Not easy to do since a bumper removed retains the oval shape of the vacuum, so this one was forced on with no thought.

Starting at $50? I think not.

 

[danemodsandy]

Dave:

I agree. Both machines would be lovely to find in a yard sale or thrift, but I wouldn't like to pay even the opening eBay bid plus shipping on either one.

 

[aeoliandave]

Copyright 1984, 1985

Sorting through files...

 

[danemodsandy]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

That photo has the dread Rug Shoe in it!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with The Work of the Devil, the Rug Shoe is the clear/glitter piece shown in Dave's photo, just below the floor tool.

It's designed to clamp to the bottom of the floor tool, converting it to a rug tool, thereby saving IEC the cost of a rug tool and making ownership of Prozac stock much more profitable than it might otherwise be. It's tricky to put on without damaging the bristles of the floor tool, and it drops off the tool at the drop of a hat. It's probably the most frustrating piece of vac hardware I've ever encountered. I own one, but it's strictly there as a display item; I would never use it.

Anyone owning a TriStar should get the dedicated rug tool and leave the Rug Shoe alone, trust me.

 

[briankirbyclass]

Thanks Sandy,,,im glad i dont have one! lol
About the little knob on the top PN,,,what exactly does it do,,,i notice that my TriStar PN has this knob, and ive tried using it pushed to one side, and then the other, but dont see any difference in the suction or performance of the vac or PN.
I dont see any difference in how the PN grooms the carpet, or how it acts,,,what gives?

 

[aeoliandave]

All the slider knob does is open a topside port allowing air to enter the brushroll area from above. Essentially, it's a suction regulator to make the PN easier to push along on a low nap carpet it otherwise leeches itself on to, Compact / Tristars being among the most powerful suctioning (80") vacuums out there. That makes sense. At least that's how it's marketed.

It also may help explain why the Filter Queen 'shoebox' PN is such a beast to push around, FQ repeatedly being the water inches Pull Champ of Domestic vacuums. 90-100".

I noticed Rainbow markets theirs as pulling in disturbed airborne dust stirred up from the agitator action, in the air above the pn. But then, their slider port venting runs the full width of the brushroll

Whateverrrrrr....

Dave

 

[danemodsandy]

Brian:

Dave's right about the little slider knob on the TriStar PN, and you're right - in most instances- that it doesn't make a whole lot of difference in how you set it.

It's just as Dave says - once in a while you'll be working on carpet that keeps the PN from being pushed easily. When that happens - and only then - playing with the slider knob will usually let you find a setting that allows enough decrease in suction to let the PN move over the carpet the way it should.

Most of the time, you have no real need to play with the knob.

 

[briankirbyclass]

Thanks for clearing that up,,,ive been wondering what that little knob was for!
Still loving my TriStar!
Thanks again, Brian W.