human
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I was in communication with another member earlier this week, answering a few questions he had about Electrolux power nozzles and for whatever reason, I decided the time had come to do something with this scarred-up gray PN-4A I've had sitting on the shelf for two or three years. I have one like it that I gave a custom paint job a few years ago and I seriously thought about sanding and painting this one to match but then I spotted a polished aluminum PN4 shell on eBay for a reasonable price and when the seller offered me a few more dollars off, I thought what the heck; It would be easier to shine that one up than to repaint the one I've got.
The cover arrived today and after giving it a quick going over with Mother's, I took the gray cover off, blew the chassis out with compressed air and fitted the new cover onto it. Wouldn't you know that aside from the smaller motor hump, the PN-4A uses different size screws, thus the title of this thread.
The screws that came with the PN-4A are two inches long and only have threads on the last half inch. The PN-4 uses screws that are 1 3/4 inches long and have threads all the way up. Although the PN-4 cover fits perfectly on the PN-4A chassis, the two-inch screws are too long. Of course, the next size down at Lowe's was 1.5 inches and those were too short. Fortunately, Home Depot had exactly what I needed and for a whopping $1.28.
So my PN-4A is now stylishly rocking a polished aluminum cover and I'm liking its new look. At some point, I may still decide to repaint its original cover, just for the heck. But that's a fairly low priority project when I've still got Kirbys that need polishing.
The cover arrived today and after giving it a quick going over with Mother's, I took the gray cover off, blew the chassis out with compressed air and fitted the new cover onto it. Wouldn't you know that aside from the smaller motor hump, the PN-4A uses different size screws, thus the title of this thread.
The screws that came with the PN-4A are two inches long and only have threads on the last half inch. The PN-4 uses screws that are 1 3/4 inches long and have threads all the way up. Although the PN-4 cover fits perfectly on the PN-4A chassis, the two-inch screws are too long. Of course, the next size down at Lowe's was 1.5 inches and those were too short. Fortunately, Home Depot had exactly what I needed and for a whopping $1.28.
So my PN-4A is now stylishly rocking a polished aluminum cover and I'm liking its new look. At some point, I may still decide to repaint its original cover, just for the heck. But that's a fairly low priority project when I've still got Kirbys that need polishing.