Went thrifting today....

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Today I visited two thrift shops I’ve never been to before. Didn’t expect to find anything worth bringing home, but much to my surprise, I brought home several new toys! For less than $17 I came home with two Eureka Airspeed One’s, two vintage box fans, and a Kirby Sentria I!

 

[luxkid1980]

Nice scores Steve! Now onto the fun of cleaning them up

 

[huskyvacs]

Great find on the Sentria! I got one too, with LED headlight, but it cost me $40.

 

[henrydreyfuss]

I have that same Dominion fan!

Been a trooper for 10+ years now! Found mine at an estate sale inside a barn, in very good shape. Cools down a room quickly!

 

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Dominion Fan

Unfortunately, this fan’s motor is toast, but I couldn’t argue with the price...FREE! I have a spare two speed motor I will mount in this baby and have it up and running soon I hope!

 

[texaskirbyguy]

Great score!! That Kirby was worth the full price and everything else was a bonus, even the Dominion fan with the dead motor!
What is wrong with the motor? Seized? Open windings? Shot bearings? Regardless, I would tear into it and see if you could find and fix a fault before condemning it. I fixed a few before when i thought they were goners. I hate to toss a vintage motor!

 

[huskyvacs]

Try putting oil in the motor first, I've never seen a dead fan motor, but I have seen them seized from no oil and dust packed in them.

I brought this thing back from the dead with just WD-40 and some 3in1 (and later lawnmower) oil: . I was only 20 at the time didn't know much about electrics yet, but the fan is entirely cast iron.

 

[gregvacs28]

gunk packed in bearrings

 


I've fixed many the motor by getting the gunk out. Sometimes all it takes is a piece of sand to get in there and make a horrendous noise and slow things down.  


 


Try blowing or sucking (with a vacuum) the area where spindle sits in the bearing.  


 


This is sometimes the case with switches, as well.  You need to operate the switch while blowing or sucking the air through. 


For those bearings at the ends of a brush roll : I've seen where so much hair wrapped around them that the hair got into the bearing.  Get a tweazer and pull that out.  Again use compressed air or a strong vacuum to move air through while operating it.  Then lubricate it generously with a quality oil that will act to "wash" out the remaining particles.  


 


For power nozzle motors or any appliance motor; I've seen the motor housing get filled with lint or hair.  Get a tweezers or needle nose and pull all that out while holding a vacuum hose to the area.   

 

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Motor Issues

Thanks guys! I’ll dig into it very soon. I haven’t checked it out yet mysel, the guy I got it from said fire and smoke shot out of it when he plugged it in. So who knows, might be as simple as a bad cord! I do know the switch seems seized. The motor itself turns freely, so I’ll do all I can to save it before I give up on it! I was just saying I have a backup motor just in case!!