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Thread Number: 10888
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| Post# 117665 12/9/2010 at 20:29 (4,880 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
I've been tinkering with the idea of converting a Kirby Tradition Emtor to accept a Heritage fill tube collar. I experimented with Loctite but wasn't satisfied with that. So I simply took my drill and punched a couple of holes in the mounting flange so that it can accept the screws for the collar. And it worked like a charm! If you look carefully, you can see the screws. But they're kind of hidden because I also put a bead of silicone caulk around it to ensure that it is air tight as possible.
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| Post# 117668 , Reply# 1 12/9/2010 at 20:34 (4,880 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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Et Voila! I can now use the F Style Poly Bags on my Tradition! Not only is the filtration vastly improved, but there is a noticeable increase in power. I was originally planning to use an older bag. But after I laundered and installed it, I noticed that the older bag was actually smaller than the new bag I bought a few months ago. I don't know this for sure, but I'm guessing because the new bag can expand more then it may result in an increase in power. Just a guess. Anyway, I went with the new bag.
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| Post# 117677 , Reply# 2 12/9/2010 at 21:00 (4,880 days old) by kirbyloverdan (Egg Harbor Twp . NJ aka HOOVERLOVERDAN ❤️) | ||
Heritage Emptor | ||
Post# 117680 , Reply# 3 12/9/2010 at 21:09 (4,880 days old) by Air-WayCharlie  (USA) |
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| Post# 117681 , Reply# 4 12/9/2010 at 21:21 (4,880 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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@ Air-WayCharlie
Well, I don't really know what size screw it is. I simply used the Phillips head screws that came off the Heritage. If you buy one of the collars, I think it comes with the screws. Seems like I've seen that. The silicone probably isn't necessary too. I'm sure the gasket on the collar is sufficient. I'm just being a little anal! LOL!
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| Post# 117685 , Reply# 5 12/9/2010 at 21:51 (4,880 days old) by vintagecanister () | ||
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Good Idea....... Thanks for sharing this! | ||
| Post# 117693 , Reply# 6 12/9/2010 at 22:51 (4,880 days old) by joe22 () | ||
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well done | ||
| Post# 117909 , Reply# 7 12/12/2010 at 19:05 (4,877 days old) by djtaylor (Salt Lake City, Utah) | ||
Tradition convert.
I converted my Tradition the easy way. I took a HII mini-emtor, fill tube and the tube adaptor from a G4(when I worked for a Kirby dealer we had to replace the whole mini emtor and tube assembly at the same time on G4's if the fill tube was damaged.) So I had a lot of the tube adaptors at one time. I did think it was cool to toss out good parts. Anyway, it was really easy. Now I am trying to find a used HII mini-emtor so I can convert my commercial Kirby (Super Vac 180) to use the Kirby HEPA bags(the cheeper cloth bags you can find on ebay.) If anyone out there in Vacuum Land has an HII mini emtor they don't want let me know.
email me at djustintaylor@gmail.com Thanks all. | ||
| Post# 117934 , Reply# 9 12/12/2010 at 22:55 (4,877 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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@ Commodoremoody | ||
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