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Post# 142783 , Reply# 1   7/11/2011 at 13:14 (4,644 days old) by hoover1 ()   |   | |
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do you have a picture of it? |
Post# 142973 , Reply# 3   7/12/2011 at 16:18 (4,643 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Otterpop, I certainly admire your dedication in getting this sweet little vacuum up & running again.
At only 13.5" long it marries the portability of a lightweight with the capability of a pull-around cylinder on skids for whole house (more likely small apartment) cleaning. Premier became a General Electric subsidiary (when?) with it's own line of slightly less stylish vacuums...uprights, cylinders and these sweet little vacs that could be slung over the shoulder on a strap. It's my guess that GE borrowed the concept of Premier's PR-70 VAC-KIT to produce their own version, the famous square-ish brown loaf GE AVT-160 TIDY. I have one of each - in shredded boxes - with the full compliment of hose, wands & tools and Owners Manual. The manual makes it clear that the powerful little VAC-KIT (and the TIDY) was as versatile as it's bigger cylinder brothers, for those living in smaller domestic accommodations such as say, a workin' gal's coldwater 3 room apartment. Good that you have the hose with its couplers. Maybe your hose has already been replaced but the original is a green woven cloth over rubber coil and probably leaks like a sieve at this stage. The coupler and swivel wand end are riveted through the hose so the rivets need to be drilled out to put a newer vinyl hose on. But then you'd have the full suction and airflow this beast can churn out for "places robots can't get to, and to vacuum out the car from time to time." Dave |
Post# 142974 , Reply# 4   7/12/2011 at 16:20 (4,643 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 142975 , Reply# 5   7/12/2011 at 16:21 (4,643 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 142976 , Reply# 6   7/12/2011 at 16:22 (4,643 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 142977 , Reply# 7   7/12/2011 at 16:23 (4,643 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 142978 , Reply# 8   7/12/2011 at 16:23 (4,643 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 142979 , Reply# 9   7/12/2011 at 16:24 (4,643 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 143012 , Reply# 12   7/12/2011 at 23:25 (4,643 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Embedded in the upper right corner of each Forum's opening page listing the most recent active threads is an extremely useful Search Tool called the Dirt Finder Search-a-lator. This feature is available to everyone who visits the site including non-member guests.
Type in your keyword and like magic Fred and Robert and every conscious member of the VCCC will immediately stop whatever they are doing and compile a comprehensive list of every thread post in which your keyword appears. OK, not really...you will get a list but Fred & Robert have lives to live and have already done the programming for our convenience. :-) Clicking on the Blue 'Thread #' of any of the posts that are generated as a list will take you to the complete archived thread from which it originates. However, copying and pasting the search results page will not automatically produce a viable link to the results (as Google does or I'd be posting the link) - you'll have to do the search yourself. Couldn't be simpler. Using the Dirt Finder to mine the extensive Forum Archives in advance will get you 99% of the answers and photos to both general and specific questions you have. Here is the link to one of the 12 posts produced when I typed 'GE TIDY', in which a picture of the GE TIDY ensemble appears, and a screen shot showing the location of this most invaluable research tool. Dave CLICK HERE TO GO TO aeoliandave's LINK |