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Thread Number: 1652
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Post# 17190 7/26/2007 at 15:15 (6,118 days old) by vinvac  (Dubuque IA) |
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I hope I have this in the right thread! This was my foolish pricey vacuum from Ebay. However Mark, I followed my rule and did not pay more than this vacuum was worth new. I used a vacuum just like this during my high school days. I cleaned for a family that had five children and had just built a new home. She had an old Electrolux L with out a powerhead. When the new home was finished she went to Sears and brought home this exact model. Sears was one of the only companies that I know of that offered a cloth bag to be used in place of paper. Surprising enough the cloth bag filtered much better than paper. At a cost of $3.99. When you used the paper bags the inside of the machine would be coated with dust, however using the cloth bag made a huge difference. The inside of the machine stayed much cleaner and the filter as well. The suction on these machines is awesome. The powerhead is very quiet. It has a nine foot hose as well. 
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Post# 17191 , Reply# 1 7/26/2007 at 15:16 (6,118 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA) |
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more pics | ||
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Post# 17192 , Reply# 2 7/26/2007 at 15:17 (6,118 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA) |
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the cloth bag | ||
| Post# 17193 , Reply# 3 7/26/2007 at 15:19 (6,118 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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Gimmicky little labels and stuff as usual, one of the reasons I love old japanese and american cleaners/electronics in general. | ||
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Post# 17199 , Reply# 4 7/26/2007 at 16:01 (6,118 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Wow! | ||
| Post# 17202 , Reply# 5 7/26/2007 at 17:12 (6,118 days old) by hoover1060 () | ||
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which year is that? 1976 or 1977? one each of those too, nice machines.... Sears sold tons of those! | ||
| Post# 17213 , Reply# 7 7/26/2007 at 19:08 (6,118 days old) by ian88 () | ||
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Any cloth bag worth its salt imo should be at least hand washable, that way you can pretty much use em forever. I've jury rigged my old vax cloth bag to fit my hoover junior, fits like a glove. | ||
| Post# 17215 , Reply# 8 7/26/2007 at 19:11 (6,118 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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That's the sister machine to my missing Sears best green Duo Power upright :( But I did find the blue model canister.. just put a new belt on it today in fact and gave the carpets a cleaning. 
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Post# 17217 , Reply# 9 7/26/2007 at 19:19 (6,118 days old) by myvacsrock (USA) |
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Pete use some rubbing alcohol and fine steel whool to get all the crud off the Kenmore canister's bumper | ||
| Post# 17219 , Reply# 10 7/26/2007 at 19:21 (6,118 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Thanks Kyle.. Noticed that the green model doesn't have the motor overload button on the top like the blue one other than that they're pretty much identical. | ||
| Post# 17229 , Reply# 12 7/26/2007 at 20:26 (6,118 days old) by buffster () | ||
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Suggestion You might try using Soft Scrub on that hose to return it to a nice bright white. | ||
| Post# 17235 , Reply# 14 7/26/2007 at 21:59 (6,118 days old) by hoover1060 () | ||
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actually to clean hoses and bumpers all you need is SIMPLE GREEN straight up and a cloth... | ||
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Post# 17433 , Reply# 17 7/29/2007 at 15:08 (6,115 days old) by dial-a-nap (Omaha - the home of the TV Dinner) |
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| Post# 17436 , Reply# 19 7/29/2007 at 19:40 (6,115 days old) by hoover1060 () | ||
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One of mine this is the 1977 version, I also have the '76 model, but thats down at Michael's house now 
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