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Thread Number: 32685
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
My latest refurb: 1992 Kirby Generation 3 |
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| Post# 358180 8/24/2016 at 19:57 (2,795 days old) by CharlesKirby66 (Manteca, CA) | ||
A good friend that I met in musical theater texted me on Facebook and asked if I wanted her Kirby. She said it wasn't sucking and she figured I could do something with it. I offered to fix it for her, but she said she just wanted me to have it. She even said I could sell it and make some money!
Since it came cheap and was a relatively easy fix, I wanted this unit to go to someone who would really love it and need it. Someone here on Vacuumland expressed interest, but that fell through. I have fixed it as much as I intend and I am saving it for a friend. I'm not going to sand the aluminum but have polished with Flitz. She's a single mom who is extremely hard up on money, so all I want is the return investment I put into the machine. Here are some pics. I hope she likes it! | ||
| Post# 358182 , Reply# 1 8/24/2016 at 21:37 (2,795 days old) by ryan1994jeep (Georgia) | ||
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| Post# 358184 , Reply# 2 8/24/2016 at 22:24 (2,795 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
Fabulous! | ||
| Post# 358188 , Reply# 3 8/24/2016 at 22:43 (2,795 days old) by vac-o-matic (Saint Louis, Mo.) | ||
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Congrats, you did an awesome job! You took it from a crud vac to a collection worthy vac! It amazes me how much crud a vacuum can accumulate over the years. Your friend will be very grateful I'm sure! | ||
| Post# 358197 , Reply# 4 8/25/2016 at 05:14 (2,794 days old) by CharlesKirby66 (Manteca, CA) | ||
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Thanks for looking, guys! | ||
| Post# 358201 , Reply# 5 8/25/2016 at 07:23 (2,794 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 358203 , Reply# 6 8/25/2016 at 07:32 (2,794 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 358216 , Reply# 7 8/25/2016 at 14:25 (2,794 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
Dumpster G3... Charles, you did a fantastic job on that G3 restoration.
I found a G3 next to the dumpster at my Apt. complex 3 years ago.
I rescued it and found the belt broken and the brushroll bearings were completely seized up and clogged with hair. The bag was beyond full of dirt. It was well past the full line.
I replaced the belt and brushroll with brand new parts. I opened up the shell and blew all the dust out and replaced the badly damaged Lexan fan with new Amodel fan. I installed a new HEPA bag and polished the Aluminum with Flitz polish but did not sand out the well earned battle scars and smaller scratches. It looks and runs pretty good for a 23 year old machine.
I have to say that out of my 6 vacuum cleaners to date, (4 of them Kirby's) the G3 is my favorite daily driver. I like it better than my much newer Sentria. I love the soft sound it makes and the transmission is so smooth, it's almost like it's floating on a cushion of air.
I am posting a few photo's of my beloved G3. I'm sorry I don't have any Before pics only after shots:
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| Post# 358219 , Reply# 8 8/25/2016 at 15:18 (2,794 days old) by CharlesKirby66 (Manteca, CA) | ||
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Hahaha, battle scars! @suckolux - I did! When I removed the Emptor from the exhaust, I saw the fill tube was completely clogged in its entire length. As I slowly unclogged it, I couldn't BELIEVE what fell out... dog hair, human hair, a marble, nails, screws, metal washers, glitter, dirt, a zip tie, paper clips, staples, hair pins, safety pins, leaves, pine needles, twigs, and pebbles. I can't imagine any other vacuum picking all this up and surviving!
@sptyks - Thank you so much! Wow, your dumpster find is GORGEOUS, hardly any scratches at all. However, it sounds like our refurbishments went along in a similar fashion. As is evident from the above list of the contents of the fill tube, the G3 I was gifted was abused. My friend told me she got it from an Estate Sale venture she went-in-on with a business partner. When that partner bailed, the Kirby became her property. I'm not clear who abused it, but wow! LOL Anyhow, your G3 is splendid, bravo! | ||
Post# 358221 , Reply# 9 8/25/2016 at 17:57 (2,794 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 358222 , Reply# 10 8/25/2016 at 18:07 (2,794 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 358224 , Reply# 11 8/25/2016 at 18:53 (2,794 days old) by CharlesKirby66 (Manteca, CA) | ||
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Thanks guys! @electrolux137 - Thank you, Charles! It's not half as nice as the G4 a very awesome friend gave me... ;-)
@suckolux - I still can't believe a MARBLE made it past the fan intact. I would have expected a broken marble, battered fan case, or completely chipped fan. There were tiny chips all along the fan, but no big chip that would have allowed the marble to pass through. Strange! | ||
| Post# 358243 , Reply# 12 8/26/2016 at 09:21 (2,793 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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