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Post# 93068   3/7/2010 at 19:54 (5,134 days old) by streakers (Columbus Ohio)   |   | |
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LOL Hi all, just wanted to see how'd I'd go at starting a thread... I've seen spread over a few posts in the past, pics and stories of newly acquired cleaners that supposedly 'no longer work'... When really they were just soooo full of gunk it's any wonder they didn't catch on fire!! Would love to see pics of the horrid mess you've found, for example when the bag is so full the hose starts to fill up... Or the brushroll won't turn because it's so jammed with hair etc. People make a good mess of decent machines due to poor maintenance and then insist on blaming the machine... Nothig makes me crazier! Also photos or stories of the interesting things you've found in them?... Post as many pics as you can folks! Cheers Steve... |
Post# 93071 , Reply# 1   3/7/2010 at 20:35 (5,134 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI)   |   | |
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I have a couple of stories! When I got my Electrolux olympia one (I got it at a garage sale for $3 !!!) the bag was so full that it was as hard as a basket ball(and they gave me a package of bags with it!)LOL... One time somebody gave me a Eureka Maxima (cheap,plastic,bagless) and they said it "acted wierd" and if i didnt want it it was going in the dumpster... well, I brought it home, plugged it in and it ran, but NO suction at all. the cup was empty but the filter was so clogged you couldnt tell it was pleated... I cleaned it out and it works great now!
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Post# 93075 , Reply# 2   3/7/2010 at 21:21 (5,134 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Gosh Steve, I just this weekend fixed up a year2000 bagged Eureka 4870 for an actor friend with a wife and new baby boy. "it stopped sucking and the brush won't turn". Simple matter of 4 largish garden rocks blocking the hose and a snapped belt. Geez, you could see two of the rocks inside the clear intake tubes - not an actor to hand a powertool to, I'd say. The belt is a Fiberglas-reinforced thin flat textured plastic-y band that I hope I can get from Ellisons Vac Shop or at least he'll be able to order one. It rides over a metal tension pulley that one flips off the tension to disengage the brush, leaving the belt slack but resting against the motor shaft. Because at some point this vacuum was near or sat in water, the shaft was caked with rust which ground through the belt at rest. A simple file job with the motor running fixed that. The large yellow wheel switches full vacuum between either the detachable hose or the brush head, both of which have their own clear plastic removable up tubes to the bag. Clever and easy maintenance...unless one is an actor, I guess. :-) Actually a darn nice powerful and hushed quiet vacuum - I was pleasantly surprised. Well worth finding bags & belts for. Dave |
Post# 93111 , Reply# 5   3/8/2010 at 11:53 (5,134 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Oh the stories I could tell... I have a friend with a late model Kenmore Progressive upright with intelipower.long hose wraps around the back in a circle? Lots of chance for plug there, like monthly!! I tell her, its a vacuum, not a mower! I know her kids are doing the cleaning, hair clip? Check, rubber ball, check, you name it. The fun never ends. David.
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Post# 93187 , Reply# 7   3/9/2010 at 21:25 (5,132 days old) by streakers (Columbus Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 93192 , Reply# 8   3/9/2010 at 22:01 (5,132 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 93194 , Reply# 9   3/9/2010 at 22:36 (5,132 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 93204 , Reply# 10   3/10/2010 at 06:56 (5,132 days old) by shag (Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 93277 , Reply# 11   3/10/2010 at 22:57 (5,131 days old) by bimmer740 (Long Island, New York)   |   | |
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The link is for Dave's thread about the G5 he rescued with the packed bag
CLICK HERE TO GO TO bimmer740's LINK |
Post# 93281 , Reply# 12   3/11/2010 at 06:15 (5,131 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Thanks Steve but this is not the one I meant. It was an earlier Kirby post of a found Kirby where I staged the bag opening and cleaning like an autopsy in a series of step-by-step pictures featuring forceps, probes and retractor clamps to hold the bag open while the mess inside was removed and dissected. I'll keep looking... |
Post# 93285 , Reply# 13   3/11/2010 at 08:34 (5,131 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 93286 , Reply# 14   3/11/2010 at 08:36 (5,131 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 93287 , Reply# 15   3/11/2010 at 08:39 (5,131 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 93288 , Reply# 16   3/11/2010 at 08:41 (5,131 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 93289 , Reply# 17   3/11/2010 at 08:46 (5,131 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)   |   | |
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Post# 93309 , Reply# 18   3/11/2010 at 11:51 (5,131 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 93336 , Reply# 19   3/11/2010 at 19:27 (5,130 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 93338 , Reply# 20   3/11/2010 at 21:37 (5,130 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)   |   | |
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That's true when i got mine it looked like it was thrown into a swamp, then dragged out and sold |
Post# 93617 , Reply# 21   3/15/2010 at 22:48 (5,126 days old) by streakers (Columbus Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 93618 , Reply# 22   3/15/2010 at 23:03 (5,126 days old) by thevacuumman (Borger, TX)   |   | |
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I have a before pic but by the time it was taken it was cleaned up a little bit |
Post# 93620 , Reply# 23   3/15/2010 at 23:19 (5,126 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)   |   | |
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