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Thread Number: 25720
1st Lux Upright |
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| Post# 288736 7/14/2014 at 22:24 (3,566 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
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Intro 10/77. 
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| Post# 288737 , Reply# 1 7/14/2014 at 22:26 (3,566 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
Pg 2
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| Post# 288738 , Reply# 2 7/14/2014 at 22:28 (3,566 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
1st upright pg3
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| Post# 288742 , Reply# 3 7/14/2014 at 22:31 (3,566 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
1st upright pg 4
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| Post# 288748 , Reply# 4 7/14/2014 at 22:35 (3,566 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
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1st upright pg 5 Weight 24 lbs. Same as current Sentria. Dll weight 14.5 lbs. in 1986. 
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| Post# 288755 , Reply# 5 7/14/2014 at 22:53 (3,565 days old) by marks_here (_._) | ||
We had one of them
It was the heavy duty model wasn't as easy as the brochure says...LOL. The only reason we got the heavy duty one was the extra long hose because the other ones were short & would tip over when the least bit tugged on. It was a great vacuum except the button to push to let the handle down kept breaking at the bottom towards the motor.
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| Post# 288772 , Reply# 7 7/15/2014 at 00:13 (3,565 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center) | ||
great stuff! but, | ||
| Post# 288807 , Reply# 8 7/15/2014 at 08:07 (3,565 days old) by tig21er (Indiana) | ||
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The motor was a Super J motor with the shaft being longer where the belt went on. Sebo said they had the first two geared belt clutch system in 1979 and Electrolux had it in 1977. | ||
| Post# 315807 , Reply# 9 2/17/2015 at 18:07 (3,348 days old) by ronni (USA) | ||
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I happened to find a video of the yellow Model 1363 on Youtube with a young operator. Check it out: | ||
| Post# 315848 , Reply# 12 2/18/2015 at 04:36 (3,347 days old) by Ctvacman (CT) | ||
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I am a fan of kirbys I have six of them. Mine was used on regular cut pile plush carpeting. | ||
| Post# 316724 , Reply# 14 2/25/2015 at 09:21 (3,340 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 316975 , Reply# 16 2/27/2015 at 17:12 (3,338 days old) by stricklybojack (Southern California) | ||
This Electrolux and Kirby Sentria
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The Sentria has a self propel feature and i'm fairly certain these early Electrolux uprights do not. So one could very well not like using this vacuum but love a Sentria...unless carrying up and or downstairs were the issue. I have heard people rave about these, and now compare them to, "pushing mulch"..i have never used one myself. The four wheel height adjustment alone makes it interesting but those push buttons and 70's harvest yellow really sell me on this machine to have in my collection someday. The blue, which i have seen but was just a bit far to drive, doesn't do it for me nearly as much. | ||
| Post# 403136 , Reply# 17 12/26/2018 at 21:13 (1,940 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell ) | ||
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| Post# 403410 , Reply# 20 1/1/2019 at 11:35 (1,934 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell ) | ||
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| Post# 404015 , Reply# 21 1/13/2019 at 13:37 (1,922 days old) by Electrolux-Dude (Canyon, TX) | ||
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@vacuumdevil Yes indeed, that is indeed a Nilfisk backpack vacuum, still works, it was going to be thrown out but I grabbed it. It has a whole box full of filters but no bags, I also have a hip style vac of another brand, it too was going to be thrown out but I grabbed it as well | ||
| Post# 404460 , Reply# 22 1/23/2019 at 11:41 (1,912 days old) by vacuumdevil (Vacuum Hell ) | ||
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I can't get enough of this vacuum | ||
Post# 409278 , Reply# 23 5/9/2019 at 10:53 (1,806 days old) by kloveland  (Tulsa) |
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I really like these uprights. I’ve had several in the past. They have good suction with the Super J motor and I think they clean a tad better than the later elux uprights. They are bulky but push easily. I have the attachment kits and optional agitators (soft, three-row, and beater brush combination). The plastics do get brittle over time and the cover on the one I was recently given broke. So, I did some creative engineering and used metal tabs and longer screws to hold the cover down. This is also how the upper body pivots/ is attached to the base. I discovered the special tool to take the cover off is just a torx bit.
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| Post# 409300 , Reply# 24 5/10/2019 at 08:24 (1,805 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN) | ||
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The other special tool-- --is to lock the spring before removing the elbo cover.When the handle is lowered as if to clean under bed you will see a hole on each side of spring for tool to fit and lock as it should be before removing upper body.The warning label means what it says!! | ||
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Post# 409304 , Reply# 25 5/10/2019 at 09:13 (1,805 days old) by Kloveland (Tulsa) |
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I know Jimmy! I didn't touch the spring. I thought I'd also share the manual that I copied several years back.
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