Thread Number: 27280  /  Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
1977 Kirby Classic III Repair - Hard Dirt Found!
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Post# 305798   11/11/2014 at 13:53 (3,425 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        

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While my dad was cleaning up my 1977 Kirby Classic III's motor (the vacuum belonged to his parents from 1987 to 1998) he actually found 10 years' worth of hard dirt in the fan case. All this was collected before his parents even got their hands on it!

~Ben


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Post# 305805 , Reply# 1   11/11/2014 at 14:33 (3,425 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)        

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That 'hard dirt' is actually food particles. We see this in vacs used in restaurants all the time. The greasy dirt is thrown from the fan's blades and sticks to the fan case in a circular manner. Perhaps the person that your parents got the machine from, had a dining room carpet and kids. Perhaps they vacuumed up popcorn, chips, or other greasy food particles on a regular basis.

Post# 306071 , Reply# 2   11/13/2014 at 15:56 (3,423 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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You know what I found while emptying my Classic 1CR? A metal rod! I need to make a thread on it, just goes to show how Kirbies can take it all! wink


Post# 306099 , Reply# 3   11/13/2014 at 19:44 (3,423 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon)        

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Alex,

Please do that. It might help everyone who is repairing this and similar Kirby uprights.

~Ben


Post# 306152 , Reply# 4   11/14/2014 at 11:21 (3,422 days old) by Kirbysthebest (Midwest)        

You should have seen the stuff we pulled out of an Omega that resided at a local Pizza restaurant.

About once a month we had to dig dried pizza dough out of the nozzle, and greasy ??? out of the fan case.

Just goes to show that the workers really don't care what the suck up in a vacuum.

One of the other locals had a central vac--lordy-lordy the stories there with clogged pipes and rotted food exhaust.


Post# 306156 , Reply# 5   11/14/2014 at 12:35 (3,422 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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food in the vac, disgusting! My kirby had nail clippers in the bag!

Post# 306160 , Reply# 6   11/14/2014 at 12:56 (3,422 days old) by HisMastersVoice (Ferndale, MI)        

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That's a pretty big hunk of metal, they must have entered the fan just at the right moment to slip between the blades and whip around into the bag. Usually one isn't so lucky, and the fan just explodes.

Post# 306164 , Reply# 7   11/14/2014 at 14:39 (3,422 days old) by ultralux88 (Denver, Colorado)        

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I see at least a small amount of this in almost all Kirbys I work on, in most its just a little bit that scrubs right out when I wash the parts, but some have much thicker layers of it. I agree with Tom, its most likely food particles, even food thats not as greasy will still be more sticky than most types of dirt.

I've also seen sometimes a very sticky black residue on bottom plates and bruhrolls, its much nastier to get off than the food stuff, and I don't know where this nastiness comes form.


Post# 306166 , Reply# 8   11/14/2014 at 14:42 (3,422 days old) by HisMastersVoice (Ferndale, MI)        

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I try not to think of the nastiness that I'm touching (and breathing) when cleaning out a machine after aquisition. Somehow the bags are always full, even stuff I buy on eBay. You couldn't take a second to EMPTY it? Ugh.

Post# 306173 , Reply# 9   11/14/2014 at 16:40 (3,422 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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I've seen a British member here who got that black residue on his Generation Series machine,I think it was something to do with the Rug-Renovator, it's a weird Kirby phenomenon! surprised


Post# 306180 , Reply# 10   11/14/2014 at 16:56 (3,422 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)        

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Hi, No the black residue happens to most vacuum nozzles depending what condition the carpet is in...

Here's a pic of it on another vacuum that came in for repair....

 

You think food is awful you should see vacuums that have been in care homes....It's isn't food inside themsurprised

 

Jamessmile


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Post# 306192 , Reply# 11   11/14/2014 at 19:24 (3,422 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA)        

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I have an elderly friend who I vacuum for and her machine has the gunk on the bottom plate, every time! Green shag rug! I asked Cookie, have you had this rug cleaned ever? Oh sure, 3 times! OMG


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