Thread Number: 28341
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
1980 sears best kenmore powermate from hans! |
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Post# 316505   2/23/2015 at 02:45 (3,350 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH)   |   | |
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back last october Hans Craig (kenkart)posted finding this machine at a local thrift store for a stupid cheap price. i had gotten in contact with him about it about a few weeks after the initial post poising interest in the machine since he mentioned it being too new for what he collects. after the holiday insanity concluded we negoatiated a price to buy the cleaner from him plus shippping. in january it arrived and ive been using it since then rotating in the weekly cleanings.
hans was right. this machine might have been used a handful of times if even that. there are no nicks in the bumpers the plastic has no coffee table gouges on the powerhead. the machine performs wonderfully and the bag clog light still even works! he was also very generous and gave me two blue era appropraite packs of 5033 bags for it, even though id mentioned i have plenty of bags for the machine. im glad he did. they are better quality filter media the the 90's versions. the only thing i had to "repair" on this machine was the fubar height adjuster on the rollerskates for the powermate pn. the plastic "tit" that notches the ratchet machnism was dead. a semmingly common problem on this era kenmore. luckily i had the heinsight to save the pair of rollerskates from my 2997 i had custom repaired when i found an original intact pair from amarillo to replace the one i made for the 2997 with. im glad i kept it because it was a simple swap instead of a multi day repair. at some point ill custom make a replacement adjuster for it as well. since finding parts for those powermates is impossible unless you pillage vacuum backshops thanks again hans for such a wonderful machine. this color scheme was the last "woodgrain" color scheme sears had. it survived until spring/summer 1983 when the woodgrain was axed after nearly a decade. |
Post# 316506 , Reply# 1   2/23/2015 at 02:46 (3,350 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH)   |   | |
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Post# 316507 , Reply# 2   2/23/2015 at 02:47 (3,350 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH)   |   | |
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Post# 316909 , Reply# 19   2/27/2015 at 00:51 (3,346 days old) by bnsd60m9200 (Akron OH)   |   | |
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hey rick, i actually have the 2997 sears best in two tone blue as well in great shape. i got it from bill edstrom last spring. i think this era was the twilight of great vacuums im my view, and when kenmore went away from whirpool in 1985, the quality went with it. i personally stop in late 1982 when this color scheme and the woodgrain stopped. they updated the PN by then, but ive seen VERY few 1981 or 1982 powermates in the color scheme. they are quite rare.
these late 70's era powermates are my favorite canisters for many reasons. they get used more than the same vintage luxes i have now. i use my tan G more than the early 80's era luxes. |