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Thread Number: 33326
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
unusual items found when opening up vacuums |
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| Post# 363644 , Reply# 1 12/15/2016 at 08:42 (2,678 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
It's amazing the punishment a good quality vacuum cleaner will take. I once found an AA battery lodged in the nozzle of a Kirby G6 that I bought at Goodwill. It had immobilized the brush roll and burned out the belt, which apparently prompted the previous owner to donate it. Their loss was my gain and an easy fix since I had belts on hand. The previous owner richly deserves the cheap, Chinese plastivac they doubtless bought to replace it.
Another fortuitous find was a little brass screw that was rattling around inside the emptor of my other Gsix. It was a perfect replacement for the little screw that holds that plastic cover down on the back of a G series Kirby's motor housing—the one that is often missing. That screw, which I think was originally on the back side of an electrical outlet or light switch to hold wires in place, is now installed on my G5. The maintenance people at the apartment where I used to live went through and swapped out all the switches and outlets, updating them from beige to white. The screw probably fell out of one and was subsequently sucked up by my Kirby for me to find later when I needed it. | ||
Post# 363646 , Reply# 2 12/15/2016 at 08:59 (2,678 days old) by bvac6  (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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I once took apart a Hoover Elite and when opening up the fan chamber, I discovered that there were so many small finishing nails embedded in the chamber itself it took on the appearance of a porcupine! They were also all over the fan itself! I had to cut and pull each one out to avoid being impaled from removing the fan.
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| Post# 363719 , Reply# 4 12/16/2016 at 21:07 (2,677 days old) by kirby519 (Wisconsin) | ||
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I sincerely hope all the cockroaches were dead in that machine. That one would have been taken outside to be cleaned up no matter what the weather conditions were that day. | ||
| Post# 363737 , Reply# 5 12/17/2016 at 06:20 (2,676 days old) by pinkge (Indianapolis,Indiana) | ||
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I found... in a Hoover 27 from ebay,in the cloth bag full of dirt;was $101.00 dollars.It was wrapped with a rubber band in a neat roll.You could tell it had been there for quite sometime.It paid for the vacuum and the shipping.Now,I look in all the bags and filter when I purchase vacuums from ebay. | ||
| Post# 363754 , Reply# 7 12/17/2016 at 16:14 (2,676 days old) by sheetstyler (Mooresville) | ||
Brand new Oreck
I found an Oreck classic at Salvation Army and it was like new the bag had a little bit of dirt in it and it was really clean with hardly no scratches on it. It also had the manual with it. Bought it for $5. Took it home and the motor was jammed. Took it apart and found a 2 inch bold jammed in the fan housing. The fan was like new too. It was still white. Didn't have a spec of dust in it. Their loss my gain
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| Post# 363944 , Reply# 8 12/20/2016 at 23:13 (2,673 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
This is my latest find
I found this nice creature inside a power nozzle a couple weeks ago.
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Post# 363963 , Reply# 9 12/21/2016 at 11:10 (2,672 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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The late great Phyllis Diller once said: | ||
| Post# 363976 , Reply# 10 12/21/2016 at 13:59 (2,672 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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After Chernobyl in the Ukrane, roaches survived. Man's legacy. I remember this local TV commercial back in the 80's also, for Numark roach spray. "Girl, I was over to their house, and the roaches was everywhere. | ||
| Post# 363996 , Reply# 11 12/21/2016 at 18:34 (2,672 days old) by mchmike (West palm beach fl) | ||
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I hope you killed that roach it's pregnant. | ||
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Post# 363998 , Reply# 12 12/21/2016 at 19:34 (2,672 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL) |
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| Post# 364062 , Reply# 13 12/22/2016 at 19:26 (2,671 days old) by fantomfan57 (Central Texas) | ||
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I found a pink faceted stone set in a "gold" earring setting in a Kirby emptor. I have yet to have it tested to see if it is of value. Bobby pins, push pins, paperclips and even those plastic tabs with a hole used to hang stuff for sale. The later was the cause of a very bad clog. | ||
| Post# 364173 , Reply# 14 12/26/2016 at 08:51 (2,667 days old) by jake1234 (greasby) | ||
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I was fixing a loss of suction on an Electrolux z2274 and a conquer was stuck in the bag intake port. | ||
| Post# 364447 , Reply# 15 12/31/2016 at 00:10 (2,662 days old) by chicagomike (Plover, WI) | ||
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I had a bat too
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| Post# 365246 , Reply# 16 1/17/2017 at 18:48 (2,645 days old) by vacuumkid47 (Sibley, IA) | ||
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| Post# 365395 , Reply# 17 1/20/2017 at 13:05 (2,642 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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Some People Can tear a anvil up!!! NEVER loan anyone your vacuum, | ||
| Post# 365821 , Reply# 18 1/29/2017 at 17:04 (2,633 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
Looky here...
Alright, so I did not take this vacuum apart, but when I got my Model 30 for Christmas a few years ago, there was also a KITCHEN KNIFE in the box, similar to the one pictured
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| Post# 365831 , Reply# 19 1/29/2017 at 17:59 (2,633 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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