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Sears Best 2 speed Kenmore |
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Post# 37579   4/9/2008 at 23:05 (5,832 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Loading salt pellets into the water softener tonight I spied this in the basement and it all came back to me... I installed this in this position back in 1986 when I bought the house. It has been in this same location all these years. The cobbled together wand & hose runs up through the wall to a baseboard outlet and serves as an auxillery suction pump for a very large restored 1914 Karn Church Reed Organ. The organ contains 9 complete sets of 61 note reedbanks on one manual and a Nag's Head swell top in addition to the usual smaller swell shutters front & back. Several stops speak through harmonic Qualifier Boxes and the 8' Diapason rank has a graduated harmonic 'pipe' box across the entire width of the case - this speaks directly toward the Nag's head top lid. Can be foot pumped gently for quiet stops (Offertory) or requires hand pumping by a Bellows Boy in back for Full Organ. The point being I used this Kenmore with a remote switch when I want to play full out. It's set on low speed, btw. I recall that at the time I went out looking at Sally Ann for a powerful beater vacuum for this purpose and this fit the bill nicely. Dammit, I needed a pump and I needed it now!. LOL On cursory inspection it appears none the less for wear and tear other than the dirt & dust. Runs fine. Tomorrow night I'm going to liberate it to the Great Upstairs Spa...because its two tone blue, and purty, has a magicord reel, a power nozzle socket and an intact Faux Woodgrain lid panel. I'm rather excited to have rediscovered it. Having performed flawlessly and reliably for over 2 decades in less than ideal conditions it has earned a return to the Land of Daylight. Dave. |
Post# 37580 , Reply# 1   4/9/2008 at 23:07 (5,832 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 37581 , Reply# 2   4/9/2008 at 23:09 (5,832 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 37584 , Reply# 3   4/9/2008 at 23:13 (5,832 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 37595 , Reply# 5   4/10/2008 at 04:58 (5,831 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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Would have been like this power nozzle but I believe the "Sears Best" had a headlight, this one doesn't. Usually in the catalog they had 3 models, Sears Good, Sears Better, Sears Best |
Post# 37598 , Reply# 6   4/10/2008 at 06:40 (5,831 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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The blue models were from 1978, and one year only. Pete has the similar power nozzle, the BEST model would have had a headlight and the 9 foot hose |
Post# 37599 , Reply# 7   4/10/2008 at 06:54 (5,831 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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I'm expecting this one to be Canadian made but we won't know until I pull it upstairs tonight for the big clean. Don't even remember if there's a tool bin under the lid but it's big enough to or takes a really capacious dustbag. I mean it's as big or bigger than a Hoover Portable Cleaning Center. Anxious to find out how many inches it pulls and decide what to replace it with for organ duty... Back in those days my daily driver was a bashed up well used yellow, daisy decaled Compact C-8 with pigtail hose and power nozzle, since stripped and re-painted 'hammertone' steel gray with a bojacked hose arrangment. |
Post# 37601 , Reply# 8   4/10/2008 at 07:42 (5,831 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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They were out at the same time in Canada. Mines a model 29441C, the C iirc denotes Canadian model. It's made in the USA. |
Post# 37629 , Reply# 11   4/10/2008 at 17:44 (5,831 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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But it sure does suck good. And wouldn't you know it! I go looking to see if a Kenmore hose I have will fit and find it attached to...another one, in bright avocado green and white! Same machine, same two speed performance. LOL The green model # 2799C pulls 51/85 inches. The blue model # 2899C pulls 58/89 inches. That's Filter Queen territory!!! No wonder it makes a good choice for a reed organ remote pump. I ran them simultaneously and the motor whine pitch is identical, as in, the same note in tune with no beats at both speed settings. Perhaps giving the lid gasket a cleaning up will equalize the suction readings. There we have it - two the same. Have a working leakless powerhose and off to the side is the Euroclean powernozzle and wands that came with the green one - I know not where I picked it up. I will definitely clean up the blue one because it's prettier, the green one can go downstairs for the next 22 years. :-) Note how clean the blue's insides are after removing the 22 year old paper bag. Incidently, the blue one still has it's Sally Ann price sticker from 1986 for $2.99. |
Post# 37630 , Reply# 12   4/10/2008 at 17:48 (5,831 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 37632 , Reply# 13   4/10/2008 at 18:31 (5,831 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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What a shame because in the final moments of loading the truck for the big move east 2006 I tossed out the power nozzle for that green one |
Post# 41550 , Reply# 14   5/26/2008 at 14:18 (5,785 days old) by vacmeister76 ()   |   | |
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Page 965 of Sears Catalog spring & summer 1979.The Blue models did continue thru 9/79. |
Post# 41556 , Reply# 15   5/26/2008 at 14:43 (5,785 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)   |   | |
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I had the sears best with lit up powerhead and I loved it but thought that it was a little loud. I still have the hose if anyone wants it. Mike |
Post# 41626 , Reply# 16   5/27/2008 at 12:21 (5,784 days old) by vacuumfreeeke ()   |   | |
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What a neat use. I've got the same machine, but the power nozzle is broken :o( |
Post# 41733 , Reply# 17   5/28/2008 at 12:17 (5,783 days old) by vacmeister76 ()   |   | |
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Sears Best from 10/79 to 9/81? |
Post# 41734 , Reply# 18   5/28/2008 at 12:18 (5,783 days old) by vacmeister76 ()   |   | |
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Same model with new power head design. (circa 1982) |
Post# 41735 , Reply# 19   5/28/2008 at 12:20 (5,783 days old) by vacmeister76 ()   |   | |
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Sears best from 1982ish to 1984.Woodgrain have disappeared. |
Post# 41763 , Reply# 20   5/28/2008 at 18:19 (5,783 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)   |   | |
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Number 9 from circa 1982 was the same exact one I had. I miss it a lot and it was in fab shape |
Post# 41784 , Reply# 21   5/29/2008 at 00:00 (5,783 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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I've reached the conclusion that both of mine are missing their under lid interior tool trays. Bummer... The green one has gone downstairs to the basement to take up its new assignment as two speed reed organ vacuum pump. It may very well be there for it's own 20 year duty. LOL The blue is more cosmetically intact anyway and has earned a full makeover. Used it today while cleaning up the kitchen floor mess with a borrowed Electrolux PN3. Now if I can just come up with the tool tray... Dave |
Post# 41787 , Reply# 22   5/29/2008 at 05:42 (5,782 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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