Thread Number: 3493
The sacrificial vacuum dilema |
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Post# 39323 , Reply# 1   5/2/2008 at 01:19 (5,810 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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Here's what needs a new heart |
Post# 39329 , Reply# 3   5/2/2008 at 06:37 (5,809 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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I share your pain, Pete. This lovely running Jet-flo with variable speed control, bag full alert, chrome handle and the cord - free from Thorndale - is in great shape except for the missing bag holder thingie. We'll both keep our eyes peeled for a doner Pannasonic, i guess. This weekend is the last Woodstock junk on the curb opportunity - this time the South West quadrant. That wierd alien looking lime green Dirt Devil ExpressVac in the background needs two rear wheels - I like its sensuous curvy greeness. :-) |
Post# 39343 , Reply# 4   5/2/2008 at 14:14 (5,809 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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before you rip out its heart LOL Shame to kill a good vac.. too bad hah bet you wished it was a wreck Hopefully you can find one w a good motor that has a real cracked up body not worth replacing,,, |
Post# 39346 , Reply# 5   5/2/2008 at 15:24 (5,809 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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You could be right Jeff since I've not opened up one of smaller machines before, never a need to. I'm sort of going on the assumption that it'll be the same physical size/shape. |
Post# 39348 , Reply# 6   5/2/2008 at 17:08 (5,809 days old) by swingette ()   |   | |
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Pete, to my eye that beige model is too nice to take apart. IMO more attractive than the Commercial model. |
Post# 39354 , Reply# 7   5/2/2008 at 21:21 (5,809 days old) by normvac (COLUMBUS, OHIO)   |   | |
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Pete, I have that same model panasonic but with a blue bag cover and off white base. I bought it used 15/16 years ago and my daughter is still using it in her basement rec room. They go for ever! Norm |
Post# 39355 , Reply# 8   5/2/2008 at 21:38 (5,809 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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I would hope a commercial vac would have a heavy duty motor I would see what motor it has n try to get a replacement if Looks to me that the commercialheart cavity is much bigger than the donor & could need a bigger heart... LOL |
Post# 39356 , Reply# 9   5/2/2008 at 21:46 (5,809 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC)   |   | |
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I am missing the bag hold thingie for my Panasonic Jet-Flo vac too,, if anyone can help me to find one, i would appreciate that. |
Post# 39357 , Reply# 10   5/2/2008 at 21:50 (5,809 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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What is it w all the missing bag holder thingy's LOL |
Post# 39362 , Reply# 12   5/2/2008 at 23:05 (5,809 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Yeah, I'm gonna retrofit me a Panasonic thingie tube soon. Over the past 3 nights I have totally dissasembled 3 of those Thorndale plastic uprights with un-cut cords. Replaced headlight bulbs, cleaned up clogged brushroll bearings, washed out hoses and motor intake ports and dirt flow pathways and taken them for test runs. The main and usual 'problem' is someone has vacuumed up water and/or fine plaster dust or utterly shredded a synthetic carpet on moving day...then tossed the vac in the garbage as 'broken'. There are maybe 5 more uprights with cords that might be saved if I don't come across brushroll bearing meltdown. The 5 without cords I'll have to determine if they are worthwhile re-cording or breaking down for parts. They may not be to everyone's taste but they do run nice & new again and will make fabulous gifts to the less fortunate and clueless vacuumless folks I know. |
Post# 39363 , Reply# 13   5/2/2008 at 23:11 (5,809 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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Well, Pete, I think I'll have to keep it alongside the turquoise Transformax. A very small neat machine with perfect powerhose and a unique power nozzle. Even has a bag storage pocket in the bag chamber lid. The cord retractor mainspring was rusty so I had to uncoil it and wipe it down with steel wool - bastard of a thing to rewind. LOL. Now the cord snaps back smartly again. |
Post# 39365 , Reply# 14   5/2/2008 at 23:53 (5,809 days old) by petek (Ontario)   |   | |
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Odd how Sanyo never attained a high ranking for their brand name whereas LG in their previous incarnation as Goldstar was definitely a low cost budget brand even compared to Sanyo |
Post# 39367 , Reply# 15   5/3/2008 at 00:18 (5,809 days old) by camelotshadow (Valley Village)   |   | |
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There minds over our gray matter My trash find Goldstar microwave has served me faithfully for years... only microwave I have ever seen with a metal revolving tray... Anyway it was free so I can't complain |