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Thread Number: 37490
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 399918 10/22/2018 at 21:24 (2,009 days old) by Gj3476 (Prosper,TX) | ||
I saved this webpage for a year and this is a new Kirby hose assembly that’s supposed to be for models 505 to 515. Do they really make new hoses for those models on partswarehouse.com? What do y’all think?
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Post# 399920 , Reply# 1 10/22/2018 at 21:46 (2,009 days old) by Rivstg1  (colorado springs) |
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I almost ordered one | ||
| Post# 399921 , Reply# 2 10/22/2018 at 21:47 (2,009 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Hey
Its like a heritage style hose not the same as g series. They make couplings out of plastic.
I got myself a g series hose. I took off g series coupler. The end of the hose is a lip about 1/2 inch. I cut the lip off. I put on my 516 to classic coupler. I used super glue on hose to secure the coupler. I now have a g series hose that works on my older vacuums. I believe 1.25 was diameter of hoses prior to g series. If you get g series hose with no ends and buy plastic coupler you can make your own. The hose they show is 1.25 and hose of g series is. 1.5 or bigger. They are alot more durable. Dont buy that hose. Go to kirby needs buy coupler and hose. Then buy buy glue in link. Its what i used it works great. I posted a couple weeks ago pic of my hose i made. Les
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| Post# 399923 , Reply# 3 10/22/2018 at 22:05 (2,009 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Pics
Get this hose and one coupler attaches to exhaust and one to fan. I couldn't find plastic but same concept. Glue these to g series hose and you cant buy a better hose. Every hose other than g series leaks and power loss at end of hose. This cuts down power loss dramatically.
My 562 runs 117 cfm . I watched vaclabs test d80 which is 5 amp and it was 123 cfm. The end of hose was 83 cfm. I tested d mine it was 103. The 562 has a 4 amp motor. So you see loss of power. My lower powered 562 is far superior. I am not pulling numbers out of the air. The post i showed pic of my hose is when i did test. Les | ||
| Post# 399924 , Reply# 4 10/22/2018 at 22:09 (2,009 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Hose
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| Post# 399936 , Reply# 5 10/23/2018 at 02:15 (2,009 days old) by royalfan (Chicago) | ||
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| Post# 399941 , Reply# 6 10/23/2018 at 04:08 (2,009 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
I've been on PartsWarehouse before but never ordered from them. The site looks a bit sketchy and suspicious and their Yelp page has a lot of 1 and 3 star reviews. I'd be cautious.
www.yelp.com/biz/vac-part... You can find older Kirby hoses collecting dust in probably any Kirby dealer's shop, focus on mom and pop shops that have been in business a long time and look cluttered, good chance they save everything and don't purge their parts every so many years like most shops do. I've seen Kirby hoses bundled with the attachment boxes on eBay often for about $30-$40 for the entire kit, much of that price is the shipping cost. I got a 1970's or 1960's era Kirby hose (kind of a peachy brown color) at Goodwill for $3.99 earlier this year because allegedly according to the cashier someone had just bought the Kirby it went to a few days before I came in, but the person didn't take the hose. I rarely see anything Kirby around here so it surprised me! | ||
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