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Thread Number: 38550
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Kirby Tradition - Newly Acquired/New Member |
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Post# 409909 , Reply# 1 5/29/2019 at 13:15 (1,791 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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lladvac
Welcome to VacuumLand!
I have a Kirby Tradition myself, which runs perfect! Mine is serial no. F315-381, meaning it was not only built in 1979, but it has the right metal fan as well as the locking headlight cap! About the speed switch cover on your machine, that was notorious for causing the speed selector arm to get stuck in the down (high speed) position. Kirby advised owners of these machines to discard this plastic cover. At the time they did that, it was one of two different ways to keep moisture out of the inside of the motor while the Rug Renovator was used. The other, and earlier one, was the speed switch when it was mounted to the inside of the headlight cap, which had been the case with mine before it was converted to use the speed switch on the fan case. I do not have a Tradition service manual, but I can give you some pages from the Classic III service manual to assist you about fixing your speed switch. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 409911 , Reply# 2 5/29/2019 at 13:46 (1,791 days old) by lladvac (Oregon) | ||
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Ben, Thank you, That's great, The service manual info for the speed switch is very helpful! | ||
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Post# 409914 , Reply# 3 5/29/2019 at 14:40 (1,791 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 409931 , Reply# 4 5/29/2019 at 22:45 (1,791 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Ben
Is this tradition the one with switch on the hood. It's on eBay and doesn't show the serial number knowing for sure it's a 1979 tradition.
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Post# 409938 , Reply# 5 5/29/2019 at 23:16 (1,791 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 409941 , Reply# 6 5/30/2019 at 00:01 (1,791 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 410303 , Reply# 8 6/10/2019 at 11:42 (1,779 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Hey
Riccar you should have picked up they are great machines.
The adaptor can be glued on but ideally you put zip ties. If you are talking about the bottom to where the emptor is I would silicone that one. If the adaptor goes on to easy cut a half inch of the hose and see if it fits better. The silicone seals it good but zip ties are preferred. If bags smells like dog your can wash. If vacuum cleaner emtor and fill tubes out good. The fan housing clean it out well too. I have a tradition that still smells like wet dog. Your asking good questions so you are doing well so far. Keep it up you will be done before you know it. Les | ||
| Post# 410307 , Reply# 10 6/10/2019 at 15:44 (1,779 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Lucky
I bring in a vacuum my wife already knows I lost my mind lol. She loves when I sell them.
The tradition and classic 3 bags if you use oxiclean will wash some color. You could do a few things soak in water ring out and hang dry. You could turn inside out hang from clothes line spray down with hose air dry flip right side out spray again dry again. If you use dish soap and hang dry might work. If it doesn't bother you use oxiclean but it's going to leave blue water and come out faded. I think any cleaning would suffice for the smell. Bags gone fade anyways. Les | ||
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