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Thread Number: 39330
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Thrift find |
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| Post# 417269 12/14/2019 at 23:11 (1,594 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
I went to the thrift store today. They had 3 vacuums. A dirt devil beat to ish, a Bissell power force rough condition. The last was a Kirby g4.
I grabbed it went and plugged it in. If ran good. The carbon brushes sound short and some bearing noice. I slightly wiped it down. I washed the bag twice it's in good shape. If I spent a half hour to 45 minutes I could have it all pretty. It cost $15. It only had portable handle. I attached pics. It's after I cleaned it a little and washed the bag. | ||
| Post# 417287 , Reply# 1 12/15/2019 at 14:03 (1,593 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 417289 , Reply# 2 12/15/2019 at 16:04 (1,593 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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Gearing up Well you can't beat it for 15 bucks. +1. When you come across these with transmissions, are the gear boxes in decent shape? Just curious, because I don't hear that much about any problems on any of them, except that they are a pain to work on when you do. | ||
| Post# 417298 , Reply# 3 12/15/2019 at 22:36 (1,593 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Hey
I tried it out on the ground in thrift store and it only pushed itself in reverse. I took off the upright handle blew away the dust off transmission pedals and off where handle connects. I put on portable handle. I noticed the screw on transmission pedals was gone. I realigned the pedals to proper position. I then tried the transmission. It worked perfectly.
It had same vacuum shop sticker than serviced my first g4. They did something to the transmission work perfectly. The g4 I was testing the tech drive seemed like the vacuum shop did the same to this one. If tech drive didn't work I wasn't buying it. I can fix most things and replace things. Tech drive in a Kirby would sink alot of money into it. I could never get money out of it. Yes everything runs good. I'm going to change carbon brushes and replace bearing behind the fan. I have both parts already. Les | ||
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