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Thread Number: 40472
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Goodwill today |
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| Post# 429729 8/9/2020 at 17:23 (1,356 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
Went to Goodwill this morning and found a Kirby G5 for $5.
Then went to another Goodwill and found a set of G6 attachments and Shampoo kit, passed on an Electrolux 1205 and also a Silverado. Hit a third Goodwill and found a Riccar Supraquick shoulder vac for $4. Here's pics of the G5 before cleaning and after cleaning. | ||
| Post# 429742 , Reply# 3 8/9/2020 at 21:57 (1,356 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
Dang | ||
| Post# 429750 , Reply# 4 8/10/2020 at 05:21 (1,355 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Whaaaaat Kirbys and Riccars at your Goodwill? Lucky! Very rarely mine will have a good Hoover, but most of the time it's nothing worth their $20 price tags.
I get all my Kirbys on eBay whenever ones shows up for less than $50. Not often they show that cheap, but I usually end up finding 1 or 2 a year. The G5 is one tough vacuum, I got one too that has the brushroll monitor light. | ||
| Post# 429755 , Reply# 5 8/10/2020 at 09:06 (1,355 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I've always compared thrifting to fishing. Some days they're biting and some days they aren't. They were really biting today in your neck of the woods! To see that many good machines in one day is almost unheard of. Good vacuum finds are few and far between around here although I recently scored a pristine Electrolux Epic upright for $3, which was pretty sweet. I might see one or two Kirbys a year but they're usually beat down and overpriced for their condition and I can go years without a spotting an Electrolux.
Good trash finds are also exceedingly rare, but oddly enough, I have found more Electroluxes that way (total of three) than Kirbys (just one). I've gotten a few machines off of eBay but while they often look like good deals in the photos, they almost invariably end up costing me more in repair parts than the initial acquisition price. | ||
| Post# 429769 , Reply# 7 8/10/2020 at 12:13 (1,355 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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The N/D pedals aren't hard to replace with modest screwdriver skills. The YouTube video linked below will show you pretty much all you need to know:
CLICK HERE TO GO TO human's LINK | ||
| Post# 429771 , Reply# 8 8/10/2020 at 13:08 (1,355 days old) by electromatik (Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S.A.) | ||
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@human Thanks for trying to help but I'm not mechanically inclined and that video didn't look simple to me. Too many small parts and too much to get back in place. No way I'd attempt that. Mom's TechDrive pedal is strange. The pedals are still attached but the entire spindle pole they are attached to came out. Weird situation. | ||
| Post# 429774 , Reply# 9 8/10/2020 at 15:30 (1,355 days old) by Turbo360 (North TX) | ||
Interesting 
I was given a G5 that also had the pedals removed. It was missing that metal mechanism thing that I used from a parts Kirby. Installing the pedals is actually fairly easy if you know what your doing I’ve done it so many times. P.s. sorry if the photo is sideways
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| Post# 429777 , Reply# 10 8/10/2020 at 16:21 (1,355 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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It seems like I hear more about G5's than the other G's. Was that the year they had improved the tech drive? | ||
| Post# 429781 , Reply# 11 8/10/2020 at 18:03 (1,355 days old) by RegularRett69 (San Clemente California, USA) | ||
Improvement | ||
| Post# 429785 , Reply# 12 8/10/2020 at 22:54 (1,354 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Upgrade
Its the ugly burgundy or Brandywine color the g5. The G3 and G4 were the first tech drive and we're a little twerky. Late g4 and g5 they changed the gearing. This improved the jerkiness. I got a g4 serviced and this change was done during the service.
The g4 would stall or react when switched between gears. The sentria was late closer to sentria 2 release. I can't speak of this as I have only owned a sentria. If someone is mechanically inclined and backpedals maybe they're mechanically inclined but seems less inclined than they think. If you watch a few you tube videos you can become an expert. I have massive hands and I can fix a tech drive. Maybe an alcoholic screwdriver would help. Les | ||
| Post# 429880 , Reply# 13 8/12/2020 at 17:21 (1,353 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 429890 , Reply# 14 8/12/2020 at 20:20 (1,353 days old) by texaskirbyguy (Plano, TX) | ||
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Another G5? Rub it in whydonecha... :o) What such luck! | ||
| Post# 429922 , Reply# 15 8/13/2020 at 10:47 (1,352 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Daaaaaang! | ||
Post# 429953 , Reply# 16 8/13/2020 at 15:24 (1,352 days old) by gottahaveahoove  (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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Astonishing to get such an expensive | ||
| Post# 429957 , Reply# 17 8/13/2020 at 16:28 (1,352 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 429964 , Reply# 18 8/13/2020 at 17:44 (1,352 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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Todays finds
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| Post# 429965 , Reply# 19 8/13/2020 at 18:03 (1,352 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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Post# 429971 , Reply# 20 8/13/2020 at 19:00 (1,352 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA) |
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Nice finds!
I love the thrill of going to a thrift store and not knowing what I'll find. Yes, the probability of stumbling across a former WalMart sold Bissell PowerForce is high but I often find many greats.
I have stumbled across quite a mix at my Goodwill and other thrift stores from an Electrolux power head and hose kit for a central vac to several Kirbys of all generations, Riccars and of course Sharks and current model things. I like to get my nearest Goodwill about once a week as it's on my way home from work. It amazes me how quick the selection changes over. Some weeks there are no regular vacuums and maybe just a Bissell Stickvac and other times, there might be ten vacuums of various generations. | ||
| Post# 430020 , Reply# 21 8/14/2020 at 15:36 (1,351 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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| Post# 430091 , Reply# 22 8/15/2020 at 13:59 (1,350 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Riccar | ||
| Post# 430234 , Reply# 23 8/17/2020 at 15:10 (1,348 days old) by bikerray (Middle Earth) | ||
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Todays find for $7
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