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Thread Number: 42277
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Ge Swivel Top Motor |
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| Post# 444965 8/21/2021 at 17:10 (977 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 445008 , Reply# 2 8/22/2021 at 20:52 (975 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
Never throw motors away, motors can always be repaired & rebuilt.
You'd have to find another Swivel Top that's in poor shape to swap the motor into/from is my guess. Or buy an entirely other swivel top and use the old one as a wastebasket. lol The motor area is so small there isn't a lot of room for retrofitting in other motors. | ||
| Post# 445016 , Reply# 3 8/22/2021 at 21:50 (975 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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And I mean few vacuums are bad. I've had two with bad motors and it ruined the entire vacuum m. Mike baldo made a you tube documentary on restoring the 509 for Carter
That vacuum was in Kirby collector became the owner of the vacuum. Mike had sent the motor out and had it refurbished and calibrated. The motor never got right even after mike the king of Kirby's sends a vacuum to get refurbished. Bad motors in rare occasions it's better to throw them out and not ruin anything. | ||
| Post# 445017 , Reply# 4 8/22/2021 at 21:57 (975 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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It was $1 from the recycling center. It has small rust dings and scratches all over it but nothing major. The motor would not run in its original configuration, so 12 year old me decided to hook up the weird grey wire came out on one side and went in the other and the white one to a cord, bypassing the black one. It shot to life, I remember a lot of sparks, and I think it flew off my table. Not keeping that motor lol
I still have no idea what that wire was there for, it wasn't a brush wire. | ||
| Post# 445025 , Reply# 5 8/22/2021 at 22:46 (975 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 445298 , Reply# 6 8/28/2021 at 20:44 (969 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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| Post# 445305 , Reply# 8 8/28/2021 at 22:10 (969 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
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Ah, I see, so the models with the two fans indeed have a separate fan housing. Good to know, I'm not very familiar with these and it shows.
The only ones I am familiar with seeing the motor in are the cheapy short body single fan ones. When you take the motor out of the unit, the fan is exposed right in the open. At least that's how the later ones going into the Premier era I've seen are. And yes, the twin fan models should indeed have greater airflow and suction than the single ones. Should be quieter too. | ||
| Post# 445306 , Reply# 9 8/28/2021 at 22:32 (969 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 445322 , Reply# 10 8/29/2021 at 10:01 (969 days old) by Tinkerman (Central Texas) | ||
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I may have a motor for it. I have one in my workshop that is too chewed up to restore but it runs fine. Will get a picture later | ||
| Post# 445376 , Reply# 11 8/30/2021 at 19:20 (967 days old) by Tinkerman (Central Texas) | ||
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Mine is model VII-13 | ||
| Post# 445377 , Reply# 12 8/30/2021 at 19:23 (967 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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