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Thread Number: 44261
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
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| Post# 460718 2/26/2023 at 20:54 (418 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
I'm always looking out for janitronics. I seen one in Bellingham Washington. I emailed like 5 times in 2 weeks and no response. The ad only had Email communication. I looked at the picture and a riccar and maybe a simplicity were on each side of it. It had to be a vacuum shop. I called and the second shop was indeed the one selling it. It's missing original bag among a few other things. It has the handle with the American Lincoln graphics on the handle.
The other American Lincoln super sweep doesn't have that part. I'm going to copy the sticker and make it for the janitronic. I'm also getting some white paint for trim pieces. This makes 2 green njanitronics same model. Then I have the super sweep red white and blue. I just need a 3d printer to make big green wheels. I'll post pics when I rec I eve it. | ||
| Post# 460719 , Reply# 1 2/26/2023 at 20:56 (418 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 460723 , Reply# 2 2/26/2023 at 22:38 (418 days old) by KirbyClassicIII  (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 460741 , Reply# 3 2/27/2023 at 12:40 (417 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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Les, Nice vacuums. What,besides the obvious paint scheme, sets these janitronics apart from the regular Kirby's from the same time period? Kirby's have always been considered commercial quality machines,so just curious what's different about these performance wise? Billy | ||
| Post# 460749 , Reply# 4 2/27/2023 at 18:43 (417 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Have F@G bags, no belt lifter, no hose, commercial cords, the ability to vacuum a large area quickly. I'm attaching a powerflite 2800 has a 28 inch brush roll. This has been branded by oreck and a few others. They originally were kirbys commercial line for churches or big office buildings.
The comvac was a heritage based commercial vacuum. It had 1300(13") 1600(16") 2800 (28"). I believe that's when they were probably pouring money into developing the g series and not enough money for R&D for commercial lines. The kirbys had 1 speed not w speed motors. The janitronics and super sweep have 5 amp motor.
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| Post# 460768 , Reply# 5 2/28/2023 at 00:38 (417 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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Wow Looking at this Power Flite from the top angle, I would have never guessed this was a Kirby product.Was the 5amp motor the same as the ones in the D-80's? | ||
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Post# 460773 , Reply# 6 2/28/2023 at 05:00 (416 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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kirbyklekter
Billy,
Yes, it was -- used essentially the same armature (114967) and field coil (103967), but was wired differently as it was not intended for household use. In 1979, the field coil was updated slightly with different color wires, and the carbon brush ports were enlarged to use the Classic 1CR-style carbon brushes and the Classic Omega-style carbon brush covers. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 460828 , Reply# 7 3/1/2023 at 13:57 (415 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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KirbyClassicIII Ben, thank you for that! | ||
| Post# 460840 , Reply# 8 3/1/2023 at 19:01 (415 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 460899 , Reply# 9 3/3/2023 at 11:39 (413 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 460902 , Reply# 10 3/3/2023 at 14:00 (413 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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LesinUtah
Les,
Glad to see it arrived! Was the original 10-blade fan missing a fin or two when you first got this, or had the fan already been replaced? Also, the double narrow wheels on the front axle can be installed using the "extender" screws, otherwise it can be replaced with a Classic 1CR-style axle. ~Ben | ||
| Post# 460904 , Reply# 11 3/3/2023 at 14:26 (413 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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It has the extender screws. The vacuum shop owner took I believe the grey fan and put the new black amodel fan. He gave it a tune up as someone wanted to buy it but backed out.
I do like the color quite a bit. I think if u strip down the paint and have it repainted the original color at like a car auto body shop. I can make a sticker for my other green super sweep. I wish it had the original bag but it's not really a bag you can reproduce. | ||
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Post# 460906 , Reply# 12 3/3/2023 at 14:36 (413 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 460918 , Reply# 13 3/3/2023 at 19:27 (413 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 460919 , Reply# 14 3/3/2023 at 20:07 (413 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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| Post# 460920 , Reply# 15 3/3/2023 at 20:48 (413 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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Post# 460922 , Reply# 16 3/3/2023 at 21:44 (413 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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LesinUtah
Les,
The original factory bag that came with your Super-Sweep back in 1969 was a dual-purpose bag: it could accept disposable paper bags (similar to Eureka type F&G and Royal type A) or it could use a reusable cloth shake-out bag. The COMVAC 1300 had a similar bag but it was designed to use disposable paper bags only. Here again is the picture of the proposed shake out bag setup I intend to do for my Super Sweep the day I get my hands on one. ~Ben
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Post# 461054 , Reply# 17 3/7/2023 at 21:53 (409 days old) by KirbyClassicIII (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
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LesinUtah
Hi Les,
In Knox, PA... sadly, the headlight hood casting is cracked, and the motor bearings will need to be replaced or at least re-greased. Also has a bag from a later Super-Sweep, Classic 1CR front wheels, and a Classic Omega 1CB cord. ~Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO KirbyClassicIII's LINK on eBay | ||
| Post# 461085 , Reply# 18 3/8/2023 at 20:35 (408 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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| Post# 461115 , Reply# 20 3/9/2023 at 18:48 (407 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah) | ||
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