Thread Number: 44848
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Recently got a hold of a 514 Kirby...have some questions |
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Post# 465598 , Reply# 1   8/28/2023 at 05:19 (386 days old) by superocd (PNW US)   |   | |
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Also, are there any particular places where date codes may be cast onto the machine's castings? |
Post# 465629 , Reply# 2   8/28/2023 at 23:27 (385 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Only date codes are on the armature and the coil. You have a 3 amp armature. 516 to s7 are the same motor. The 513 through 515 amp motors are different size of the armature shaft. The fan is also orog9nal to 3 amp motors. The fan is pretty rare and a most 3 amp motors had the fan replaced with the 11 blade fan.
There is stamps all over the vacuum but none are date stamps. I'd keep the 3 amp motor in it and fan. Does it have a push push silver power button or a toggle switch Someone could have just switched out the front motor housing and put it on an earlier 500 series body. |
Post# 465637 , Reply# 4   8/29/2023 at 08:30 (385 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.)   |   | |
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Post# 465657 , Reply# 5   8/29/2023 at 17:52 (384 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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