Thread Number: 9905
Kirby 4C Restoration Completed -- Almost |
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Post# 107876   9/7/2010 at 09:15 (4,951 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 107877 , Reply# 1   9/7/2010 at 09:17 (4,951 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 107878 , Reply# 2   9/7/2010 at 09:19 (4,951 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 107879 , Reply# 3   9/7/2010 at 09:23 (4,951 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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I installed a new cork gasket on the Sani-Emtor but the Emtor still fits loosely onto the vacuum. I'll either have to live with it (since I'm not using this every day), or figure out how to create a tighter fit. But isn't it amazing that a vacuum that's 70 years old can still be going strong! This model was manufactured in 1940 and 1941.
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Post# 107881 , Reply# 4   9/7/2010 at 10:12 (4,951 days old) by a007kirbyman (--->> Originally My Mom <<--- (now Wisconsin))   |   | |
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Post# 107883 , Reply# 5   9/7/2010 at 10:46 (4,951 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England)   |   | |
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Post# 107896 , Reply# 6   9/7/2010 at 16:02 (4,951 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 107947 , Reply# 7   9/7/2010 at 21:19 (4,951 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 107948 , Reply# 8   9/7/2010 at 21:27 (4,951 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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One of the things I really appreciate about the early Kirbys is the simplicity of design. However, the foot switch on this model seems to be over engineered. The Bakelite apparatus that runs into the foot switch serves only to connect wires from the safety switch and motor field and channel them into the foot switch itself. I have a Model 510 with a toggle switch and that part of the switch design is eliminated. On that model, all the wiring connects directly into the foot switch.
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