Do Kirby's get along ok?

[Anthonya]

I am an idiot.

I let an old Sanitronic go at an old (literally) neighbor's estate sale because the floor nozzle was missing, and it only had the hose attached to it. I was eyeing some tools nearby, when a lady bought it for a fiver. Just as she wheeling it away, one of the family members running the sale said "wait a minute, I think there's some part of it still in the garage." The color drained from... well my whole body, as he produced not only the floor nozzle, but an entire tool kit as well. I still have welts on my forehead from dope-slapping myself. However, I am getting an old Hoover Aero-dyne model 51 cannister with tools and sprayer jar, and an Electrolux model G, with Powernozzle from my grandparents for nothing, so score on my part!

 

[jdinstl]

Ouch!

Oh man, that must have hurt watching that Sanitronic go. But the Electrolux and the Hoover sound awesome! You ARE going to post pictures, right?

And, hey, if it makes you feel better, my Sanitronic is back in action. I say back in action, because I really royally majorly screwed up. I vacuumed my couch and love seat, then hooked up the suds-o-gun to foam the love seat and couch for a cleaning.

Notice the sequence?

Notice the step that's missing?

I didn't, until I pulled the trigger on the suds-o-gun and nothing came out. I still had the hose in the vacuum, not on the blower. Smoked the front bearing. DAMN!

I have a parts machine, so it donated its front bearing to the Save The Sanitronic fund, and its back in business. I'm still kicking myself, how stupid could I be?

I used the opportunity to clean the old dust out of the inside of the motor, spiff up the rotor where the brushes make contact, but am still kicking myself. Grrrrr....

John