I have the G5, I love the powered drive on these. It was handed down to me via a family member. I have a few of the attachments and missing some. Good find!

I still like these old machines, keep finding one and trying to buy it because a Kirby will run forever.

That's a pretty good find! Those are quite expensive from what I remember.. Kirby are quite good vacuums albeit a bit heavy.

So they threw out a lovely, die-hard Kirby with a few minor problems, for a Sanyo canister?? I can't figure people out. Congrats on your treasure find! 👍👍

We used to have a G2, but my mom left it plugged in one night after cleaning, and the neutral line on a pole near our house got knocked off. Poor Kirby was one of the many casualties as everything plugged in in our house was fried with 440V.

Nice find and good videos my favorites are old audio amplifiers repairs i wait for more restaurations projects especially old pioneer amps ,keep shooting more videos

I was given two of these vacuums for free from craigslist. One has all of the accessories. I just never got around to looking them over because I have so much stuff on my list of things to fix and sell.

I remember buying a newer version of this vacuum about 10+ years ago for around $1200 with a warranty, Kirby vacuums pretty much work forever with just the need for a few tweaks here and there.

Bet that that one will still be running when the cheap canister vac is in the trash with a burnt out motor. All I have is a few old Hoovers, and can still get a lot of spares aside from cosmetic parts. Wish we had kept the old Hoover made in 1935, but the main casting on that broke past repair a few years ago.

wow, only the second, trash picked kirby I've heard of, my brother found a g4 on the side of the road, that apparently had come from a local storage unit, he took it home and cleaned it up a bit and used his knowledge of the machine to fix what was a really dirty contact. fired right up, and appears to work normally. currently it's a spare to his other g4. I did get one on freecycle a few years back, a heritage omega from around the early 70s, actually still had most of the attachments in boxes, including a shag attachment

All you do is take the brush roll out flip it around a timer to the end caps till you get to the two markings or the three markings and that will bring the brush roll a little closer to the carpeting that might do the trick rather than replacing the brush roll

I still have my G3 :3 love it still and use it all the time

kirbys are amazing i love them

a sanyo over a nice Kirby people make me go whut :P

My favorite Kirby

Can't add much more to the other comments, except... it is funny how people don't think of donating or craigslisting something like this. I wish I could find a Kirby just tossed out that works and has all of it's attachments ! haha

SCORE! They probably threw it out because they thought that it was old and not worth it. But they were wrong. Watch their new china pride Sanyo fail within 4 years, and they'll buy another. I hope there's space in the land fill. Watching this video really reminds me of your old videos. The ones you made before you got the HD camera.

Nice find!

Woah, nice find! I have a Sentria II, a newer model Kirby

It sounds like the bracket cam assembly needs to be replaced in the Tech Drive.

I bet the original owners are still making payments on it! I know someone who used to be a Kirby saleswoman. She made about 300 for each one she sold.

SWEET DEAL MAN

Any new videos coming soon??

do they realize what the threw away they could have had it serviced or rebuilt

it amazes me what people throw away

Throw-away society. No matter how much it cost. Those Kirby systems are NOT cheap... not at all. But people throw them away and replace them anyway.

That's cool. My grandma has that same vacuum.

I'veonly used a kirby once, was at a church i liked it would push itslf along, i think could have been the brush though. used it on time, then went to get to use next time it was gone, never saw it again. Expect got thrown out because was old, a bunch of people donated their old oreks, etc. I work in I.T, and do electronics for hobby. I find amazing the things people will throw out. the way i see it i run stuff into the ground if i can then i'll take it apart, and recycle what i can. I rarely throw out anythin working unless it;s like 20me old junk thing from like 1990 i'll never use, or don't work well. I have like 3 working lcd monitors i was just given because thay failed. i open up replace a bad cap, and it works.

I miss my Kirby G3. I gave it away to a friend who's vacuum was terrible when I got my Sentria II off Craigslist for next to nothing. The clicking of the tech drive is a huge problem with the G3. They had it worked out by the G5, but not putting the Kirby back into "neutral" before turning it off caused clicking. I've never heard a Kirby G3 that didn't click. I don't remember what part you have to replace inside the tech drive unit, but it's fairly well documented on vacuumland. If you can pick up a used tech drive from a G5 - Sentria and install it for cheap (just changing the pedals so the machine matches) then that would be the best option. But you probably know how expensive the tech drive units can be unless you get a crazy person selling them for $10 - $40.

i worked as a kriby sales/repair tech in college funny we were know as kriby vac techs back then

You do realize you said about the brush roll the door three different settings for that as it starts to wear

i still use my 1957 Kerby 50th anvesary edition just only down side is its heavey as hell but it picks up better then anything ive used before

If you ever run into any problems that you're not sure how to fix on any vacuum just send me a message, I work on vacuum cleaners for a living and have worked on many Kirbys. The problem with the tech drive is that the cam on the other end of the shaft from the N-D pedals is sliding off, its available as a complete assembly for not too much money. Here's a link to one for sale just for reference: www.rakuten.com/prod/kirby-transmission-pedal-ug-de-g3/278754942.html?listingId=402374911&sclid=pla_google_GoodVac&adid=29963&gclid=CjwKEAjwmfKpBRC8tb3Mh5rs23ASJACWy1QPApzee0Hwvm-HPX9GHPyoANbGJQjucXzbyf0nzTuq6BoCiKPw_wcB

will you ever have more time to make more videos??? you are my favorite youtuber

i have got this same kirby i got mine out the trash also mine came with all the hose tools (never used) and mine has a never used shampoo set

Do you still have this?

I don't understand why people would toss out a quality machine, and replace it with a cheap, overseas made one. I got my Princess III vacuum this way. Works perfectly, they just didn't want it anymore. Mind boggling...

i dont know what models interchange n the only ones im finding are Lexian ones

maxx i have a Kerby Classic 3 it has a bad vibration any ideas ?

you should replace the cogged tech drive belt,

3:00 hahahahahaha you realy funny hahahahahaha.....

I had a G3 now I have a avalara one and centria one

Nice score for sure. Amazing what people throw out. Wasteful

Kirby they a good vac i use to sell them not cheap i miss my heritage

Is this how nintendo got the name?

Seams like a waste of money to replace a nice vacuum like that that just needs some tlc, some people are wasteful.....

its not a kirby anymore. know its a curby..

trash picking???