3 Stage Vac Motor Ninja Upgrade

[Travis Sonderegger]

So I picked up a couple 3 stage vac motors and went to put them in and they didnt line up. The old motors had a 4 hole mounting system and the new ones were 3 hole. Grandpa Joe helped me get things put together and working. Just thought I would share some pictures of what I did. I just realized that I dont have a ton of pictures, only some. I will post the others in a few days when I can get in there and take a few more.

We ended up welding some posts for them to mount to. those were attached to metal plates that used the original mounting holes. Then used some PVC pipe to get the exhaust out of the machine. I will open it up and get pictures of that later.

The original motors would exhaust out of the sides and then down out the bottom of the machine.

 

[Larry Cobb]

We have Hi-Airwatt 3-Stage vac motors that would fit without all that work.

Do need a few parts if you're going from 2-Stage to 3-Stage vacs.

http://www.cobbcarpet.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=5106

 

[Travis Sonderegger]

Here is how I did the exhaust

 

[Larry Cobb]

Travis;

That's a good job on the modifications to utilize the tangential vac motors.

Requires a good bit of ingenuity.