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Post# 302745   9/10/2008 at 14:49 (5,706 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        

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Found this Today with the Title,"Used Kitchen Appliances"




Post# 302747 , Reply# 1   9/10/2008 at 14:50 (5,706 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Also in the Ad

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They said "Used KitchenAid Dishwasher" "Works Well"

Post# 302750 , Reply# 2   9/10/2008 at 14:52 (5,706 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Money Shot

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Porcelain is in Great Shape

Post# 302752 , Reply# 3   9/10/2008 at 14:53 (5,706 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Just Love it

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The Real Hobart Deal

Post# 302753 , Reply# 4   9/10/2008 at 14:55 (5,706 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Cycle Selection

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Like the Buttons

Post# 302754 , Reply# 5   9/10/2008 at 14:56 (5,706 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Nice Racks too

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Flex O Dividers

Post# 302756 , Reply# 6   9/10/2008 at 14:57 (5,706 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Bottom Rack

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Just a few tips but no Rust

Post# 302761 , Reply# 7   9/10/2008 at 15:23 (5,706 days old) by a440 ()        
Great Find!

I have this dishwasher as a second dishwasher. Portable.
You will like it's cleaning. The cycles are very different from the 18 series. I really like the main wash, it is longer than the 18.
Very nice!
Brent


Post# 302763 , Reply# 8   9/10/2008 at 15:34 (5,706 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York)        

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That is a great find!
Looks mint, never been used, congrats to you!


Post# 302764 , Reply# 9   9/10/2008 at 15:42 (5,706 days old) by hometechdoc ()        
Awesome machine

That is the machine my parents had in a house built in 1981/1982. They lived in the house for 25 years. Three kids, grandma (most of the time) and three meals a day.

That diswasher had one repair all those years and was ran daily. It is a bit loud, especially by todays standards.


Post# 302781 , Reply# 10   9/10/2008 at 16:57 (5,706 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Thanks Guys.

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Also I forgot to tell you, the ad said "Here it is...Boring". Once it was in my truck, the guy said "I'm going to really miss that machine. It never broke down".

Post# 302823 , Reply# 11   9/10/2008 at 19:16 (5,705 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
Now that I have a window in a KD-12 I want more LOL!

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That's a really nice find Eddie, congrats! Ok a window needs go into a machine of this style in this spot (pictured below), question is where to move the detergent dispenser. I could live without the rinse aid dispenser, but obviously the detergent dispenser is necessary. I suppose it could be moved to the side of the tank and you could use packet or tablet type detergent to easily load the dispenser turned on its side. Any other ideas????

Post# 302828 , Reply# 12   9/10/2008 at 19:59 (5,705 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Wow !!!!!!!!!!

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You know Robert...Now that I have 2 KDS I was thinking the same thing. Really. I was thinking about cutting a Window around the Detergent Dispensor. I don't ever use Jet Dry here on the Cape, Our water is just fine. I just was running the '57 KD2P and listening to it, and I think that Wash Arm spins faster than your KD12GWSP. I cleaned the Brass Bearing when I was restoring mine that the wash arm has that sits on the pump/sump.
What do you think ? Cutting a window from just underneath the timer/controls like a upside down U. This way you really wouldn't disturb anything. The starboard side (Whoops, I'm a mariner) would also be the perfect site for the light window and actually the left side as well. The fill flume is very high on the left top of the machine.
Would you be interested in bringing your jigsaw to the Cape for a weekend, and I would cook for you 4-18 meals a day ??/ (LOL). So good to hear from you. I'm flattered.
I think it's time to unleash the Forbidden Hydro Sweep. I know you did that with your Imperial DuaCycle, but I think it's time to do the Double Rack Spray Arms.
I'm soaking the filter right now to get that Shiffaffa off the screen. Other than that, she's mint. So which should be the "Very Nervous KitchenAid ?" The KDS-18 or the Newer KDS-20 ???


Post# 302871 , Reply# 13   9/10/2008 at 21:29 (5,705 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)        

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My parents have one in their house in black that they built back in 1981. Beautiful machine and works wonderfully. Still in use after all these years. Their kitchen still has the origional jenn air range and had the origional Gibson refrigerator until this summer when it died on them and they chose to get a new Samsung instead of repairing it.

Post# 302881 , Reply# 14   9/10/2008 at 21:33 (5,705 days old) by a440 ()        
I have thought the same thing about the window...

Would it make much difference where the detergent cup, and rinse agent dispenser would be relocated? I would imagine that the bottom left or right would be more ideal than the top. I noticed in your video of your KDS-17? Robert that it appeared to be on the Hydro-Sweep has a dedicated "hole" for the china and dispenser as far as water flow is concerned.
The only other issue is that the outer "finish metal" is very flimsy.
Brent


Post# 302905 , Reply# 15   9/10/2008 at 22:03 (5,705 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
Why don't you really use your heads?

Here is the challenge, guys.. Stop cutting holes in the metal and see if you can't just fabricate a complete plexiglass door and remount all the components in that door! That way, you would be able to see ALL the workings of the machine, I will even let you have my 19 machine sans timer so you can use it to maybe take the metal supports out for the timer and switches and the latch. It still has the detergent dispenser in it as well as a rinse dispenser of the single hole variety. I am not going to restore that machine so I would rater see it parted out for the purpose noted above than just toss it out to the curb.

Let me know.. Anything from the 19 and up will fit in that door. The 18 used a double holed rinse dispenser, but then again, you would be drilling holes anyway so it would not matter. this would just provide the necessary support structure for the door components.

Let me know.
Steve


Post# 302907 , Reply# 16   9/10/2008 at 22:07 (5,705 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
you are catching up to me, Ed!

Let's see, you still need a 21 series..I have the custom and a Superba Monterrey! Surely the last of the really good machines!
But seriously, you wont be disappoionted with the 20.. remember, it will heat the water first to 140(a bit more)but the final rinse in the 18 is hotter as well as the 18 has longer main wash as well as the third rinse!

I anticipate some sibling rivalry soon!



Post# 302935 , Reply# 17   9/10/2008 at 23:33 (5,705 days old) by ~sudsshane ()        
Wow!

Good for you Eddie! what a beauty!

Post# 302998 , Reply# 18   9/11/2008 at 09:11 (5,705 days old) by jakeseacrest (Massachusetts)        

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I have a question. I have a KDC60A that cleans really well, but has been making the occasional whirring or grinding sound. Does this machine have a food disposal or just a filter?

Post# 303001 , Reply# 19   9/11/2008 at 09:23 (5,705 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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What do you think ? Cutting a window from just underneath the timer/controls like a upside down U.
The challenge I see with that Eddie is getting a piece of thicker glass cut in that shape and then sealing it properly to the door. I think a perfect square or rectangle might be easier, but if there is a will ;).

Here is the challenge, guys.. Stop cutting holes in the metal and see if you can't just fabricate a complete plexiglass door and remount all the components in that door!
LOL Steve, now that would be a challenge, although I have thought about ways to do that. The problem with using Plexiglas over glass is that it gets cloudy over time with dishwasher detergents and expands and contracts more when heat is applied to it than glass does. I did do that four years ago, here is the link to that archived thread.


Post# 303005 , Reply# 20   9/11/2008 at 09:39 (5,705 days old) by a440 ()        

Robert, you crack me up!
I love that video, and have had it on my computer for ages it seems!
I think Greg has an actual "show" door that Hobart made for the 18 series dishwashers. That would be interesting to watch.
Everyone talked that the 18 was so much better than the previous models because of the upper spray arm. However, when you watch it, the upper spray arm does not have all that much "force". It is more like a constant rinse. The power force continues to be from the lower Hydrosweep. It is like Hobart put the upper arm to keep up with the "competition".
Brent


Post# 303052 , Reply# 21   9/11/2008 at 13:32 (5,705 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)        

That's my daily pile driver. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Bobby in Boston


Post# 303321 , Reply# 22   9/12/2008 at 18:35 (5,703 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Thanks Guys.

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The KDS-18 just shit the bed. The final rinse , there was a Poof, and I smelled wires burning. I ran her again last night and the same thing happened.Hmmmmmmm. What's up with that????

Post# 303370 , Reply# 23   9/12/2008 at 23:28 (5,703 days old) by a440 ()        

Check your connections to the sump heater! Also connections to the rinse dispenser. Make sure that there is nothing leaking at both, or wires touching.
Unplug it if you can.
That is scary!
Don't run anything on the same circuit with this machine when it is running. It does pull quite a bit of power!
Let us know.
Brent


Post# 303619 , Reply# 24   9/14/2008 at 19:15 (5,701 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Hey Steve

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Remember the old XM series ? They had one at a summer Camp I went to here on the Cape. It had a "Port Hole" type window in the Inspection Door. Any of those old doors left around ?

Post# 304369 , Reply# 25   9/17/2008 at 18:57 (5,698 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Well,Well, Well.

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I installed the KDS20 today. Ran her throught the Empty Test for Leaks Cycle. Loading her up tonight, the Upper Rack got stuck. Jiggleling out look what I found. Never had this on the 18 or the 19. Check this out

Post# 304370 , Reply# 26   9/17/2008 at 18:59 (5,698 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Thank God I had 2 back ups.

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They look simple enough to reconfigure, but I had spare upper racks. what in the hell would have done that ??????????

Post# 304377 , Reply# 27   9/17/2008 at 19:36 (5,698 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Window on the side.

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I always thought it would be neat to install a KitchenAid dishwasher at the end of a cabinet run and cut a window into the side of the machine away from the water inlet. The window might have to be narrow to fit between the steel struts.

Post# 304394 , Reply# 28   9/17/2008 at 20:35 (5,698 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
Excellent idea!

Definitely a good idea and you can even finish it off with matching cabinetry! You would get a decent sized window and if you get anything before a 21 series, your tank would be thick and strong enough to carry the weight of the machine and the upper rack without a problem. The 20 was the last year for the full frame setup.

Post# 304395 , Reply# 29   9/17/2008 at 20:36 (5,698 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Eddie, I'm not sure how I missed this one, but WOW! Congrats on this great KA find!

Ben



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