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Anyone living in the New Jersey area?
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Post# 371926   8/13/2009 at 23:32 (5,362 days old) by bobbins (Victoria, BC, Canada)        

Is there anyone living in New Jersey area? I need to ask a huge favor...there is a Hobart UM-4 dishwasher available in NJ and I want to have it ship to me here in Canada. I realize this will cost me a fair amount of money - I will need someone to package the unit for me (removing the cast iron spray arm and rack..etc)

Please email me at bobsochowski@msn.com if you can help here.

Thank you

Cheers,

Bob





Post# 371998 , Reply# 1   8/14/2009 at 06:17 (5,362 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
What kind of Shape is it in ?

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Hi Bob...
The UM-4 has a cast iron drain valve and they're pretty scarce. I had to replace mine on my KD2-P. stevet got me one of the last 2 brand new ones from Hobart for the tune of well over $200. I would hate to see you get that machine all the way out there and be disappointed


Post# 372072 , Reply# 2   8/14/2009 at 12:19 (5,361 days old) by bobbins (Victoria, BC, Canada)        

not sure..I have some extra parts here from my KD-11. Do you know if Hobart still making these parts?

Bob


Post# 372104 , Reply# 3   8/14/2009 at 13:54 (5,361 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        

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Hmm... Where in NJ?

Post# 372133 , Reply# 4   8/14/2009 at 14:59 (5,361 days old) by bobbins (Victoria, BC, Canada)        

not sure right now where in NJ....I waiting to here back from the fellow....

bob


Post# 372271 , Reply# 5   8/15/2009 at 06:49 (5,361 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Well,

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According to stevet, these parts are getting almost obsolete. There was one drain valve left NIB last year at Hobart. The KD 11 should match up fine.

Post# 372471 , Reply# 6   8/16/2009 at 02:40 (5,360 days old) by bobbins (Victoria, BC, Canada)        

Hi there,

The dishwasher is located in Medford NJ...anyone close by?

I am considering flying there later this fall and figure a way to ship it...would be nice to connect with some of the AW fellows and give me a hand to dismantle the dishwasher...

Bob


Post# 372502 , Reply# 7   8/16/2009 at 10:08 (5,360 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        

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About an hour away from me, but close by a friends place. If you decide to come to NJ, let me know, I might be able to make some time.

Post# 372523 , Reply# 8   8/16/2009 at 12:30 (5,359 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
take it easy..

The UM 4 is not the same height as a standard dishwasher. Without the extra brackets on the frame, it would be about 6-8 inches lower than standard. Also, if you dismantle it, the mounting brackets may break off and then you will be in trouble as they were not stainless like the tank.
If you can manage it and have a car with a decent sized trunk or hatchback or pickup, you can probably drive down and get it. Give that some thought but either way, the unit will fit on a small skid and I am sure there will be a crating company that can handle it. Maybe even UPS or FedEx freight can take it.
They do handle over sized or over standard weight items as common carriers.

As far as spare parts go, you are taking on a totally obsolete machine at this point. Just about everything for it is gone now.
Any parts from the 11 thru 14 series will work like the motor, seal, washarm and the door interlock switch and actuator.
Timers and drain valves are long gone. But again your domestic spares if they are in good shape will carry you thru.
What a pleasure to use a machine with a 3 minute cycle!

And remember..The UM4 was strictly GRAVITY drain. So make sure you can work with that. And if you are mounting it under a standard ht counter, you may need to build a base for it or use long bolts to raise it up. See if you can get a picture of it and send it to me or post it here and I can tell what it came set up as.
Steve


Post# 372604 , Reply# 9   8/16/2009 at 21:20 (5,359 days old) by bobbins (Victoria, BC, Canada)        

Thank you Steve!

The owner is on vacation and hoping to find a way to get the whole unit shipped to Canada.

There is a conference in October I like to attend in Philadelphia and wondering how far Philadelphia is from Medford NJ?

Cheers,

Bob


Post# 372822 , Reply# 10   8/17/2009 at 18:25 (5,358 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)        
google maps

Check it out on mapquest or google maps. That will tell you exactly how far!


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