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Post# 610098   7/13/2012 at 19:01 (4,276 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 610101 , Reply# 1   7/13/2012 at 19:48 (4,276 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 612093 , Reply# 4   7/24/2012 at 18:13 (4,265 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 613280 , Reply# 7   7/29/2012 at 19:06 (4,260 days old) by machinehead ()   |   | |
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Nice find! Ok, so what year is it, approximately? I know KA was "absorbed" by Whirl-tag-more-pool in or around '86, so is this model one of the transition models? |
Post# 613318 , Reply# 10   7/29/2012 at 21:17 (4,259 days old) by mitch (Atlanta)   |   | |
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It was to the left of the solenoid mounting screws. Unfortuantely it has faded out--I can make out the first two digits--27--but nothing else. Darn!! Thanks for pointing this out though! Great info!! Mitch |
Post# 613376 , Reply# 11   7/30/2012 at 05:29 (4,259 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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The link below is a video of it washing after I replaced the Wash Arm Support (thanks SteveT). Mine was badly worn, cracked and the filter was essentially gone. It wasn't moving much water before but look at it now!!
This is one really nice machine and I have run a few dirty Bob Loads through with stunning results. Not a bit of YIBBLES on the glasses up top. I'll post the Bob Load pics separately.
Very nice machine and that one looks like a great find!! I love it when we save these older machines. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chachp's LINK |
Post# 613378 , Reply# 12   7/30/2012 at 05:41 (4,259 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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On one of the loads I purposely let some coffee grinds get in there, I had some oatmeal bowls with a bit of stuff left on and all kinds of other stuff. I was eager to see what would be left on the top of the dishes. Before the filter was replaced there was a lot of stuff left up there. Now that I have the new filter (part of Wash Arm Support) you can see it doing its job. There is an indent in that part of my coffeemaker so I set in such that it would collect the water and as you can see that water is perfectly clear. |
Post# 613424 , Reply# 14   7/30/2012 at 09:32 (4,259 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 613562 , Reply# 15   7/30/2012 at 19:54 (4,259 days old) by mitch (Atlanta)   |   | |
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I was on the Kitchen Aid site and lo & behold was able to download the documentation on her. It was copyrighted 1988, so it is newer than I was guessing. Not sure if that is good or bad. You all are so awesome and helpful!! Thanks |
Post# 614436 , Reply# 20   8/3/2012 at 12:34 (4,255 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 614443 , Reply# 22   8/3/2012 at 13:07 (4,255 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 614444 , Reply# 23   8/3/2012 at 13:20 (4,255 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Just remember, that cake test was done with a Whirlpoool PowerClean dishwasher--a machine that has the largest "capability" to handle that type of "bulk" refusse. Actually cake crumbs (what it eventually all becomes) are very soft and disintegrate in the water fairly easily. What would be a great test is to see how something like a lot of pasta or rice is handled. I know my Kenmore Elite tall tub handle about 1/2 cup of cooked rtice quite well. But it's not something I'd do on a regular basis to the machine, yet alone any machine. |
Post# 614585 , Reply# 24   8/4/2012 at 06:07 (4,254 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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My friends thought I lost my mind when I yanked out a practically new Tall Tub SS dishwasher. It was Kenmore Elite made by Bosch. A very nice machine. It was not cheap to put in but I really wanted my old Kitchenaid as my daily driver so I took out the new one and replaced it with the old. When they see how fast the cycles are compared to the newer machines, and they see how clean the dishes are they get it. I have an old Kitchenaid in my utility room as well. They just shake their heads and decide it's what makes me who I am. BTW I put the KE on Craigslist and sold it for a pretty good price so I think I did OK with that too.
I have been jokingly told my by friends that I need therapy for two reasons:
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Post# 614628 , Reply# 26   8/4/2012 at 12:38 (4,254 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 614928 , Reply# 27   8/5/2012 at 15:54 (4,253 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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As Bob stated I never saw KA do this until the SS tanked WP pump 24 series machines, which used the same pump and motor as the KM Ultra-Wash and WP Power-Clean DWs. On any [ Real ] KA DWs the cake particles could clog the filter and they may or may not wash off enough to allow the cycle to finish properly.
On my KDSS-20 when I put the blender container and a 1/2 dozen glasses that are all covered with residue from making fruit smoothies, often the filter will completely clog during the first water circulation and the machine will not recover and the whole load will have to be rewashed. Usually I stand around and if the water action dies I just stop the DW and pull out the wash arm then remove the filter and clean it. Sometimes I even have to do this twice to get a load to finish properly. |