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Thread Number: 42413
What I did on my summer ‘staycation’ part 4 – 57 Whirlpool dishwasher timer rebuilding made easy! |
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Post# 624021 9/10/2012 at 19:54 (4,238 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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Post# 624022 , Reply# 1 9/10/2012 at 19:56 (4,238 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 624023 , Reply# 2 9/10/2012 at 19:57 (4,238 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 624024 , Reply# 3 9/10/2012 at 19:58 (4,238 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 624025 , Reply# 4 9/10/2012 at 19:59 (4,238 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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The green light on here would mean the drain valve has been activated.
I observed a couple of cycles as the blue, yellow and green lights cycled signalling a fill, wash, then drain operation. But I had a couple of surprises, like in this picture. The drain solenoid was activated at the beginning and the end of the ‘dry’ portion of the cycle, which made a great deal of sense to me. 
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Post# 624026 , Reply# 5 9/10/2012 at 20:00 (4,238 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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But this was a surprise – this happened at the end of the wash portion of the cycle, The drain valve was powered up but for 1 increment, the fill valve was activated. This seems to be a purge of the tub following the main wash. Again, this makes a great deal of sense to me.
Maybe D&M didn’t make such bad machines after all... (ducks and runs) 
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Post# 624027 , Reply# 6 9/10/2012 at 20:01 (4,238 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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My last hurdle with this machine is the water valve... The solenoid coil is open on the original valve. I know I can substitute a modern one easily, but the water delivery pipe is rather unique and I’d like to preserve as much as possible. I kinda regret the substitution I did for the 58 Frigidaire spin-tube...
Speaking of which, notice the resemblance of the solenoid coil from this valve to a Frigidaire’s? They’re close, but not that close, alas. I’ll have to make a decision on this one soon.... 
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Post# 624059 , Reply# 7 9/10/2012 at 22:11 (4,238 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1957 Inlet valve | ||
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Post# 624060 , Reply# 8 9/10/2012 at 22:12 (4,238 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1957 Inlet valve | ||
| Post# 624078 , Reply# 9 9/11/2012 at 00:17 (4,238 days old) by badgerdx () | ||
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sorry, but D & M? I know I'm going to smack my head with a "duh" but I'm not knowing the abbreviation. | ||
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Post# 624108 , Reply# 10 9/11/2012 at 06:47 (4,238 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Bob,
D&M is an abbrieviation for 'Design & Manufacturing' which I beleive was a spin-off from American-Standard (no pun intended, 'cause their 'American Kitchens' dishwasher of the day was an impeller-wash model with, gasp, the first roto-rack!). D&M built dishwashers and put different appliance manufacturers brand names on them so that said appliance manufacturer could offer a full line of appliances. This Whirlpool dishwasher is an example - Whirlpool did not actually build their own dishwasher until 1958 or 1959. D&M built machines which were rebadged as Admiral, Crosley, Chambers, Kelvinator, and many others; but most notably, Kenmore dishwashers were D&M up until (I think) the 1980s! Here's a timeline from a post in the automatichwasher.org archives (see reply #17 to the thread linked below) and there is lots more information out there! dishwashercrazy (Mike), I believe, has quite a bit of information about them, if you are interested. CLICK HERE TO GO TO turquoisedude's LINK | ||
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