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Post# 686036   6/27/2013 at 16:37 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

I though I'd share my much beloved Maytag dishwasher here. This was actually my great grandmothers machine. After she passed away, my grandma used it for while. When she stopped using it, I made sure it was saved and not thrown away because I knew I would use it someday. Well that day has come, I recently moved out into my own place and now have possession of it. I can't say how much I have missed using this machine! Grandma recently got a brand new Whirlpool made Maytag, and although it was probably the best we could have bought at the time unless we were going to spend big money on a German machine, this one just blows it out of the water. It needed some freshening up, so I had the sump apart for a good cleaning. FYI, some of these pics are pre clean up. Enjoy!




Post# 686038 , Reply# 1   6/27/2013 at 16:41 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

Here it is hard at work. This a direct drive machine, model # WC504

Post# 686039 , Reply# 2   6/27/2013 at 16:41 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

It's a Maytag!


Post# 686040 , Reply# 3   6/27/2013 at 16:45 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

Options

Post# 686041 , Reply# 4   6/27/2013 at 16:46 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

Timer

Post# 686042 , Reply# 5   6/27/2013 at 16:48 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

Here is the pump assembly with the wash impeller shown. Seems smallish for the sort of performance that it has.


Post# 686043 , Reply# 6   6/27/2013 at 16:49 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

Pump cover/wash arm support.

Post# 686044 , Reply# 7   6/27/2013 at 16:51 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

Here is the pump reassembled and the filter and filter backwash in place.

Post# 686045 , Reply# 8   6/27/2013 at 16:52 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

Here is the complete pump assembly.

Post# 686046 , Reply# 9   6/27/2013 at 16:53 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

The upper washarm lurking above...


Post# 686047 , Reply# 10   6/27/2013 at 16:54 (3,948 days old) by cam2s (Nebraska)        

All together with racks.


Post# 686056 , Reply# 11   6/27/2013 at 18:21 (3,948 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)        

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I'm glad you're keep that machine alive.  Those machines were fantastic performers if you know how to load them correctly.


Post# 686063 , Reply# 12   6/27/2013 at 18:53 (3,948 days old) by rockland1 ()        
Maytag DW

Sold a good many of those in the day. Noisy, but oh how they cleaned!

Post# 686069 , Reply# 13   6/27/2013 at 19:05 (3,948 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Looks like this dishwasher is in very nice shape for it's age, racks and all! Congrats on a great machine.

Post# 686158 , Reply# 14   6/28/2013 at 13:30 (3,947 days old) by william637 (Damp pants? Not a chance. )        
Great Machine

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I have three reverse racks (one of which is a Jenn-Air). They are spectacular machines on every level! Kudos to you for taking care of it!

Post# 686306 , Reply# 15   6/29/2013 at 13:27 (3,946 days old) by bwoods ()        
Good Save!

Nice machine, Cameron.

I presently have two belt-drive Maytag RR's and have had a direct drive like yours in the past. They are among the most unique and best performing machines ever made. They will handle a heavy boatload of food wastes and scrub the bejeebers out of anything.

I have always found the RR to be the easiest, and most intuitive, machines to load, as well as the most forgiving of misloading. There are specific places for bowls and saucers, and the bowl racking keeps bowls adequately spaced and prevents them from falling over. I can get more glasses and stemware in a RR than any other machine.

Deep Pots/Pans and roasters easily fit in the upper rack. One thing the MT RR does that no other machine can is it scrubs the sides AND the bottoms of pots and pans due to that full size wash arm OVER the upper rack. So if something runs over and bakes on the sides and bottom of a pot or casserole it will come out clean.


Have fun!!



Post# 686360 , Reply# 16   6/29/2013 at 20:15 (3,946 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)        

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My sister had the same dishwasher until 3 months ago. Oh, the hell she through at it!Bones, plastic twists ties, it was awful. At the last when it was running you had to leave the house. It was just a screaming noise.
The only reason she got rid of it was because of the noise and the springs broke in the door.
She has a new GE and hates it. She wants her Maytag back.


Post# 686372 , Reply# 17   6/29/2013 at 22:03 (3,946 days old) by electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI)        
Hello Reverse-Rack lovers........

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My first experience with the Maytag was the WC700 my family bought back in 1980.
Right now I own 3 of the reverse-racks and one of them is a Jenn-Air (direct drive).
I was fortunate to find a seldom-used WC400 on Ebay a few years back . It is so cool. Sounds just like the WC700.
Love the "Temp-Boost" in pic in the top thread!!!!!!


Post# 686375 , Reply# 18   6/29/2013 at 22:40 (3,946 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

We've had mostly Maytag dishwashers since around 1990 and we have found them to be the best cleaning machines. We have never had a KA. And they are very reliable. This one should last you a long time.

Post# 686379 , Reply# 19   6/29/2013 at 22:50 (3,946 days old) by mixfinder ()        
Varoom

Patrick found mine in Vancouver and brought it up from Portland. Ran it twice today.

Post# 686609 , Reply# 20   7/1/2013 at 06:42 (3,945 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
We had one

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tol model, it was terrific. First rental , the tenants loaded it backwards which would have been okay but right before my Dad insisted we go out and replace all  glassware in the house with acrylic ware. Well at the first dry they killled the dishwasher, all the acrylic melted flowed down into the sump and became one solid mass. Ours was a belt drive pretty quiet as i remember.

 

 



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