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Post# 193468   2/25/2007 at 14:04 (6,262 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Does anyone have any literature on GE pull-out dishwashers made between 1959 and 1963 that they would be willing to share?




Post# 193506 , Reply# 1   2/25/2007 at 16:10 (6,262 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)        
Literature

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Hi there,

I have the use and care manual for the GE Princess 24" dishwasher. It is for the model that you have pictured above. You can email me via MrFrench70@aol.com


Post# 193593 , Reply# 2   2/25/2007 at 20:18 (6,262 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
I might have some

let me look at my stash....I am sure theres something there

Post# 193601 , Reply# 3   2/25/2007 at 20:51 (6,262 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
...and thank you Greg M, I love this machine.

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The model pictured above is a rare 30" Empress. This is the SU102 that I got from GregM which is a 1963(I think) 24" version pictured as it will look installed in my kitchen:

Post# 193607 , Reply# 4   2/25/2007 at 21:07 (6,262 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Built for "Bob Loads"

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If loaded correctly (using the manual's suggestions) some of these GE Top-Loaders could hold ridiculously large amounts of dishware. My parents never knew how much their machine could hold until their appliance-nut son actually read the manual 9 years after they bought the thing. Glasses and cups could be "suspended" over the main impeller by using the double-forked clips in the central "hole" of the upper rack. And even though the bottom rack comprised a "hole" it could hold 12 large dinner plates, 16 smaller plates and 4 large bowls. The 30" machine must have held the all-time record. Dacor made a 30" model recently, but I think it was discontinued. Does anyone know which brand sets the record for front loading machines and what that record is? The model below is the first dishwasher my family ever owned.

I will never forget the day my Father and I removed it to make room for our new KitchenAid KDC-17a(also a great machine, but a BOL as my Mother insisted she only ever used one cycle and refused to pay for any extra bells and/or whistles). We were both impressed how brilliant the design of the GE was: all of the utilities got installed in the empty casing shell of the unit. The dishwasher drawer needed only to be "plugged in" to the outlet built into the shell and easily slid into place. We never even realized that the thing had a "Power-Shower" until we threw it away. Oh if only my time machine weren't on the fritz!


Post# 193622 , Reply# 5   2/25/2007 at 21:35 (6,262 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
Ken I'm so glad you got that GE

I hope you'll post picts (with sound) when you get it
installed and operating. I didn't realize the drawer style
continued that far in to the 60's. Does it have a power
shower "boomarang" arm on the lid? Is it your "5th"
vintage dishwasher? I have a couple of immediate predecessors
to that style with the timer center below the lock, and one that just has "latch/start" lock handle.


Post# 193625 , Reply# 6   2/25/2007 at 21:48 (6,262 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)        
The SU102

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I remember my junior high school home economics room had the GE SE102. I had never seen one before until I attended school there. The school was built in 1958 I believe. It was a canary yellow. I remember asking the teacher if she had the use and care manual. She looked, but didn't find it. I was disappointed. Years later, I visited the junior high one day, but a different teacher used the room. I had asked her if I could open the drawer and she said it was inoperable and was nothing but a shell. I would love to find this model. So glad that you have it...bet you'll enjoy it! Are you going to install in your kitchen as your daily driver?

Post# 193672 , Reply# 7   2/26/2007 at 08:29 (6,261 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Frontloadotomy: I'd appreciate it if you would post pictures of those machines, I'd love to see what they look like. And, no, sadly it's a BOL and lacks the Power Shower arm, the Rinse Dispenser and the auxiliary cup racks. But the reason I was so excited about it and bought it from GregM is that it is, for me at least, a missing link. As I said in the earlier post, we owned a 1962 TOL version of this (an SU401, I believe) with salmon colored vinyl racks and a pink interior. A couple of years later, my Mom and Dad bought what had to have been one of the first GE front load dishwashers with a blue vinyl tub and white racks (a 1964 SD 103, I believe). I remember, as a kid, noting that they both had the same silverware baskets, one was salmon colored one was white. The SU102 is the transition between the two. GE must have given up on the Top-Loading style because of market research. Or CU ratings scuttled the design.

Varicyle: One of the things I love about this model, though is that it has an amazingly quick cycle, 38 minutes, and heats the water through the whole cycle. Yes, I will use it as my daily driver and continue to use the Maytag U201 as my "Chef's dishwasher".


Post# 193771 , Reply# 8   2/26/2007 at 17:47 (6,261 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
What happens in the GE Drawer Dishwasher Thread

Stays in the GE Drawer Dishwasher Thread!!!
Sorry Ken, I can't handily access the two newer "drawer"
units. I think this one is a 1953 year model, but I ain't sure. At this time I am not well set up for "Glam Shots",
but later I will provide some in email.


Post# 193908 , Reply# 9   2/27/2007 at 07:57 (6,260 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Sorry

I only could find a Service Manual for the original (1957) model
SteveD


Post# 194018 , Reply# 10   2/27/2007 at 20:14 (6,260 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Steve,

That's OK! I'd love to see it!

KJA


Post# 194418 , Reply# 11   3/2/2007 at 04:56 (6,258 days old) by mikepaquette ()        
GE Pull out dishwasher

J used one of these when growing up & it was a fantastic dishwasher. I have been looking for another for years now or the portable madel The Mobile Maid. Once you learned the loading patterns there was not much that could not be cleaned in them. The closest I have come to this machine is the Mobile Maid with the power shower and blue interior & racks with the pop up top rack & the first pump & wash arm & tower. Collecting dust in storage, not the same as the steel impeller wash, pink interior GE pull out or mobile Maid . I also have a 52 Mobile maid in mint (bakalite impeller) like Greg M just got rid of. Still my favorite machine is the steel impeller, pink interior GE. Someday I will find one & use it as my daily driver & let the others go. Good luck with your dishwasher , a VERY NICE DISHWASHER. Did not know they came with a blue interior & racks. Very Nice Mike


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