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KitchenAid / model KDI58 / Serial # 221873451
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Post# 273360   4/1/2008 at 19:58 (5,862 days old) by lokringbob ()        

I found this at the Thrift Store today and it seems to run ok. I have a concern though when I run this on Normal Wash the first few rinses seem so short. Does anyone know the time for the different cycles on this Dishwasher. I love the towel / handle bar and will sand the butcher block top and reseal. If anyone has a manual would gladly pay for a photo copy and postage and your time. Any information on this KA would be appreciated.
I'm hoping to replacing my Kenmore 70 series dishwashr with this new find. The Kenmore has been acting strange it Fills pauses then drains the water out. I have not sat with it through the whole cycle,so don’t know if it's doing it during the complete program. Again any knowledge on this would be appreciated.





Post# 273362 , Reply# 1   4/1/2008 at 20:01 (5,862 days old) by lokringbob ()        
second Pic

How old this Kitchen Aid ?

Post# 273375 , Reply# 2   4/1/2008 at 20:48 (5,862 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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The cycle sequence you describe is very normal. fill, drain, filll, drain, very quickly for the first 2 or 3 fills and then the main wash is like 10-15 minutes. Those first fills, one or two of them are also partial fills. Congratulations on the find!! This is like 1975 or 1976 vintage.

Post# 273399 , Reply# 3   4/1/2008 at 22:24 (5,862 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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This machine is a beauty. Even the Imperial machines of the 17 and 18 vintage look great - and portable to boot.

Ben


Post# 273401 , Reply# 4   4/1/2008 at 22:27 (5,862 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

Very nice!
Start putting your dirty stuff in it. You will then not question the cycles.
Great find!
Brent


Post# 273407 , Reply# 5   4/1/2008 at 22:46 (5,862 days old) by lokringbob ()        
Did I Pay to much ?

So my $40.00 was well spent ?

Post# 273409 , Reply# 6   4/1/2008 at 22:55 (5,862 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Yes Bob it was. A very nice birthday present to yourself!!!

Post# 273419 , Reply# 7   4/1/2008 at 23:39 (5,862 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
40.00

was a bargain. Bargain.


Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 273452 , Reply# 8   4/2/2008 at 07:28 (5,861 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)        

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This was a 1978 or later model. My mom had it and it wasn't a success...switched it out about 10 yrs later for a GE plastic tub which was lots better. Replaced a Youngstown Kitchens (!) 30 inch with which the house was built in 1960. That was the one with the wash tube...really didn't perform very well at all...only about 60 days after we moved in did we get the new d/w. Other interesting things in this kitchen...a coppertone Hotpoint self-cleaning built-in oven (again, had been replaced early 70s) and the original Tappan/Youngstown Kitchens 36" electric cooktop (with 7-position knob clicker switches...my mom thought she was moving up in the world after her GE pushbutton range :)

Post# 273508 , Reply# 9   4/2/2008 at 16:50 (5,861 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
KDI18!

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This is a real nice dishwasher. The only thing is their is no water heater in it. The next series added the water heating system. If your water heat supply is at least 140 you should do just fine with this baby.
Good Luck with it,
Peter


Post# 273509 , Reply# 10   4/2/2008 at 17:08 (5,861 days old) by nmaineman36 ()        

No heating element huh. The one my parents had was an Energy Saver V model. That machine could wash and hold alot. Nice find!

Post# 273808 , Reply# 11   4/4/2008 at 18:51 (5,859 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Any Older KitchenAid

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Is worth saving. I am loading my KDS-18 as we chat... The Best machines ever built by Hobart. Learn to Rack it and Love it. I'll get any KitchenAid in my path. Eddie


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