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Thread Number: 23258
KDR67 portable with a bad timer... opinons please! |
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Post# 362933 7/10/2009 at 07:17 (5,397 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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I have been seeing this dishwasher show up on a local classified ad site for a couple of months now and it is driving me a little crazy... I think it is time I got at least ONE KA dishwasher crammed into the basement and live with the consequences of hubby yelling at me and sending me for psychiatric help. The sticking point for me on this particular machine is that the seller says "Timer needs repairs". So, how difficult might it be to repair/replace a timer from a machine of this vintage??? Timers have been a bit of a thorn in my side BUT I have so far been able to get a repair or replacment. The machine looks pretty good - tub and racks seem to be clean and rust-free 
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Post# 362934 , Reply# 1 7/10/2009 at 07:22 (5,397 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Inside tub looks good | ||
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Post# 362935 , Reply# 2 7/10/2009 at 07:29 (5,397 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Cabinet colour
It looks Almond to me - this is confusing me a little as to the age of the dishwasher. I really don't know a lot about the KA line but I figured that the one-wash-arm models were probably still being made in the early 70's; I recall a friend whose family had a coppertone KA that looked a lot like this one and they got it in 1971. Think the cabinet was repainted to match other appliances? And now the $64,000 question - should I at least take a look?? (Again, sorry for the teeny picture!) 
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Post# 362941 , Reply# 4 7/10/2009 at 08:27 (5,397 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Price is pretty reasonable | ||
| Post# 362948 , Reply# 5 7/10/2009 at 11:07 (5,397 days old) by soberleaf () | ||
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not sure what that equates to in us currency but sounds like a good price! it's a great machine and parts are readily available to rebuild pump if it needs it. | ||
| Post# 362949 , Reply# 6 7/10/2009 at 11:23 (5,397 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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| Post# 363025 , Reply# 7 7/10/2009 at 16:59 (5,397 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
its a very good dishwasher cleans very well i know because that the dishwasher my grandmother had witch was converted from portable to built in by my grandfather even if she replace it she still has the control panel of this dishwasher model on her kitchen counter. So i think you should go for it Pierre | ||
| Post# 363180 , Reply# 8 7/11/2009 at 10:27 (5,396 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | ||
If it has a bad timer offer $20. There are too many portable KA's to pay that money and then have to track down a timer. But I am pretty sure I have the timer. BTW KA portables have 2 numbers at the end. the last one is the model, 7 in this case meaning it is a 17 series. I have a similar machine, KDR-66, a 16 series. matt
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| Post# 363303 , Reply# 9 7/11/2009 at 20:11 (5,396 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL) | ||
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non convertible! The KDR series are not convertible to built-ins. The controls on the top rear of the unit prevent it from going under the counter like the normal convertible portables. If someone does have a timer for it, grab it and enjoy the machine for what it is. | ||
| Post# 363305 , Reply# 10 7/11/2009 at 20:12 (5,396 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL) | ||
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non convertible! The KDR series are not convertible to built-ins. The controls on the top rear of the unit prevent it from going under the counter like the normal convertible portables. If someone does have a timer for it, grab it and enjoy the machine for what it is. | ||
| Post# 363421 , Reply# 11 7/12/2009 at 12:51 (5,395 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Good dishwasher
That is a good dishwasher, but the feasibility of dealing with "timer repairs" depends on what's wrong. Roger and I found a 17 Regency that couldn't complete the cycle--it stopped in the dry cycle before it made it all the way back to "Off"--and it took a lot of studying and prodding with needle-nosed pliers to make it work again. (And we were lucky.) I agree with Matt--there are lots of these running around, and if this one has timer issues, the equivalent of $75 USD seems steep to me. | ||
| Post# 363443 , Reply# 12 7/12/2009 at 14:09 (5,395 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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