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Another small wash party was held this past weekend in Peoria
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Post# 390869   11/4/2009 at 23:03 (5,257 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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This past weekend, we had another small wash party at my house. Michael (gedish1947) came from Detroit for a visit. Last October, he decided to have a Moving Sale and everything had to go in his dishwasher collection. Exactly one year ago on November 1st, I acquired from Michael my first operational G.E. Electric Sink (1948, the one I made videos of and put up on YouTube) plus a 1948 Hotpoint dishwasher, a 1956 KitchenAid KD-11P dishwasher, and a 1957 KitchenAid KD-12P dishwasher, plus a KDS-14 which went on to Greg in Omaha. Michael and I have stayed in touch, but we had never met in person. He has been wanting to come see my growing dishwasher collection. When we decided on a weekend for a visit, I jumped at the chance to invite in a few friends on Sunday for a short notice wash party. Besides Michael, there were Todd (vericyclevoice), and Aaron (awooff) here, plus two other friends from the Peoria area, Russ and Roger.

I am indebted to both Todd and Michael. They helped me diagnose a very noisy drain solenoid on my newly acquired 1956 Frigidaire Spin Tube Dishwasher [I got it from Ben (swestoys) who had gotten it form Greg (gansky1) who had gotten it from Chris (christfr) who got it on eBay about 5 years ago.] I had already run the machine and diagnosed some leak problems. I’ll post a new thread about this dishwasher later. But I had picked up a piece of Plexiglas for this machine – Todd and Michael assisted me in trimming it to size so that we could fit it on the machine. It worked wonderfully and we all had a blast watching this machine run. Michael also helped me repair the tub gasket on the 1956 G.E. pull-out dishwasher that came from New York, that was so damaged in removal and shipping.

Over the three days, we ran twice the 1950 G.E. Stand-Alone dishwasher that recently came from Matt (everythingold) in Grand Rapids. We ran the GE Mobile Maid (with Plexiglas cover), the James twice, the Homart Electric Sink/Dishwasher (with Plexiglas cover), the 1948 GE Electric Sink/Dishwasher (with Plexiglas cover). And we washed clothes in the Maytag Neptune, the Poppy Red 1-18, the G.E. Mini-Basket, Maytag A511 Sudsaver, Maytag E2L and Easy Spinner. The 1949 G.E. Electric Sink/Dishwasher in my kitchen was run several times too.

Both Todd and Michael brought some users guides, vintage magazine ads, and other service literature. That plus more of the same that I have acquired in the past year, gave us a lot of things to look at. We simply ran out of time before we could look at everything. And there were several dishwashers that we didn't have time to run either.

Here are a few pictures of the fun, starting with the 1956 Frigidaire Spin Tube dishwasher.

Mike





Post# 390870 , Reply# 1   11/4/2009 at 23:07 (5,257 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Pictured here left to right are Michael, Aaron and Todd who are standing over the mid-50’s James.

Michael thinks that this James was actually an accessory to a range - suggested by the vented grill.




Post# 390871 , Reply# 2   11/4/2009 at 23:08 (5,257 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Pictured here left to right are myself, Aaron and Michael with a load of whites washing in the 1946 Maytag E2L.



Post# 390872 , Reply# 3   11/4/2009 at 23:09 (5,257 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Looking over some Owners manuals and other literature are Todd and Michael.

In the background is that 1949 G.E. Electric Sink that came from Greg in Massachusetts. In the three days that Michael was here, we ran that dishwasher seven times. I just am having so much fun having it here in my kitchen where I can wash dishes in 10 minutes!


Post# 390873 , Reply# 4   11/4/2009 at 23:10 (5,257 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Just about to dig into a dish of homemade Lasagna are left to right: Aaron, Todd, myself, Roger and Michael.



Post# 390875 , Reply# 5   11/4/2009 at 23:13 (5,257 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Left to right: Roger, Michael, Russ, Aaron and Todd.

Post# 390892 , Reply# 6   11/5/2009 at 03:19 (5,257 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
All Lads Together Then Eh?

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Looks like a good time was had by all!

Thank you for sharing


Post# 390903 , Reply# 7   11/5/2009 at 06:51 (5,256 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        
Love the spin-tube!

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Congratulations on getting that going again, Mike!! It looks great!! I am sure it was a great time, too - thanks for sharing!!


Post# 390904 , Reply# 8   11/5/2009 at 07:03 (5,256 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Spin Tubes

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And another grand time was had by all, thanks for sharing the pics, great to put names to faces as well!!


Any pics of the Frigidaire spintube in action??


Post# 390905 , Reply# 9   11/5/2009 at 07:04 (5,256 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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How did the baking dish come out of the dishwasher??

Looks like a great time - good food, dirty dishes and laundry, an AW.org tradition!


Post# 390909 , Reply# 10   11/5/2009 at 07:40 (5,256 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Mike, thanks so much for sharing the fun pictures. I know you guys had a fantastic time. I hope that if you do this event again that I will be able to attend sometime. As Greg said, nothing better than good friends, good food, dirty dishes and laundry!!

Terry


Post# 390920 , Reply# 11   11/5/2009 at 08:35 (5,256 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
James Dishwasher..

The James you have came with a Universal gas range...made in Chicago by the Cribben and Sexton co.,it rolled out from the left of the oven where the storage drawer would have been.

Post# 390928 , Reply# 12   11/5/2009 at 09:55 (5,256 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        
Thanks all.....

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Yes, it was great fun. Everyone says they always have a good time when we get together here.

Laundress: Thanks and you're welcome. I need to chat to you about my Hoover Model 0510 - it's missing a water pump and spinner belt. I don't know where to get these parts. I'll start a new thread about that later.

Paul: Thanks and you're welcome. Wish you could have been here again. Yes, the Spin Tube is going despite a water pump seal leak out of the weep hole.

Mike: Yes, now that I have overcome a very loud vibrating drain solenoid, and contained the water pump seal leak with a hose connected directly for draining water away, plus I have the Plexiglas trimed to fit the opening, I plan to do another video of the Spin Tube in action. Give me a few days, and I'll have it ready to share in a separate discussion thread.

Greg: The baking dish received a pre-soak and scraping, and it came out of the G.E. with only a couple of spots of cheese remaining, which wiped out nicely. Nice thing about the G.E. impeller dishwasher is that even though it's not perfect, it removes all traces of grease in the wash, and if anything is left, it wipes right off.

We did have a great time, and I always tell my friends, "dirty as many dishes as you can" so that we have no excuse to run the dishwasher!

Terry: Thanks, and I'll hold you to coming to Peoria one of these days.

Hans (norgeway): Wow, now the mystery is solved - a Universal gas range...made in Chicago by the Cribben and Sexton co. What are the chances of us getting a photo of one of those, or I'd settle for an advertisement photo.


Mike


Post# 390930 , Reply# 13   11/5/2009 at 10:06 (5,256 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Great pix--always so interesing and warm to see the people i

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If the hose leading up the wall to the drainpipe is from the Maytag, it's no surprize. Their pumps are as forceful as sump pumps. WHOOOOSHHHH

I would love to see a spin-tube in action.



Post# 390934 , Reply# 14   11/5/2009 at 10:38 (5,256 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Michael: Regarding the drain pipe hose going up the wall - In July when I re-plumbed my basement to enable me to hook up all of the dishwashers and washing machines, I was at a loss as to how to move drain water clear across my basement to the sewer line. I have no floor drains in that area of the basement either. I set up a laundry sink (next to the E2L), bought a GE washing machine pump & motor, then made the necessary drain connections, and gave it a test run. I was successful in proving the concept, but I needed a check valve just above the pump to keep the laundry sink from filling back up with water from the drain hose after the pump was shut off. The hose that you see in the photo drops into a PVC pipe which crosses over a doorway, then drops down and along the wall, to the sewer pipe. The power cord for the pump is plugged into a switched outlet next to the sink.

Oh, and the smaller hose coming from the left in the photo below, connecting to a dishwasher drain fitting - that hose is coming from my Double Dexter machine drain. If I plug the laundry sink drain, then open the drains on the Dexter, and turn the pump on, it will suck the water right out of the Dexter.


Post# 390946 , Reply# 15   11/5/2009 at 11:02 (5,256 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Not surprised you used a GE pump; they're so powerful an

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Beautiful plumbing--my dad was a plumber and he'd have loved your intricate work, but GOOD GOD you have a Double-tub Dexter. May I trouble you for a picture?

And Congrats on solving the Dexter weakness--its pump! So the GE just sucks the daylights out of the weak idling Dexter. Awesome.

AGAIN: Smart, thoughtful, original pipe-works, you have there! Thank You.



Post# 391049 , Reply# 16   11/5/2009 at 20:25 (5,256 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Michael: Thank you for the comments, and you are welcome. Credit for the copper work goes almost entirely to my brother, Jay. I had the ideas for the basic layout of all of the plumbing, but it was his expertise sweating joints that makes it look so professional. The manifold for 4 hot and 4 cold washer hookups was especially challenging - you can see it to the far right behind the pink Maytag P124. In all, I have full hookups and drain for 8 automatic washers.

Ah, the Dexter. My Dexter is likely from 1959, and by then Philco had bought out the Dexter company, so this machine says Philco in addition to Dexter. This machine came from St. Louis via Craigslist. I've only cleaned it up good; the former owners had tried not too successfully to paint the area in between the tubs, where I guess water would collect and had rusted.

I go overboard everytime. The attached photo composite includes photos that I have previously shared: one of me at age 14 months - standing in my Mom's Dexter. The second photo of me (age 3 1/2) and my younger sister taken in August 1956. And a photo of a postcard that I got on eBay - it's the exact model that my Mom had.

The train calendar in the background I believe is Burlington Northern. I was nuts about trains when I was little too. But Dishwashers and Washing Machines have prevailed.

Both my Mom's machine and my machine were/are Gravity Drain - so no pump. The GE pump indeed sucks the water right out of the tubs when the drain valves are opened.

Mike


Post# 391053 , Reply# 17   11/5/2009 at 20:38 (5,256 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Hello Michael

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The picture of you and your sister in the tubs with the agitator handles "ON" is hilarious.

The aerial shot of the chrome, the beige, the black, and the burgundy is gorgeous.

You and Mom were better off with gravity drains. The pink Dexters I had were fun, but the pump and the valves were always troublesome, probably fine when new, but after 30 years, not so agile.

Thank you for the beautiful photos.

PS I just scrolled up again and love the one of you in the tub--so young and clearly already hooked. The story of our lives here at Aworg. Wonderful.


Post# 391078 , Reply# 18   11/5/2009 at 21:58 (5,256 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Exactly - clearly already hooked at age 14 months!

Glad you liked the pictures Michael.

As for the gravity drain - I don't have one single floor drain available to me in this basement where I can place this machine to drain. I needed to be innovative to try to figure out how I was going to drain them. I'm happy with my solution.

Mike



Post# 391089 , Reply# 19   11/5/2009 at 22:37 (5,256 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Mike - sorry I wasn't able to attend. Looks like you guys had a blast! Would love to have seen the James. I know of one locally but I need to look more into it.

AND - great job on the plumbing! We need to get you set up with a float switch in the sink to automatically turn on the pump when a set level of water is filled in the sink.

Ben


Post# 391109 , Reply# 20   11/6/2009 at 00:19 (5,256 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)        
love the pics mike

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especially of your basement!

looks like a fun time was enjoyed by all of you!


Post# 391181 , Reply# 21   11/6/2009 at 10:23 (5,255 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Oh Mikey, my mistake. Sorry!

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Your GE pump set-up is far far superior to any gravity drain. I read every word of your most generous thread. I meant to say that I thought you drained by gravity like your Mom did before your brother Jay "hooked you up." Knew you had no floor drains. Figured you used a bucket or had the machine outside or in the garage. Pumps are always more fun than gravity. When my First Hoover's pump failed, I rigged up the drain system to a Craftsman pump from Sears. What fun that was.

I was away for a while. Do you have other threads that show your stuff. I see you have an Easy, one of the best machines ever made. I love them! her's my baby; I'd die without her ;'D


Post# 391183 , Reply# 22   11/6/2009 at 10:57 (5,255 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Michael: Here are the major discussion threads that I have posted this year.

Thread when I brought the 1937 G.E. Electric Sink home:
www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIV...

Thread when I brought the 1949 G.E. Electric Sink, 1950 Homart Electric Sink, and 1975 Poppy Red Frigidaire 1-18 home:
www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIV...

Homart video of machine in action:
www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIV...

Maiden Wash for the 1949 G.E. Electric Sink/Dishwasher:
www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIV...

1949 G.E. Electric Sink permanently installed in my present kitchen:
www.automaticwasher.org/TD/THREAD...

Thread when I brought the 1971 G.E. Washer/Dryer Combo home:
www.automaticwasher.org/TD/THREAD...

Thread when I brought the 1950 G.E. Stand-Alone Dishwasher home:
www.automaticwasher.org/TD/THREAD...

Westinghouse Slant Front Dryer now sitting in my garage:
www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIV...

And here is a composite of my basement right now.

Thanks for asking.

Mike



Post# 391184 , Reply# 23   11/6/2009 at 11:03 (5,255 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
I could think of many different terms to express admiration

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but I think WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! would just about cover it

From a very jealous
Al


Post# 391226 , Reply# 24   11/6/2009 at 13:16 (5,255 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL)        

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Thanks Al. Photos immediatly above don't show new additions of a 1947 Bendix washer that I bought from Ben last month, the 1956 Frigidaire Dishwasher, and the 1974 Frigidaire 1-18.

Mike


Post# 391233 , Reply# 25   11/6/2009 at 13:47 (5,255 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
WOW..... QUITE the collection!!!!!!!!

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And a GE washer/dryer combo too, WOW!

Mike, great photos of your collection! Congrats on your get together, I would've loved to been there too, it looks like everyine had a really great time!

Kevin



Post# 391244 , Reply# 26   11/6/2009 at 14:49 (5,255 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
MIkey, I hope it snows all weekend :->

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'cause I'll sure be busy with all of this. Already checked out the Electric Sink and Poppy Red thread from Gregm of Maine--couldn't resist. It was wonderful! Aren't Greg's finds amazing? I got a few machines from him that were immaculate. Did you see his green & bronze 1930's mint Easy? I see you bought a truck to get your New England stuff. If he ever parts with his Easy, I'll try to rent a plane....chuckle chuckle

Thanks so much for the catch up. Grateful Appreciation. Extreme gratitude.


Post# 391678 , Reply# 27   11/8/2009 at 17:44 (5,253 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)        
Looks like a fun time!

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I'm so envious of you guys, living in close proximity to one another, to get together like you do! I'm sure you had a great time. I'm also totally jealous of all that SPACE! It would be fantastic to have a basement to truly indulge my collecting "addiction".


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