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Post# 73208   7/11/2005 at 21:39 (6,834 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT)        

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Could this still be good after all these years?

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Post# 73210 , Reply# 1   7/11/2005 at 21:45 (6,834 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)        

Sure is a prettier color than the DW I just got. And with a ROTO-RACK!

Post# 73212 , Reply# 2   7/11/2005 at 21:46 (6,834 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Heyy, there's still plastic wrap on the top!

Post# 73216 , Reply# 3   7/11/2005 at 22:03 (6,834 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)        
OMG!

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This is the exact dw my folks had. Dad ultimately built it in. It wasn't a KitchenAid, but worked well nonetheless. And a Roto-Rack too!! Oh Lord, give me strength!!

Fred


Post# 73221 , Reply# 4   7/11/2005 at 22:27 (6,834 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)        
something is a miss here..

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seller says it works great, but they never used it! Did I miss something???

Rich


Post# 73239 , Reply# 5   7/11/2005 at 23:16 (6,834 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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OY. That's the portable version of the RotoRack we had at the home in Houston. Bought about 1972 or early 1973. Tis has the smaller timer knob/dial than the lake house version with the big dial. Same models in the line-up (just below the LK), this has separate buttons for normal or sani-rinse. Main buttons are Rinse & Dry, Rinse & Hold, LIght wash, and Normal wash. The GE GSD1200 replaced this dishwasher in fall-1988 because bottom rack had so many rusted away tines Mom couldn't put nearly as much in as she once did. I cried when it left. GIVE ME STRENGTH!!

Post# 73248 , Reply# 6   7/12/2005 at 00:32 (6,834 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Hi, my name is Greg...

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I have a sister in Denver so I asked the seller how much delivery charges would be...

I need treatment.


Post# 73258 , Reply# 7   7/12/2005 at 02:59 (6,834 days old) by bostonwash ()        
35 years old

What is this, first a Kenmore washer that never got used now this?
Is there hope for others???

Can we hope. That perfect 1950s frigidaire washer? 1978 GE washer? ________(fill in the blank with your wish) and lets all wish.


Post# 73272 , Reply# 8   7/12/2005 at 08:27 (6,834 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
1970 Kenmore 800 set NIB?

My aunt had a Lady K dishwasher like this. I remember pushing the shiny buttons and the "shick... shick..." sound they made, followed by the sound of my mom yelling "Stop playing with the dishwasher".

Post# 73273 , Reply# 9   7/12/2005 at 08:38 (6,834 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)        
Wow!

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Other than the color (ours was white) this is the exact dishwasher we had! Got it around Valentine's Day 1972, I believe.
Frankly, I wasn't a big fan of the Roto Rack. You may spank me now.
And is it just me, or does "Roto Rack" sound like something Scooby Doo or Astro would say?
Sure wouldn't mind having this, I tell you. Denver to Baltimore is a little too long of a trip, though.
Hmmm. Sure would go nicely with the NIB Avocado Bradford set...

veg


Post# 73300 , Reply# 10   7/12/2005 at 12:11 (6,834 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Veg - this is the same d/w we had too! Our first, in white as well. Ours had some issues with the lower wash arm, once in a while it make a revolution around the tub, but it was normally stuck in one place. The timer went out and we replaced it with a Maytag in '81. Everything in the top rack was always clean, but you're right, capacity is somewhat limited with the shape.

Post# 73323 , Reply# 11   7/12/2005 at 15:51 (6,833 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Oh boy, Greg ... looks like you bought it; now all you have to do is get it to Omaha!!



Post# 73325 , Reply# 12   7/12/2005 at 16:04 (6,833 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)        
Congrats Greg!

I'm so jealous!
She's truly a beauty!


Post# 73326 , Reply# 13   7/12/2005 at 16:22 (6,833 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Thanks guys - since this was my childhood dishwasher, and brand-spankin' new, I couldn't resist. This should be fairly easy to have a plexiglas door cut for the opening and Robert said he'd come video it for the club - yay! Hahahaha!

Don (Jetaction) called and offered his "intervention" services today but since I'm not the only one snapping up green roto-racks on ebay, he's not qualified! Someone help, please!


Post# 73338 , Reply# 14   7/12/2005 at 17:27 (6,833 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)        
Greg - You do have it bad!!

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I would recommend intensive inpatient therapy. I can arrange for a good facility at a good price. I believe that they use aversion therapy. Just kidding. Congratulations. This was the exact one my folks had in the same color no less!! The panel above the buttons light if I am not mistaken. How many dishwashers do that? Can't wait to see the action.


Fred


Post# 73350 , Reply# 15   7/12/2005 at 18:18 (6,833 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)        
Greg-the only help you need...

is to speak to a realtor about a larger home.

or a builder to put up an additional structure


Post# 73353 , Reply# 16   7/12/2005 at 18:45 (6,833 days old) by rchris ()        
Sears musta sold a ton o' these

because of this thread and because I had an aunt who had this same portable in the same color.

In the 1970s, I encountered 3 different families who had built-ins of this DW in the same color. And, in 1975, my family and I stayed in a vacation lodge that had this machine installed in the kitchen. The two times we used it, Mother would load it up and start it just as we were walking out the door to go somewhere, so I never got to see it in action. Now, the harvest gold super capacity coin-op Whirlpool washers in the on-the-grounds laundry center were a different story...

Greg - as to your needing Appliance Anonymous to get you off the habit, you could shut off your internet connection and not read the newspapers, and go to no more estate sales, and the way your luck is running this summer, someone would knock on your front door with some dream machine they'd toted over to you.

All this means is that you may as well get your rear in gear to host the *next* SRVAA convention, so's we can all play with the new stuff you got.


Post# 73355 , Reply# 17   7/12/2005 at 19:02 (6,833 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)        

How 'bout a convention reprise next winter?

(what am I saying? I sureashell don't want to go to the mainland in the WINTER!)


Post# 73356 , Reply# 18   7/12/2005 at 19:09 (6,833 days old) by rchris ()        

Uhh...

You starting to miss those midwestern winters David my dear?



Post# 73369 , Reply# 19   7/12/2005 at 20:58 (6,833 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT)        
Addiction

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Greg,

Glad I was able to 'prod' you along with your addiction.

Congrats!


Gary


Post# 73370 , Reply# 20   7/12/2005 at 21:03 (6,833 days old) by partscounterman (Cortez, Colorado)        

not missing the winters-just the washers

Post# 73376 , Reply# 21   7/12/2005 at 21:20 (6,833 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
something looks very familiar.

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Wow....

Portable version of Mom's second machine, bought circa '73/'74.

And she got the obligatory frames to hold a set of wood panels over the doors! (very period...it was.)

Can't tell on this one, but my mom's had more lights and indicators than a space-ship!

Normal cycle: [W-R-R-W-R-R] 8 min. washes & 4 min. rinses + 26 minute dry = ONE HOUR CYCLE! YAY

Light wash was [R-W-R-R], but with detergent in the first phase that looks like today's "normal" don't it?



Post# 73392 , Reply# 22   7/12/2005 at 23:31 (6,833 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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You hit it right on the money Steve. Like I said, this aws the model below the LK.

Greg, I'm glad you got it. I just wish it was me!!!! I could load a rotorack like nobody's bizness.


Post# 74495 , Reply# 23   7/21/2005 at 21:52 (6,824 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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NOW I undertand why we all seem to have this same affliction this is the universal childhood dishwasher..

LOVE IT !


Hey Greg-

I wonder if putting some non-toxic RV (recreational vehicle) anti-freeze in there and letting it sit for a week would potentially lubricate and unfreeze the motor, should it be stuck.

(Assuming of course it does not lubricate your garage floor, first!)


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Post# 74513 , Reply# 24   7/21/2005 at 23:45 (6,824 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Do you think the one year, full warranty from Sears will still be in force since it's never been actually installed and used? Ha! I'd love to see the repairperson's face when they show up for that call...

Post# 74538 , Reply# 25   7/22/2005 at 07:50 (6,824 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
stuck

" I wonder if putting some non-toxic RV (recreational vehicle) anti-freeze in there and letting it sit for a week would potentially lubricate and unfreeze the motor, should it be stuck. "

Since it's a cramic and carbon seal, and there's never been water in it, I doubt if it would be stuck



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