Thread Number: 26252
NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THIS HOTPOINT AGAIN!!! |
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Post# 403094   12/31/2009 at 22:30 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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in 1969 when i was 13 my aunt and uncle bought me a hotpoint dishwasher for 10 bucks from a plumbing store in cinti. it was in back of their store in a junk pile when i found it. i spent the next 2 years working on it and basically destroying almost everything i touched! when i was done i had replaced the motor, pump, detergent cup element, and a host of other parts! but it finally ran. i then put sides on it and we made a top out of wood. i painted in coppertone (you could buy appliance coppertone paint in those days) and put it on casters. but it leaked like crazy around the left side of the door even after a new gasket. so we left it in the basement and my aunt and i would cart the dishes down from the 2nd floor kitchen every day to wash them! i felt it was a complete success and we continued to wash our dishes that way until i bought her a new g.e. dishwasher 2 years later. i cannot remember whatever became of that little hotpoint that started it all for me! i had another one in the late 70's i picked up at the curb and i continued to see them occasionally throughout the decade. then they disappeared. i have not seen one since. until now! this was advertised here off of craigs list in san diego. i knew it was my old hotpoint from the style of the pump so i bought it and had jim bring it to me. it arrived the week before christmas! completely wrapped in celephane! |
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Post# 403095 , Reply# 1   12/31/2009 at 22:33 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403096 , Reply# 2   12/31/2009 at 22:40 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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that i had to pick it up by christmas or i would lose my 150 bucks and he would throw it away! i told him that i had never had a seller be that demanding before, especially when i am offering twice the sale price of 75 bucks if they will work with me on getting it picked up. i've dealt with a lot of sellers this year and picked up a lot of dishwashers, this was a first! i got rude with him, he told me to go to hell! then the mother e mailed me and was sweet as pie and i was equally nice to her as i really liked dealing with her. she gave me the whole story on the dishwasher. it was put in in 1972 and never really used by her mother. i told her my childhood dishwasher story of my little hotpoint and she agreed to give me as much time as i needed. i had to find out when jim was gonna be in calif. jim got it here week before christmas and looked very good from initial inspection |
Post# 403097 , Reply# 3   12/31/2009 at 22:43 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403098 , Reply# 4   12/31/2009 at 22:47 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403099 , Reply# 5   12/31/2009 at 22:50 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403100 , Reply# 6   12/31/2009 at 22:51 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403101 , Reply# 7   12/31/2009 at 22:54 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403102 , Reply# 8   12/31/2009 at 22:58 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403103 , Reply# 9   12/31/2009 at 22:59 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403104 , Reply# 10   12/31/2009 at 23:02 (5,201 days old) by circlew (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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That's a nice looking machine, Pete. Glad you were able to get it afterall. |
Post# 403105 , Reply# 11   12/31/2009 at 23:03 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403106 , Reply# 12   12/31/2009 at 23:06 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403107 , Reply# 13   12/31/2009 at 23:11 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403109 , Reply# 14   12/31/2009 at 23:14 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403110 , Reply# 15   12/31/2009 at 23:17 (5,201 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 403111 , Reply# 16   12/31/2009 at 23:18 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403112 , Reply# 17   12/31/2009 at 23:21 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403113 , Reply# 18   12/31/2009 at 23:24 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403114 , Reply# 19   12/31/2009 at 23:27 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403115 , Reply# 20   12/31/2009 at 23:28 (5,201 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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To this day, I am reminded of this dishwasher--had it in the very first apartment I lived in as a college studenty in the fall of 1974--kitchens were probably 5-8 years oldr. I have a set of glasses my best friend from high school's mother gave me as a congrats for me moving to my apartment. The tea glasses were pretty tall and they only fit precilesly one way in the top rack. One of my dinner guests decided they wanted to "help" me by helping with the dishes--I didn't observe the glasses being put in (smaller ones looked the same too). I broke two that weren't in their correctly as I pushed the top rack in. So, every time I see those only 6 of 8 tea glasses, I think of this dishwasher.
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Post# 403116 , Reply# 21   12/31/2009 at 23:30 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403117 , Reply# 22   12/31/2009 at 23:34 (5,201 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 403119 , Reply# 23   12/31/2009 at 23:35 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403120 , Reply# 24   12/31/2009 at 23:42 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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that sits on top of the water seal and the wash impeller stem sits on top of it. this one pictured is not the one off my dishwasher. it is an extra that i picked up from larry in parma and use as a wall decoration. later drain pump impellers had food chopper blades attached to their top side. my 1972 hotpoint will have those. this impeller pictured is from the earlier models and it lacked this chopper addition. |
Post# 403121 , Reply# 25   12/31/2009 at 23:49 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403122 , Reply# 26   12/31/2009 at 23:51 (5,201 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 403124 , Reply# 27   12/31/2009 at 23:52 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403125 , Reply# 28   12/31/2009 at 23:54 (5,201 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403128 , Reply# 29   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403129 , Reply# 30   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403130 , Reply# 31   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403132 , Reply# 32   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403133 , Reply# 33   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403135 , Reply# 34   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403136 , Reply# 35   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403137 , Reply# 36   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403138 , Reply# 37   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403139 , Reply# 38   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403140 , Reply# 39   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403141 , Reply# 40   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403142 , Reply# 41   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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let me see what you've asked me here and i will post pics if i can! i never thought i'd get this dishwasher again, let along one that looks like new! i am not going to tear into it at all as it runs great! noisy as hell but doesn't leak a drop! nor will it really be used by me, it is simply a keepsake in my collection. think i will call larry in parma just to see if he has a pump seal for it. that would be the only part i would ever need. i know these like the back of my hand, a very easy machine to work on (unless you're 12 years old like i was), i ruined all major parts on my first. even burnt up the motor by running it with machine upside down not knwing it had a starting relay on it that had to be right side up to function! |
Post# 403143 , Reply# 42   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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those days are over (thank god)! i would not be caught dead out with all the idiots tonite! in my living room working on this post is where i want to be! i brought in 2010 doing one of the things i love best! let's see here, pics of the instruction book showing the cycles and loading. let me take them here, will post in a minute! |
Post# 403144 , Reply# 43   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403145 , Reply# 44   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403146 , Reply# 45   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403147 , Reply# 46   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403148 , Reply# 47   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403151 , Reply# 49   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403152 , Reply# 50   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403153 , Reply# 51   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403154 , Reply# 52   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403156 , Reply# 53   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403157 , Reply# 54   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403161 , Reply# 58   12/31/2069 at 18:00 (19,811 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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it's the dishwasher i never thought i'd own again! i really feel it's a christmas gift from my aunt and uncle who were there to watch me tinker with it for nearly 2 years! thanks mary and jess! or mom, maybe you sent it, after all, you showed me my very first dishwasher when you used to take me to work with you at the norwood public school cafeteria! i got my first taste of dishwashing equipment from you! hobart commercial style! |
Post# 403371 , Reply# 59   1/2/2010 at 13:12 (5,199 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 403374 , Reply# 60   1/2/2010 at 13:32 (5,199 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 403375 , Reply# 61   1/2/2010 at 13:34 (5,199 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 403402 , Reply# 62   1/2/2010 at 16:21 (5,199 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 403404 , Reply# 63   1/2/2010 at 16:23 (5,199 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Great post! I so know how you feel. Those first pictures of the inside of that machine took me back; I remember that speckled blue/gray Hotpoint interior. I also remember that detergent dispenser that you mentioned with the steel cover. I don't know if I posted this already, but I have some scans for a Hotpoint dishwasher catalogue for models made in 1962, I think. Our downstairs neighbors, Marian and Dick, had the BOL version. Same tub, same black impeller, no center spray whatsoever and same racks only they were blue. It was a great dishwasher. What a contrast between that and our GE pull-out. I think my parents wished with 20/20 hindsight that they had bought that Hotpoint dishwasher, they liked the front loading style, instead of the GE( it was never appreciated, they groused about having to reach down into the tank to unload it and no one ever bothered to figure out the other 3 cycles or the racking system. I didn't even know the thing had a Power Shower until the day my Father and I pulled it out of the kitchen). |
Post# 403603 , Reply# 64   1/3/2010 at 13:42 (5,198 days old) by richardc1983 (Leeds, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 403672 , Reply# 65   1/3/2010 at 20:38 (5,198 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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about filters in those days! a lot of machines had no filters in the early and mid sixties. my g.e. mobile maid has none too. and my frigidaire dishmobiles. and all the D&M machines like modern maid and kenmore roto racks. i might be wrong here so someone correct me if i am ofcourse but i think kitchenaid were the only machines to have a water filtration system on the early units. this little hotpoint actually does have a plastic cover full of little holes that slips over the lower half of the pump. this feature was added in the later models like this one here. my first hotpoint i mentioned above had absolutely no filter whatsoever! here is a pic showing that plastic "filter" and that's a really good point you made! i forgot all about mentioning that plastic screen used on this one but not my earlier version! thanks! |
Post# 403673 , Reply# 66   1/3/2010 at 20:40 (5,198 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403692 , Reply# 67   1/3/2010 at 23:35 (5,198 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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I really enjoyed this post, it brought back many memories for me. When I was around 13 my grandfather gave me an old Hotpoint washer that I enjoyed for 2 years or so. I took that machine apart, put it back together and ran the crap out of it. It stayed outside, behind our house and I would fill it with a garden hose and looked forward to playing with it after school. I'm not sure of the age of the washer exactly, if I had to guess, I would say that it was a late 70's or early 80's MOL Rim-Flo 2-speed with the ramp. I guess where I'm going with this is getting something back that carried so much enjoyment and memories is something that can't easily be explained whether it be appliances or not. These things are much more than material items, they're a reminder of better times, happier times. Your story carries that well, and is something I can deeply relate to. I enjoyed this post, and hopefully I can make one myself in the near future. Cheers -Tim |
Post# 403749 , Reply# 68   1/4/2010 at 11:25 (5,197 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 403928 , Reply# 69   1/5/2010 at 09:20 (5,196 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 403957 , Reply# 70   1/5/2010 at 11:32 (5,196 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 404142 , Reply# 71   1/6/2010 at 02:42 (5,196 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Bit of a distance what with the weather but a nice machine
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Post# 404143 , Reply# 72   1/6/2010 at 02:43 (5,196 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Nice machine, hard to get at with the weather and all that
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Post# 404360 , Reply# 73   1/7/2010 at 04:30 (5,195 days old) by zodawash (Lincolnshire,United Kingdom)   |   | |
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A Hoover Electron 800 in very nice order, don't see many of these with the chrome door
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Post# 404361 , Reply# 74   1/7/2010 at 04:32 (5,195 days old) by zodawash (Lincolnshire,United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 404397 , Reply# 75   1/7/2010 at 10:38 (5,194 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)   |   | |
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Nice dishwasher Peter... I love the simple look of the door and knob and the original Hotpoint sprayarm. My aunt had a hotpoint with this sprayarm, and i begged here to turn it on because she was the kind of person to use it once a year... after bugging her for days she finally broke down and ran it. lol Are you going to hook the machine up ? Darren k. |
Post# 404527 , Reply# 76   1/8/2010 at 03:05 (5,194 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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no i only use a few of my dishwashers, the rest i just "keep". i usually rebuild them and make sure they aren't rusting out while being "kept" but after that i simply find them a spot and they become "furniture". i did run the hotpoint one nite when i first got it. i wanted to see what it would do and check for leaks. since this one was basically new, never used i did not bother tearing into it except for a couple pics taken above. it is now in my bedroom next to 4 others. the only one's i use are my kdss-17a stainless kitchenaid, my top loader roto rack lady kenmore (that i love), the g.e. mobile maid top loader, the kd-5 kitchenaid top loader, one of my kd-12 kitchenaids, the frigidaire front load dishmobile, the kd-16 kitchenaid, and occasionally the modern maid impeller machine (just for fun). i am partial to top loaders and out of all of them the kd-5 hobart does the best job. but i will say that kenmore rotorack top loader can clean like crazy too. i have a kd-14 coming soon from philly and i have to go to bufalo and pick up a g.e. mobile maid i bought on e bay. i also have to go to virginia and pick up a hotpoint impeller machine i bought last fall. i might put the kd-14 into use as i love those kitchenaids! i ordered a pump seal from hobart several weeks ago. they still have a few out there! after that i'm done! unless i want to sleep in my dishwashers. i'm out of room! |
Post# 404608 , Reply# 77   1/8/2010 at 13:40 (5,193 days old) by servisslimline (England, Brighton & Hove)   |   | |
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Post# 404642 , Reply# 83   1/8/2010 at 15:30 (5,193 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 405190 , Reply# 84   1/10/2010 at 16:48 (5,191 days old) by servisslimline (England, Brighton & Hove)   |   | |
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