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Post# 555405   11/9/2011 at 13:58 (4,545 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        

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What is this, how old is it and are they very good performers? I'm tired of my 18" Frigidaire and need something bigger and that can actually clean a pan. This is for sal locally and I was thinking about it.

 

-Tim

 

 





Post# 555406 , Reply# 1   11/9/2011 at 14:05 (4,545 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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that looks like a reversa-rack verson......of the ones I used, they did a decent job....just felt odd putting the plates on top

Post# 555410 , Reply# 2   11/9/2011 at 14:17 (4,545 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)        

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My grandparents have that same dishwasher. It's VERY loud but does a great job. I love it!

Post# 555412 , Reply# 3   11/9/2011 at 14:25 (4,545 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Noisy, water hog, HOWEVER,

It can and will scrub the chrome off of a trailer hitch! With a good detergent, this will clean SO well. You will be amazed by the difference.


Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 555421 , Reply# 4   11/9/2011 at 15:08 (4,545 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        
Age?

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Anyone know about how old this is or the model? Here is a pic of the interior:

 

-Tim

 

 


Post# 555422 , Reply# 5   11/9/2011 at 15:17 (4,545 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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Hi Tim
I would say it is a late 80s model - Great machine!


Post# 555433 , Reply# 6   11/9/2011 at 16:01 (4,545 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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im, this doesn't have thermostatic water heating.  You'll have to keep your wter heater at 140 degrees for it to do it's outstanding cleaning.  Great dishwasher.  It will be wy ahead of your 18" dishwasher.  I'd go for it.  It's probably a DU302 or something like that. 


Post# 555435 , Reply# 7   11/9/2011 at 16:08 (4,545 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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Maybe like this BOL 202 from 1987!

Post# 555439 , Reply# 8   11/9/2011 at 16:23 (4,545 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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I might as well post the rest of the brochure!

Post# 555440 , Reply# 9   11/9/2011 at 16:24 (4,545 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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I would pick the one with the water heat option - their was a few others in this series but M Wards only shown these!

Post# 555448 , Reply# 10   11/9/2011 at 17:53 (4,545 days old) by MaytagA710 ()        

I'll just reiterate what everyone has said LOL These machines are loud. However, they will clean anything you put into them, and that being said, you could fit an elephant in there. Capacity is unmatched, and loading options are extremely versitile. I have been on the hunt for one of these machines! Maytags are just few and far between here in the Maritimes. Let me know if you want any literature and I'll share them with you and everyone.


Post# 555456 , Reply# 11   11/9/2011 at 18:07 (4,545 days old) by DirectDriveDave ()        
Machine Noise

In my opinion, the louder a machine is, the better it is!

Post# 555459 , Reply# 12   11/9/2011 at 18:59 (4,545 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Capacity is unmatched, and loading options are extremely ver

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KitchenAid users might disagree. 


Post# 555516 , Reply# 13   11/9/2011 at 20:53 (4,545 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
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Hi Tim these are good machines but the weird loading an the in ability to hold really large items makes them  a frustrating machine overall. I will always rank the WP-KM power clean as the best performing DWs ever. Some KAs would be my second choice with these MTs coming in as a tie with the GE DWs with the multi orbit wash arm and the filtering system. But both the MT and the GE have several serious short comings that have been discussed at length here on various threads.


Post# 555524 , Reply# 14   11/9/2011 at 21:56 (4,545 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        
Maytag Dishwasher

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Hey John, the price on this machine is cheap and I've become fed up with the 18" Frigidaire's complete and utter lack of cleaning ability for anything even slightly baked on. I just want something a little older and not so good god ugly monotone plastic like everything is. It also has to be a portable, but not having much luck at the moment. This is what popped up, I hardly ever see the nicer WP portables around here though. I don't know anything about the Maytag dishwashers so I was just curious what it was and how well it perform.


-Tim


Post# 555528 , Reply# 15   11/9/2011 at 22:46 (4,545 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))        
Go for this DW

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It was the next best thing to a Hobart built KitchenAid and equal to a Whirlpool Powerclean in it's time. My mom had a Maytag Intelliclean 9100MDB It had great capacity and wash action, close to the Hobart/KA KDP-20 it replaced.

Post# 555529 , Reply# 16   11/9/2011 at 22:58 (4,545 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Tim, despite whatever shortcomings this dishwasher miight have in your own household, it still has to be a far sight much better than that Frigidaire 18" you are dealing with.  I'd say go for it.  Price is cheap and maybe it will help tide ya over until something else comes along more to your liking. 


Post# 555535 , Reply# 17   11/9/2011 at 23:12 (4,545 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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Tim I would definatly go for this. As long as you have a good hot water source it will outclean most DW's especially compared to todays standards. I knew 2 different families that had the 300 series from the early 80's and the cleaning performance was outstanding. Plus once you got the hang of loading you could really pack it full with real dirty dishes. My preferance was always Kitchenaid and Whirlpool from that era but this is the next best thing. At least you may find the loading interesting.
Peter


Post# 555578 , Reply# 18   11/10/2011 at 02:11 (4,545 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
It'll take that flower pattern right off the dish!

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A very nice performer at a great price. Capable of adapting to new homes as well. This one will come out of it's portable shell and mount right into the cabinet with a couple of part changes that usually came as a 'conversion kit'. Most likely a single piece motor/pump although there might be an outside chance of being belt driven. A model/serial number would tell. I love that heavy butcher block top...

RCD


Post# 555646 , Reply# 19   11/10/2011 at 10:45 (4,544 days old) by bwoods ()        

Tim. You will be another believer in the Maytag Reverse-Rack system. Maytag engineers were the only ones intelligent enough to leave the traditional, "glasses in the top, dishes in the bottom" paradigm. As a result, you can fit more dishes in this machine than any other brand.

Because of the versatility, it is much easier to load than conventional machines. You can put pots and pans in the upper or lower rack. While you are cooking, if you have a dirty spoon or fork to throw in the machine, the silverware basket is conveniently right on top, in the front, so you don't have to bend or pull a rack out. Just tip the door open a little and throw it in.

The porecelain tub is beautiful. I have never had one to stain, unlike some of the newer plastic tubs. You can wash dishes such as those coated with spaghetti sauce,as well as dark cocoa based batter soiled dishes, without having your tub (or racks) turn red or brown from staining. Unlike my Tall Tub GE, and especially my Tall Tub Whirlpool. The Whirlpool was a nightmare, I had a brand new machine 3 days old and washed dishes with spaghetti sauce all over them and left a red stained tub in a brand new machine. Absolutelu sickening. I did buy a peroxide based plastic cleaner, which took most of the stains out. However, the next week I restained the tub a nice shade of brown after washing the pot which I had made fudge in.

I haven't found anything (yet) that will stain the Maytag Reverse Rack.

The one downside we all agree upon is the machine is noisy, with a capital N!

But if you are a "Tim the Toolman" clone, like I am. You don't perceive it as noise..

When you hear it, you hear the raw unbridled power of a precision, machine. Humming and throbbing with mechanical testosterone as it hurls hurricane force waters throughout every square inch of the tub..drenching, powering and scouring away every particle of baked on and cooked on soil.

Something todays anemic motored, whimpy, tall tub machines can only do only in their dreams.


Post# 555665 , Reply# 20   11/10/2011 at 12:19 (4,544 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

We've had two Maytage dishwashers. One we bought in 1991 and the other in 2008. Both were/are extremely reliable machines. They'll get any baked on gook off your plates, pots & pans.

The only reason we still don't have the 1991 model is because we moved out of that house and left it behind. But I am sure it is still there doing it's job. I swear that the door on the front of it was so heavy duty I'll bet you could stand on it and not damage it.

The first Maytag replaced a Kenmore that was only 4 years old when the tub rusted through and flushed all the water on the kitchen floor while the machine was running! that made some serious noise and fireworks too!


Post# 555794 , Reply# 21   11/10/2011 at 21:53 (4,544 days old) by electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI)        
MT Reverse Rack

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I'm with "bwoods" This is one of the finest dishwashers.


Post# 556792 , Reply# 22   11/15/2011 at 12:43 (4,539 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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I wonder if the pic up top of the thread is a newer one than mine

Mine is a wc202 that I got a few years back



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