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I loved mine--held a ton of dishes and washed well. I played with all different wash-arm and tower configurations as well (plus control panel and timer). Thanks to Redcarpetdrew, mine had near-perfect Plastisol; most of these from the late sixties through the seventies that I found were crumbling away. Mine initially leaked profusely due to a broken Bakelite sump assembly (which has a rubber seal around the edge, and is just speed-nutted into the bottom opening of the tub).

The Custom Imperial should have lots of cycle options, plus rapid-advance electromechanical timer and 150-degree wash option if it's a GM-Frigidaire wash-arm machine.

They aren't quiet machines--they sound like a pressure washer on corrugated sheeting.

The only annoyance mine had was a tendency to wind down the nut on the wash arm and thus, stop it from spinning. A stainless-steel flat washer and locknut put a stop to that.

I also had the GM-Frigidaire spin-tube, which washed great, but took some seriously adaptive loading, and had major trouble with larger-sized modern plates. Fun machine, though. Can't wait to see pics!


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Post# 588117 4/9/2012 at 14:13 (4,412 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)
Checkrate/Likes What is everyone's opinion on a Frigidaire Custom Imperial dishwasher? I'm not sure of the model number, and I don't have a pic of it. I'll try and get one within the next couple of days. They want 30 for it and they say it works. I'm just wondering if its a good machine.

Post# 588126 , Reply# 1 4/9/2012 at 15:08 (4,412 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)
Checkrate/Likes *Depends on the year and how intact the racks/Plastisol inter* I loved mine--held a ton of dishes and washed well. I played with all different wash-arm and tower configurations as well (plus control panel and timer). Thanks to Redcarpetdrew, mine had near-perfect Plastisol; most of these from the late sixties through the seventies that I found were crumbling away. Mine initially leaked profusely due to a broken Bakelite sump assembly (which has a rubber seal around the edge, and is just speed-nutted into the bottom opening of the tub). The Custom Imperial should have lots of cycle options, plus rapid-advance electromechanical timer and 150-degree wash option if it's a GM-Frigidaire wash-arm machine. They aren't quiet machines--they sound like a pressure washer on corrugated sheeting. The only annoyance mine had was a tendency to wind down the nut on the wash arm and thus, stop it from spinning. A stainless-steel flat washer and locknut put a stop to that. I also had the GM-Frigidaire spin-tube, which washed great, but took some seriously adaptive loading, and had major trouble with larger-sized modern plates. Fun machine, though. Can't wait to see pics!