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Thread Number: 39794
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Post# 589215 4/14/2012 at 06:34 (4,394 days old) by whirlykenmore78  (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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| Post# 589264 , Reply# 1 4/14/2012 at 10:19 (4,394 days old) by washmeup (scottsdale) | ||
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| Post# 589266 , Reply# 2 4/14/2012 at 10:34 (4,394 days old) by chaskelljr2 (Washington, D. C.) | ||
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Ditto for "washmeup" from Scottsdale, Arizona.... A "Hobart-Made" KitchenAid KDS-17 or KDS-18 (both with Stainless Steel panels on the door). --Charles-- | ||
| Post# 589279 , Reply# 3 4/14/2012 at 11:41 (4,394 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
triple amen from us | ||
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Post# 589283 , Reply# 4 4/14/2012 at 11:58 (4,394 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 589285 , Reply# 5 4/14/2012 at 11:59 (4,394 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 589328 , Reply# 6 4/14/2012 at 14:31 (4,394 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 589329 , Reply# 7 4/14/2012 at 14:31 (4,394 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 589331 , Reply# 8 4/14/2012 at 14:32 (4,394 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 589352 , Reply# 9 4/14/2012 at 15:36 (4,394 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Post# 589357 , Reply# 10 4/14/2012 at 15:41 (4,394 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 589400 , Reply# 11 4/14/2012 at 17:40 (4,394 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon) |
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| Post# 589430 , Reply# 12 4/14/2012 at 18:37 (4,394 days old) by queeny77 (BERWYN, ILLINOIS) | ||
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Post# 589454 , Reply# 13 4/14/2012 at 20:22 (4,394 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I like Roberts | ||
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Post# 589476 , Reply# 14 4/14/2012 at 23:01 (4,394 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Maytag RR
My vote goes to the Maytag Reverse Rack machines that were made from 1970 until the late 80s. After they went to the reversing pump belt drive design in about 1974 they were basically the same machine all the way until the end of production (early models had a direct drive recirculating pump with a separate drain pump). They had phenomenal loading capacity and cleaned very well. The down side was that they were noisy when they were washing and they sounded like a freight train while draining! But then again, the 5 fills, wash/rinses and drains of the regular cycle only lasted about 35 minutes.
My favorite model simply because it was the dishwasher of my childhood was the WU601. I have one of those awaiting a full refurbishment in my basement.... | ||
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Post# 589477 , Reply# 15 4/14/2012 at 23:03 (4,394 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Congratulations Chris you managed to find a very rare portable version of the rollout! | ||
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Post# 589488 , Reply# 16 4/14/2012 at 23:37 (4,394 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 589510 , Reply# 18 4/15/2012 at 01:38 (4,394 days old) by applianceguy47 () | ||
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Louis, that is cool.
I agree, Chris, that machine looks "skweeky" clean. An owner's manual would be the cherry on the sundae.
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| Post# 590142 , Reply# 19 4/17/2012 at 04:08 (4,391 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
Chris that is a beautiful Westinghouse.. 
Louis I wished you had that window model machine looks like mini wash arms down in the sump area. My Faverite two vintage machines are Mike's ( Dishwashercrazy ) dishwahers. The Homart sink diswasher. Two raw videos. Homart the pattern on this impeller is pretty amazing. You wil see no more green on the dishes they vanish. This one heats and washes and rinses dishes in less then 20 min. | ||
| Post# 590144 , Reply# 20 4/17/2012 at 04:13 (4,391 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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| Post# 590152 , Reply# 21 4/17/2012 at 05:24 (4,391 days old) by mikepaquette () | ||
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My Dream Dishwasher A GE Mobile Maid Bowtie impeller with cycle buttons and power shower. Will settle for a BOL though. Someday . PS Chris Very nice indeed. Mike | ||
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Post# 590182 , Reply# 22 4/17/2012 at 08:12 (4,391 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 590205 , Reply# 23 4/17/2012 at 09:06 (4,391 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho) |
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Favorite Dishwasher: Our 1961 Westinghouse roll out drawer dishwasher. Unbelievable performance from an impeller machine with no food particle filter. We had soft water, but it never etched our glassware. Everything came out sparkling clean. | ||
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Post# 590212 , Reply# 24 4/17/2012 at 09:16 (4,391 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Do you have to ask? | ||
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Post# 590257 , Reply# 25 4/17/2012 at 11:44 (4,391 days old) by jakeseacrest (Massachusetts) |
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| Post# 590263 , Reply# 26 4/17/2012 at 12:24 (4,391 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Maytag WC401 I had one, in avocado green. I loved the reverse-racks. | ||
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Post# 590281 , Reply# 27 4/17/2012 at 13:46 (4,391 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Early 70's harvest gold Lady Kenmore portable. All push button. Roto rack cleaned perfectly every time. Sani-temp feature would practically boil the dishes. Only had heated dry for 12 or 26 minutes. Big, thick butcher block top. Porcelain tub finally rusted out under the door. Wished I still had it.
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Post# 590407 , Reply# 28 4/17/2012 at 20:22 (4,391 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Best DW Ever Everybody knows which one I like but as the Power Clean WPs didn't come out till 1984 that may not be old enough to be considered vintage.
Mark 71 Maytag built in DWs never had a separate drain pump, until the tall tub machines came out around 2000. The very first MT TL portables did have a separate drain pump but they also switched to a one motor that reversed to drain by the time that the built-ins were introduced around 1970. These early MT RR machines were not as noisy as the later belt drive machines, both types of machines had different reliability issues and all MT RR machines left chunks of food in the bottom of the machine so you really had to scrape the dishes when loading. And other than the loading restrictions of not having a real wash arm under the top rack and the huge cut out in the lower rack required for the wash tower these machines when loaded properly cleaned GREAT. But MT abandoned this design on their own because LARGE numbers of consumers did not like them. It can't be blamed on the Government or Whirlpool. | ||
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