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Kevin

Hi Pete, 

Nice Maytag DW!   Good ol' reverse rack, looks like it has potential!  

How is the fullsize spray arm on the roof of the tub??

Not sure if the Maytag date code chart for washers/dryers is the same for the dishwashers, but if it is... it was built August 1972.

Kevin

That's a fun machine - you'll be amazed at how much quieter this motor & pump is compared with the later belt-drive machines.  It's still rather loud during drain but circulation is noticeably less hair-raising.  This looks to be the first revision of their first models, earlier ones had trouble with leaks around the door and even wash arms that hit the bottom of the door ever so slightly that it would wear away the porcelain and eventually a rust hole would develop. Poor Maytag.  While Maytag never really could dispose of a pea or a stray noodle, this design caught everything in the figure eight strainer and saved it for you to pick out when the cycle finished.  Saved for tomorrow night's stew, Maytag encouraged thrift in homemaking, automatically!

That there is my daily driver silverware basket; nothing I've ever seen is able to hold chopsticks in place for dishwasher washing. John LeFever said that there were a lot of complaints with that basket because of water retention and release on removal but I love that thing. Congratulations on a wonderful find.

You will absolutely love that dishwasher.  The reverse rack Maytag was a very clever and well thought out design to make sure the jets of water hit the soiled surfaces in the most effective way possible.

My first boyfriend had the TOL Maytag reverse rack - it was the next generation with the redesinged sump.  It was all electro-mechanical push button control.  One of the most beautiful machines I have ever seen.  I probably should have stayed with him just for that.  It was loud, but a beautiful loud (kinda like the B-52's at full volume).

Enjoy - and congratulations!

These were in some ways better than the later MT BD machines but were very difficult to repair when built in. This DW like later MTs and all KAs 15-23 and most WPs uses the same main water seal, I buy them from MT by the bag full. Your machine also has the later GE main motor The earlier version had a GM built Delco motor Good Luck with it, If you want to call me and I can point out the various areas of possible problems.

I would like to find one of these earlier machines as well. What years were this style with the buttons in production?

-Tim

Great Maytag continuity of design--the way the buttons resemble those on the washers. Perfect close-up.

These older Maytags, the conventionals, the automatics, the DW's are so steady, sure, and confident--never say die. I love them, and their low rumble of power.

Pete, when you say this machine, once restored, will go into storage, I was wondering what your long range plans are. Are you going to have a museum-like display some day, like John and Ted are planning, or will there be a big sell-off? You have so many amazing machines.

The classy spotless Italian restaurant I worked at, Minillo's of Cleveland, butchered its own meat on a wooden block just like the one on your Maytag, and then, after a good scrubbing, it was disinfected with Clorox. Never had any health/germ/food poisoning issues.

Great find, Pete!  The Harvest Gold finish brings back lots of memories!!  

I always liked the control panel the way the dial was set into the door of these models.   Hope you have lots of fun with it and if you ever need spare racks or a cutlery basket (new blue ones, though), I have 'em and I need to make some room in the garage....

Because it's loaded "in reverse" of what you would normally do.  

I.E.... plates and silver in the top rack (leaning back instead of forward) and glasses, cups, bowls, pots, etc in the bottom rack.

So this IS your first Maytag DW Pete?   YAY!

FYI... in fact after seeing your post for this DW, I (foolishly) went to that evil Craigs list and searched for Maytag dishwashers.   Found an older built in for $75 and a newer (but still reverse rack) portable for $40.   The Maytag gene runs strong in my veins, so I drove to Santa Monica last night to pick it up and now I have one too!   What the hell do I need with ANOTHER dishwasher?!?!  UGH!   LOL

Kevin

Can you really have too many RR Maytags?

Hmm, good question.   However at this moment, one is more then enough as I have 3 other dishwashers (all KA's) and that's too many!   LOL

Though I am looking forward to playing with this one, then getting it up in the kitchen to see how it does.

Kevin

Cool Peter glad you got it working, these early MT DWs were difficult to work on, in the case of the built-ins you had to remover the DW from under the counter to access the pump [ kind of like a new Bosch or Asko or Meile LOL ] and on the portable you still have the cabinet to deal with. I would be careful getting any lubricant on the hose connections as a frequent problem MT had on these early DD RR machines was the hoses would BLOW off the pump outlets and cause a nice flood as the machine would go through the rest of the cycle and dump all the water on the floor, at least with a portable you will usually spot the leak instantly LOL.