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Post# 619599   8/23/2012 at 21:00 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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from brochures, members pics and cut-sheets,





Post# 619600 , Reply# 1   8/23/2012 at 21:01 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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...that I finally decided I had to have one:


Post# 619604 , Reply# 2   8/23/2012 at 21:04 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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The seller was a tad liberal with the photos that were on eBay. They had been taken a couple of years ago and according to the shipper who picked it up, it had been sitting outside for some time. 'S a little dirty, but I think she will clean up good because it looks like  mostly black mold:


Post# 619606 , Reply# 3   8/23/2012 at 21:06 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Ruh roh!

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Hello friends, Dr. Stupid here. First mistake, pulled the unicouple out of the cabinet without thinking that the hoses might not be soft and/or supple enough to deal with the shock:


Post# 619610 , Reply# 4   8/23/2012 at 21:10 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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And what I heard was, "Snap, Crackle and Pop". Such a pity because those hoses are both brown rubber, color-coordinated to the machine. Not a hard fix and in 20/20 retrospect was my final clue that this machine had either never, or rarely been used. More on this later. Plugged her in, filled the detergent dispenser, ( haven't seen or touched this coral-toned dispenser or it's silverware basket companion since 1968!) and ran a cycle. She started up without a hitch and purred like a kitten. Cycle ran quickly and surprisingly quietly. Stood around waiting to see the cover pop open during the dry cycle, heard the phone ring inside, turned my back for one second and...


Post# 619612 , Reply# 5   8/23/2012 at 21:11 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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but she sure cleaned up purty:


Post# 619613 , Reply# 6   8/23/2012 at 21:11 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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She ees jolie, no?


Post# 619614 , Reply# 7   8/23/2012 at 21:12 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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The plastisol tub and the racks are Pris-freakin'-steen!


Post# 619616 , Reply# 8   8/23/2012 at 21:14 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Very happy I got this. If I don't use it as a dedicated second dishwasher, I have it for practically NOS parts. For you serial number people, here's the rating plate:


Post# 619617 , Reply# 9   8/23/2012 at 21:17 (4,235 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Also, when I removed the front panel to get at the hoses, look what was waiting inside for me:


Post# 619618 , Reply# 10   8/23/2012 at 21:19 (4,235 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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It's a beauty Ken! I love the pink flatware basket!! Mike (dishwashercrazy) will be able to decode the serial number and confirm the date of manufacture - I guess '61 or '62.

I feel your pain about the hoses - I also blindly tried pulling the hoses out of my prized turquoise Mobile Maid when I got it in 2010 - I still have to replace the hoses properly...

Congratulations on a great machine - you'll really enjoy this one!!


Post# 619619 , Reply# 11   8/23/2012 at 21:21 (4,235 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))        

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Too bad about the misleading photos, but that interior really cleaned up well and looks fantastic! I'd be willing to bet that careful use of rubbing compound will bring the cabinet back to life too. I take it this is the machine that was out here in my neighborhood?

Post# 619624 , Reply# 12   8/23/2012 at 21:34 (4,235 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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That is fun - a worthwhile shipping prospect! I've never seen the pink flatware basket either, love that.

Congrats, Ken and have fun. Looks like it will clean up great.


Post# 619631 , Reply# 13   8/23/2012 at 21:53 (4,235 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
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Congratulations Ken on a long sought find, you are correct that this DW was probably not used much in its first life, the interior is in beautiful shape. It would not have made any difference weather you pulled the hoses out or not as they needed replacement. And luckily the hoses are one of the easy things to replace on a portable DW and while you may not find brown rubber hoses it would not be that difficult to have black hoses painted with the special automotive paint that they use on flexible plastic and rubber parts if you really want it to be a museum piece.


Post# 619634 , Reply# 14   8/23/2012 at 22:04 (4,235 days old) by vintagekitchen ()        
Wow!

Absolutely beautiful! I love the look of those gorgeous old top load dishwashers, but they are rare as hens teeth around here. I have only ever seen one, and it was a frigidaire I think, the BOL number with the huge white angled lid, in the back junk area of a used appliance place, and the guy refused to sell it to me. Said it didnt work, wasnt worth digging it out for what little he could sell it for, and wouldnt let me do the digging in case I got injured and sued him.

But that one, wow wow! From what I can see, it was a steal at any price.




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Post# 619644 , Reply# 15   8/23/2012 at 22:58 (4,235 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Congrats!

 

Your drawings and machine look fantastic!


Post# 619650 , Reply# 16   8/23/2012 at 23:03 (4,235 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Night and day difference

in the tub!

I would put this into use....but that's just me.


Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 619651 , Reply# 17   8/23/2012 at 23:10 (4,235 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Bajaspuma,  you picked out a very nice mobilemaid,  congratulations.  alr


Post# 619802 , Reply# 18   8/24/2012 at 14:55 (4,234 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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Hey Ken CONGRATS!   It sure is perfect inside, isn't it?   WOW!

 

Is this the one that was out here in my area?

 

It sure is a beauty!

 

Kevin


Post# 619838 , Reply# 19   8/24/2012 at 16:35 (4,234 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Kevin,

 

Yeah. It was the one in Studio City. and the seller was an interesting person.Wink I'm still holding out for an SU-70 and, of course, The Empress, but I'm happy to have what was basically the first dishwasher we ever owned. The plastisol on the interior is so new that it gives off a smell like new Silly Putty. And when I examined the racks and the silverware basket I could find no gouges or scratches that would indicate that anyone ever loaded anything in them. It's unbelievably light and quiet. I think I'm going to use it as a second daily driver, but I'll have to make some space for it.

 

These dishwashers must have made many housewives in the early Sixties very happy. I've known many kitchens that would have accommodated a nice portable like this one.

 

For the first time I got to see the impeller spin in the empty tub. Very fast! These machines are basically big ol' blenders that don't destroy a tub full of dishes simply by limiting the amount of water that hits that blade! Those GE engineers figured out how to exploit fluid dynamics in a very effective way. In some ways the Power Shower is the more sophisticated mechanism in this unit.

 

John, thanks for the encouragement about the hoses. They seem actually to work, but all that brown rubber is flaking off of the netting around the inner tubes as we speak. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can detach them from the chrome unicouple and just screw on new ones. The only age this unit shows is on the exterior, probably from being left outside for years. The chrome is very scratched and pitted, which is a shame but only cosmetic. I love the GE textolite top with its many snowflake/sparkle motifs; I wish I could buy enough to cover my kitchen counters with it.


Post# 619840 , Reply# 20   8/24/2012 at 16:38 (4,234 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Pink, pink and more pink!

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I didn't notice the pink snowflakes in the top - how cute!

Post# 619843 , Reply# 21   8/24/2012 at 16:45 (4,234 days old) by moparguy (Virginia)        

Cool dishwasher! And I agree... I would love a countertop of that design!


Post# 619993 , Reply# 22   8/25/2012 at 07:50 (4,233 days old) by mikepaquette ()        
YAY

The Cadilac of my dream machines. " Congratulations". Still praying to the dishwasher Gods for one for me. Would love to play with that. Dailey driver? Please keep us posted . Michael

Post# 620002 , Reply# 23   8/25/2012 at 09:28 (4,233 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Thank you all as usual for the good words. I will let you know what happens.

 

I've already hooked up a new drain hose and am looking for a new unicouple so I can hook it up to the kitchen sink. Do any of you know of a good source for these unicouple hoses? I found a few on eBay but they are ridiculously expensive and I don't feel like shelling out that kind of money for two hoses and a connector. It would be cheaper just to buy some local portable dishwasher and scalp the hoses and trash the unit, which is what I may end up doing.

 

I just love top-loading dishwashers. Sigh. yet another passion/obsession that creates no positive cash flow. Why couldn't I have been interested in hedge funds and derivatives?


Post# 620009 , Reply# 24   8/25/2012 at 10:54 (4,233 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Oh Ken

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you are a riot! hedge funds and derivatives!!
Nice machine, I haven't seen that much pink since I left home many moons ago and used our '61 roll out model!

Love that power shower, ours must have had that but never looked up under the roll out cage.



Post# 620018 , Reply# 25   8/25/2012 at 11:57 (4,233 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Ken, years ago when one of my accounts was having a new commercial washer and dryer installed in an odd place, they had to have hoses made for the supply lines to the washer as they were a bit too far from the machine to use the stock hoses. They went to a plumbing supply house and had them made custom length. I asked if they could make any kind of hose using different ends than the hose bibs and was told they can do most anything if the fittings are standard. You might take your old hoses & fitting ends in to a place like this and see what they say... Might be cheaper than ebay.

Post# 620034 , Reply# 26   8/25/2012 at 12:57 (4,233 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
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The old hoses are easy to replace, you can cut off the factory crimped clamp rings and just replace the rubber and use the correct size worm-gear clamps. If you want band type clams again there are all kinds of companies that remake hose sets for automotive air-conditioning and hydrolic lines etc that can make new hose sets and keep the neat original Uni-cupple.



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