That looks like a god awful Thermador machine.  If it is run like hell and don't look back.  A modern GE would do better.

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This is in fact a bona fide Norris Industries Waste King dishwasher. THEY built Thermador SS machines; not the other way around. These were wonderful machines with a major flaw; the stainless tubs weren't as durable as they wanted us to believe. But with proper care and environments; they could and did last a long time. For 10 dollars, I'd grab it!!!

OH yeah, this is an early 1970s version before the Steam Machine came alng.   Ours was 1968 and buttons were white square and timer dial was white rather than black.  Noisy, but fun!!! 

Eddie, have you forgotten the Thundering Thermador that Nate and I revived a few years ago, and that I put up with for a year before handing it off to Nate in favor of my ISE Classic Supreme?

Nate devoted a detailed thread to the Thermador in his "Machines of Ill Repute" series, and the adjective "worst" was used to describe cleaning ability among other shortcomings, such as its silly steam cycles.

This is one machine that I think I can safely say will never darken Nate's door again, and if one did, David wouldn't waste any time in filing for divorce.  Perhaps an earlier model WK/Thermador would have a chance, but not this particular design.  We have both been scarred for life by the Thundering Thermador which captivated us with its outward beauty, but devastated us with its film-at-11 results.

Sorry to disrupt your "party", but this was BEFORE Thermadore label was put on these.  This was not a bad machine at all and was before steam machine cycles.  About 3 years newer than our 1968 model, ours was the next model up.

Unfortunately, the 3 households that had Steam Machines from 1976 or 1977, never usede the Steam cycle(s0 when I was arounds.  So I never got to eexperience all those sounds.  But they cleaned well on medium to medium heavy dish soiled loads of say 22 dinner plates and corresponding glasses and such in the top rack. 

ANY Hobart/KA,  of this vintage could out do it and ask for more.  The Hobart/KA  machine of the time had a superior wash system and better racking.  

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This was a totally unique DW design that came from the WK side of Norris Industries, the owner of Thermador Appliances. TD did build their own SS tanked DW in the 1960s-into the early 1970s, The TD DW was a totally different machine and appeared to be a much better designed and built DW. The real TDs had a filter and used very small holes in the wash arms like early MT DWs. At some point in the early 1970s TD quit building their DW and started putting the TD name on the WK machine.

The WK DWs had lots of problems with the main pump and motor, door hinges and door springs, detergent dispensers, and broken wiring in the door hinge area. The performance of these machines was hampered by a crude main pump and a lack of any type of a filtering system, I would rate te overall construction above a D&M DW with its cleaning performance below the D&M. And that is not saying that either DW brand was even good in any major respect.

Andy, that is so awesome!

At least we know those tubes were good for something related to cleaning since they performed so miserably at their intended function.

Thanks for the reminder Andy, I did indeed replace quite a few of those towers, and I still have one good used one left if someone ever needs it, that tower has been NLA for many years now but I cannot think of a single customer that still has one of these DWs in their home.

Yea we had a rental years ago that had Wasteking dishwasher's after my Gram bought the place they were always leaking and going

through the ceiling under it.Nobody would touch them with a ten foot pole and these Apartments were not cheap to rent.She had to 

replace all of the dishwasher's with Bosch dishwasher's..

Where do you folks think I learned how to "BobLoad".  It originated with our 1968 WK.  Stuff over the smaller plates put in the front.  Both WKs, one of the flatware baskets was immediately removed.  Could put a deep mixing bowl there or a cake pan on that right side or a skillet.  For a family of 5 the left side held enough dinner plates and smaller plates.  The whole right side of the bottom could be used for all sorts of bulky stuff.  Mom had a pasta pot with strainer insert that fit just right on the front right side.  More than one large cookie sheet was a challenge--mom bought some smaller ones so all of them would fit in the load lol.  Only other "challenge" were Texas-size ice tea glasses--they usually ended up being put in the bottom rack.  Roy, regarding the cookware cycle--it was the full cycloe without heated dry.  BUT, the 3rd & final rinse had about 6 or 7 minute span on timer dial for allowing initial water heating pause before thermostat turned off timer to assure 155 degrees was reached.  On Cookware, that final rinse ran for about 8 minutes.  No heat on utensil/cookware cycle (or very little) was very much a late 1950s and 1960s approach.  Our 1960 WK, the Pot/Pan cycle ended after the first post rinse.  The moveable/removable upper rack dividiers didn't become a feature until this particular series was brouight out in early 1970s. 

I would buy this thing is a sec if it was around here.I love Old Wasteking disposer's and I did fix some leaks on some of these with J&B Weld that stuff works pretty good but, you have to get the mix just right.

Here is another thing I have

At least from my experience with the THD 3600, I never have enjoyed more thorough drying from any other dishwasher.  I almost never had to wipe out cup bottoms upon removal from that machine. 

Here's a shot of a finished BobLoad in my Thermador.  As Nate mentioned above, the upper arm on these machines is very thin, and as a result the platter seen in the picture was able to clear it. The bottom rack wasn't designed for the weight of a BobLoad and would flex as a result.  It would also run off its rails with just an average load.  Also notice how the poor design caused the wheels to scrape the door gasket and chew it up. 

Once I had conquered the overly restrictive lower rack on that machine, I was beyond ready to move on to something more capable and accommodating and was thrilled to find an ISE Classic Supreme for a mere $25.  I quickly 86'd the Thundering Blundering Thermador and never looked back.