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I found a dishwasher! |
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Post# 716154   11/18/2013 at 23:06 (3,805 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716155 , Reply# 1   11/18/2013 at 23:07 (3,805 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716156 , Reply# 2   11/18/2013 at 23:15 (3,805 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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A similar machine was the successor to my grandmother's '67 Mobile Maid. I loved the performance, and was thoroughly pissed that we only got to use the dishwasher when company was over. Otherwise, all that snowflake Corelle was swished through the sink. :-)
The triangular section in the top rack goes on the far-right; it makes for a removable section of tines. Thank God your bottom rack doesn't have the triangular fixed tines. Those were sucksters. If it's not a hose, the carbon-porcelain seal on these sometimes went to poo when enough broken glass found its way into the impellers and blew vanes off of them, thus unbalancing the impellers and fragging the seal--sometimes you'll find bits of the impellers and chunks of glass or olive pits in the wash arms. A little scraping and careful loading goes a long way. WCI/Electrolux sold seal kits for these that were super-easy to install if you needed one. Beware the fragile detergent dispenser. :-) |
Post# 716157 , Reply# 3   11/18/2013 at 23:15 (3,805 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 716212 , Reply# 4   11/19/2013 at 05:08 (3,804 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 716214 , Reply# 5   11/19/2013 at 05:50 (3,804 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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These had their faults, but at least use enough water to wash and thoroughly rinse in a normal amount of time unlike today's machines. I hope you use it for a long time and in good health. |
Post# 716227 , Reply# 6   11/19/2013 at 07:23 (3,804 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)   |   | |
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Post# 716230 , Reply# 7   11/19/2013 at 07:34 (3,804 days old) by oldskool (Kansas City, MO)   |   | |
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Congratulations. Hope you have many years of use from it. I always liked the sounds of these dishwashers. |
Post# 716240 , Reply# 8   11/19/2013 at 10:55 (3,804 days old) by joefuss1984 (Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 716274 , Reply# 11   11/19/2013 at 14:45 (3,804 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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Post# 716314 , Reply# 13   11/19/2013 at 16:37 (3,804 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716315 , Reply# 14   11/19/2013 at 16:37 (3,804 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716317 , Reply# 15   11/19/2013 at 16:49 (3,804 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 716355 , Reply# 16   11/19/2013 at 20:49 (3,804 days old) by rustyspaatz ()   |   | |
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You found a super and rare KM that is 30 years old and looks in great shape.
Love the brochure Pete. I agree with you about the stuff of today. |
Post# 716445 , Reply# 17   11/20/2013 at 08:03 (3,803 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716446 , Reply# 18   11/20/2013 at 08:09 (3,803 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716458 , Reply# 19   11/20/2013 at 09:21 (3,803 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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Post# 716465 , Reply# 20   11/20/2013 at 09:56 (3,803 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 716482 , Reply# 21   11/20/2013 at 11:19 (3,803 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716488 , Reply# 22   11/20/2013 at 11:45 (3,803 days old) by william637 (Damp pants? Not a chance. )   |   | |
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Post# 716501 , Reply# 23   11/20/2013 at 12:43 (3,803 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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....About the lack of a filter? These models had a soft-food disposer blade, and in my experience, it worked very well indeed.
I gifted my mother a brand-new TOL 1973 or '74 Lady Kenmore; not even she - The Appliance Killer herself - had any problems whatsoever with redeposit onto dishes. And it was everything we could do to get her to take the turkey carcass off the platter when she put Thanksgiving dishes into that machine. She had lots of problems later, when she finally killed the Lady K and replaced it with a lower-MOL GE, but the Kenmore was a total, total champ in that department. |
Post# 716510 , Reply# 24   11/20/2013 at 13:14 (3,803 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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This is a great performing machine as it has nearly the same washing pump and principle of the earlier Roto-rack machines. You generally don't have to even scrap the dishes before loading them in this machine as it grinds up and disposes the food waste down the drain. It is extremely rare for me to see any residual food deposits and I like the fact that there is no filter to have to clean. Salad plates go right in along with any other soft food that is left.
While overall long-term durability might be lacking, it sure is a great performing dishwasher. I found an earlier version of that same machine nearly unused earlier in the year which I absolutely loved... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK |
Post# 716559 , Reply# 26   11/20/2013 at 16:05 (3,803 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716654 , Reply# 28   11/20/2013 at 21:46 (3,803 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716715 , Reply# 29   11/21/2013 at 04:24 (3,802 days old) by atari_master ()   |   | |
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Anyone have one of these they would part with |
Post# 716758 , Reply# 30   11/21/2013 at 09:10 (3,802 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 716889 , Reply# 31   11/21/2013 at 17:21 (3,802 days old) by atari_master ()   |   | |
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hey i just sent you a email |