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Post# 750339 4/15/2014 at 16:43 (3,657 days old) by GadgetGary  (Bristol,CT) |
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Post# 750341 , Reply# 1 4/15/2014 at 16:44 (3,657 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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A close up shot | ||
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Post# 750383 , Reply# 2 4/15/2014 at 20:04 (3,657 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ) |
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Hiya, Has it just started "not cleaning well", or has it always had that problem? She gave no thought to repair? | ||
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Post# 750400 , Reply# 3 4/15/2014 at 21:08 (3,657 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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Actually, | ||
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Post# 750402 , Reply# 4 4/15/2014 at 21:42 (3,657 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 750403 , Reply# 5 4/15/2014 at 21:48 (3,657 days old) by sambootoo (Moody, AL) |
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Several of these have turned up locally on Craigslist lately. Are they that bad? One ad says "doesn't clean as well as a new one..." another says "doesn't dry well." | ||
| Post# 750413 , Reply# 7 4/15/2014 at 22:45 (3,657 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
Maytag 300 Had that machine. Nothing but trouble. Didn't clean well because the flimsy lower wash arm would get caught on the rusting lower rack, and hence didn't turn. Not to mention the control panel kept going out. The handle latch broke, recalled for fire hazard. Racks rusted through after 18 months. It would clean well if you babysat it and freed the wash arm when it got stuck several times a cycle.
I too bought a Kitchenaid and replaced the Maytag 300 "quiet" series. Love the Kitchenaid, very well built, quiet, efficient, and cleans everytime. It's also the top rated dishwasher. Only one dislike, and I understand the premise. . . the silverware basket. You have to load each piece individually in it's own little hole. This does keep the silverware from nesting, but it's a inconvenience. A minor one, but inconvenient.
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Post# 750455 , Reply# 8 4/16/2014 at 05:46 (3,656 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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load each piece individually in it's own little hole. 
No you don't!! You have made that your choice. But you don't have to do that. That was my Kenmore Elite. I removed the stupid little slot thing and just load my flatware in the basket like an old fashioned silverware basket for dishwashers. Far easier and I have no cleaning issues. I think these things with the little holes in the basket "lid" are stupid.
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| Post# 750456 , Reply# 9 4/16/2014 at 06:08 (3,656 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
Not 100 percent sure | ||
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Post# 750459 , Reply# 10 4/16/2014 at 07:22 (3,656 days old) by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL) |
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Had that same machine... | ||
| Post# 750506 , Reply# 11 4/16/2014 at 11:15 (3,656 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 750878 , Reply# 13 4/18/2014 at 08:07 (3,654 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
31 300 Flavors | ||
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Post# 750920 , Reply# 14 4/18/2014 at 11:11 (3,654 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Maytag Tall Tub DWs
Were all made in a plant in Tennessee, these DWs were plagued with many problems from the onset and while MT still owned the name they made over 40 improvements to this DW. WP continued to operate this plant building DWs for several years after they took over MT, and initially WP said they would keep this DW line going because the factory was new and very efficient. After a few years they pulled the plug on MTs DW design as it was just to troublesome and all WP built DWs come out of the Findley Ohio plant now.
There were no hybrid WP-MT DWs, they are all one or the other. Allen are you sure you have a MT designed DW or a MT labeled DW that came from Findley Oh. A picture of the interior of your DW or the model & serial # will tell which one you have. | ||
| Post# 750931 , Reply# 15 4/18/2014 at 12:12 (3,654 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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Your six year old Maytag may have been built after the Whirlpool acquisition seven years ago. Maybe the quality was improved.
Mine was troubl--alls I saysing. I loved my first Maytag, a Jet-clean from 1999, was not fond of the 300 Series in the new house. Some people are having trouble with the Kitchenaid machines. I have not had any. The Kitchenaid baskets are not covered to prevent light weight items from flying. They are to hold the cutlery upright so they don't nest. bit of a pain, but as Bob says you don't have to use it that way the covers do fold out of the way. I notice the GE we have here at work has the same set up, those disappeared after about the first week. People around here are too lazy to load the thing let alone take the time to poke the handles through the holes. Even has a place for chop sticks. | ||
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Post# 750937 , Reply# 16 4/18/2014 at 12:26 (3,654 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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Interior Shot | ||
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Post# 750968 , Reply# 17 4/18/2014 at 14:58 (3,654 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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New dishwasher | ||
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Post# 751017 , Reply# 18 4/18/2014 at 18:18 (3,654 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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Per request | ||
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Post# 751018 , Reply# 19 4/18/2014 at 18:20 (3,654 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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2nd shot | ||
| Post# 751030 , Reply# 20 4/18/2014 at 19:26 (3,654 days old) by aladude () | ||
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Does anyone here have experience with the 3-rack JetClean? | ||
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Post# 751031 , Reply# 21 4/18/2014 at 19:31 (3,654 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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I have this model 300.....bought at Sears on clearance around 2003/4.....still running strong....never an issue....still in beautiful shape....I changed out the top rack from a scrap machine for the adjustable one....depending on the size, most big plates fit the top rack on one side....and especially cookie sheets fit nicely....very quiet too
have no use for those flip down side racks....nothing was short enough to fit underneath.....their not in the way, but could just remove them | ||
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Post# 751144 , Reply# 23 4/19/2014 at 08:38 (3,653 days old) by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL) |
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Mine was identical... | ||
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Post# 751603 , Reply# 24 4/21/2014 at 07:49 (3,651 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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MT TT DWs
Sounds like you guys have the real MT design, as I mentioned this DW had a rocky start when MT introduced it in the early 2000s and they did a lot of improvements on it and they diffidently got better as time when on.
I did think that it was a shame that the design was not kept, it was a lot easier to install and service than most TT DW designs built today. And many gave little problem, the worst problems on later ones were electronics and as always on these cheap plastic control panels, handles and door latches that broke all too easily. | ||
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Post# 751761 , Reply# 25 4/21/2014 at 22:15 (3,651 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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Maytag | ||
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Post# 751954 , Reply# 27 4/22/2014 at 16:28 (3,650 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 751956 , Reply# 28 4/22/2014 at 16:33 (3,650 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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OK, unplugged. We'll leave it like this overnight. In the morning we'll plug it back in and test it. | ||
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