Thread Number: 64785
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
Frigidaire Custom Imperial DW-CITP Wont Advance |
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Post# 874424 , Reply# 1   3/25/2016 at 19:02 (2,924 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 874428 , Reply# 2   3/25/2016 at 19:31 (2,924 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 874429 , Reply# 3   3/25/2016 at 19:34 (2,924 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 874475 , Reply# 5   3/26/2016 at 05:01 (2,924 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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I hope you get it going. The folks here know there stuff and if parts are available I bet you'll get it going.
We'd love to see pictures of the inside of the machine, the sprayer mechanism at the bottom if you have time to take some.
If I'm not mistaken this may be the Portable/Top Load version of the Frigidaire Built-In that Samantha Stevens (Bewitched) had in her kitchen. So there's a little history for you on this machine.
BTW, did that machine by any chance come from Craigslist in Youngstown, Ohio? |
Post# 874488 , Reply# 7   3/26/2016 at 09:47 (2,924 days old) by miele_ge (Danbury, Connecticut)   |   | |
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Does it have the "slant top" with butcher block surface? Loved the sound it made when you pressed the cancel/drain button. Can you please post a photo of the control panel and inside of the unit? Also, I remember racks being attached to top of the lid for glasses, etc. Do you still have those?
Thanks and I really hope you get it running.
Alan
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Post# 874506 , Reply# 8   3/26/2016 at 12:53 (2,924 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Lucky you are, it's the first time I see the portable version with the rapid-advance timer. In Canada, the only model available was the Imperial which my friend Paul bought me as a gift! It also has the wood top but it lacks the rapid advance timer and the auxiliary spray arm.
I do have the DW-JMP front-loading version which used to be a mobile dishwasher but it's now an undercounter model.
It was working when I got it but I also had to replace the Kingston timer motor. In fact, I got a NOS timer for it but I reused the defective timer with a brass gear from Dave's repair and installed it in a '67 Rollermatic washer.
www.davesrepair.com/Parts/9956650...
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Post# 874509 , Reply# 9   3/26/2016 at 13:06 (2,924 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Yes, the round thing is the timer motor, which is what John and I felt was the culprit. It sounds like you've got the upper hand now, and that this machine will be fully operational before too long. Nice work!
The tower is what I suspected -- a "Space Needle" with a hole in the top to operate the spinner in the lid.
Re: the slant top question above, per picture #2 in the OP, the top of the tub is slanted, so the lid may be as well. The first dishwasher my parents ever owned was the absolutely, positively bottom of the bottom of the line 1970 Montgomery Wards Signature version of this machine -- not even as nice as the one pictured below. It was loud. I suspect the sound insulation on a deluxe machine would be somewhat better, but these were by no means quiet during operation.
Where's Nate? Somebody pass him the smelling salts!
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Post# 874701 , Reply# 10   3/28/2016 at 10:58 (2,922 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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That is fabulous! I loved our Custom Imperial wash-arm machine from the late seventies. Well, in looks, at least. I never could get it to perform well with non-softened water, no matter how much I dinked around with it and tried different detergents. Its washing ability was always just about at the level of a BOL GE.
The idea of making the innards more accessible is a worthy design quest, and leave it to Frigidaire to come up with something brilliantly unorthodox. I love that the little spinning-disc constant rinse is still there on the top.
The space-needle tower in that configuration provided the *best* washing I ever had. The little '69 that Andy found us was the best Super Surge we had; it washed beautifully, and the embossed panel was a looker, too.
Congratulations on a gorgeous find, and I'll be keen to hear if Dave's machined brass timer gear gets you back in business! I just bought one of those myself, to get the 1-18 back to good with its original timer motor. |
Post# 874863 , Reply# 12   3/29/2016 at 17:18 (2,920 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 874905 , Reply# 14   3/29/2016 at 21:24 (2,920 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 874909 , Reply# 15   3/29/2016 at 22:07 (2,920 days old) by miele_ge (Danbury, Connecticut)   |   | |
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That was our first dishwasher (ours was white). We bought it used from a friend who didn't want to wheel it around - Dad ran plumbing and made it a permanent install and we used it till we redid the kitchen in 1973 or 1974.
I thought it was the neatest machine... if you ever get tired of it, please let us know. Not sure I could convince my SO of the wisdom of acquiring it, but there are others who would give it a loving home.
Happy washing to you!
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