Portable Dishwasher wanted/needed

Hey everybody, hope you're all safe and sound during these trying times.

As some of you who I speak with off the forums know, my 1998 portable General Electric Potscrubber dishwasher keeps having temper tantrums and I'm sick of messing around with the thing.

Sometimes it leaks a little, sometimes it leaks a lot, sometimes it doesn't leak at all. Sometimes it washes beautifully, sometimes it's yibble city. All of this is random, with no change to my loading habits, detergent, water temperature, etc. This is all after I've replaced the door seal, the pump, and the hoses, all with genuine GE parts.

I only paid $100 for it 3 years ago and it's now over 20 years old, so I really don't feel like it owes me anything.

I'm looking to acquire something a bit more on the vintage side. My holy grail would be a 1980s Maytag JetClean, although those seem to be hard enough to find as builtins, let alone as portables. I am wide open to whatever may be offered in usable condition; Maytag, KitchenAid, Whirlpool/Kenmore, etc. (Though I really would rather avoid another GE!) Color doesn't matter. I can always throw a cover over it if it doesn't go with my kitchen.

I am located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and would prefer not to have to go farther than 4 or 5 hours away to find something.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Post# 1079074 6/28/2020 at 21:23 (1,390 days old) by mjg0619 (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
Checkrate/Likes Hey everybody, hope you're all safe and sound during these trying times. As some of you who I speak with off the forums know, my 1998 portable General Electric Potscrubber dishwasher keeps having temper tantrums and I'm sick of messing around with the thing. Sometimes it leaks a little, sometimes it leaks a lot, sometimes it doesn't leak at all. Sometimes it washes beautifully, sometimes it's yibble city. All of this is random, with no change to my loading habits, detergent, water temperature, etc. This is all after I've replaced the door seal, the pump, and the hoses, all with genuine GE parts. I only paid $100 for it 3 years ago and it's now over 20 years old, so I really don't feel like it owes me anything. I'm looking to acquire something a bit more on the vintage side. My holy grail would be a 1980s Maytag JetClean, although those seem to be hard enough to find as builtins, let alone as portables. I am wide open to whatever may be offered in usable condition; Maytag, KitchenAid, Whirlpool/Kenmore, etc. (Though I really would rather avoid another GE!) Color doesn't matter. I can always throw a cover over it if it doesn't go with my kitchen. I am located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and would prefer not to have to go farther than 4 or 5 hours away to find something. Thanks in advance for any help! View Full Size

Post# 1079206 , Reply# 1 6/29/2020 at 20:20 (1,389 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes *Best Portable DW* 1985-95 WP Power-Clean or its twin KM Ultra-wash. If you want to go a little more vintage and still have something that works get a KA kd15-20 series or a mid 70s through 80s WP portable. The next runner ups would be MTs from mid 70s through the mid 90s, but the earlier MTs are noisy and none of the MTs hold as much as the others I listed, The 90s MTs are not much better than the standard tub GE you have now, they also have the stupid wash tower in the middle of the lower rack. John L.

Post# 1079223 , Reply# 2 6/29/2020 at 22:27 (1,389 days old) by mjg0619 (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
Checkrate/Likes Thanks for your reply and input, John! 1980s into the early 90s is my preferred era, for sure. Since I would imagine you come across all sorts of things in your line of work, would you be able to keep an eye out for a usable machine for me?

Post# 1079283 , Reply# 3 6/30/2020 at 07:33 (1,388 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *Best [ slightly vintage ] Portable DW* I will keep an eye out, the great thing about portable DWs is a lot are purchased and often not used. In an area like where I live is that virtually all houses have a built-in DW and people move here and bring a portable with them that never gets used and eventually gets donated and we find these almost unused DWs. John L.

Post# 1079309 , Reply# 4 6/30/2020 at 11:28 (1,388 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)
Checkrate/Likes this member (Pat Colacicco)was giving away a Whirlpool portable dishwasher.....it is a Power Clean version with a porcelain interior... may still be available....he's in New Jersey.... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Yogitunes's LINK

Post# 1079333 , Reply# 5 6/30/2020 at 14:01 (1,388 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)
Checkrate/Likes *Maytag in Knoxville, TN* $75 lawrence CLICK HERE TO GO TO pulltostart's LINK on Knoxville Craigslist Photos... < > Photo 1 of 3 View Full Size

Post# 1079360 , Reply# 6 6/30/2020 at 18:07 (1,388 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes *Interesting custom color scheme* Unfortunately not very portable, This series of MT DW was a big improvement over the earlier Reverse Rack design, MTs DW sales almost doubled within just a few years after they switched to the Jet-Clean DWs around 1990-1. John L.