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Thread Number: 8520
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| Post# 160816 10/17/2006 at 00:47 (6,395 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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| Post# 160817 , Reply# 1 10/17/2006 at 00:50 (6,395 days old) by washertalk () | ||
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O my god Its harvest Gold. Awesome !! What do you think that is maybe 1972 ish? Congrats. where did you get it? Do you have the lower kick panel? | ||
| Post# 160818 , Reply# 2 10/17/2006 at 00:51 (6,395 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Panels
The panels are off because when I found it, it had a bad water valve (dry-cleaning with dishes never really caught on), a leak where the top spray-arm hose met the pump, and a bad belt (it looked like a Twizzler that had gotten permanently shaped like a stretched oval, and it broke a few minutes into our initial testing). After a few hours of pulling the cabinet (FUN), fiddling with worm-gear clamps, and swapping valves, here she is in all her harvest gold glory (and you can be sure it will be repainted). The bottom kick-panel's off because of service needs and the fact that it'll be repainted soon anyhow. (And because I'm lazy.) The bonus? It's flawless inside. Yay! Not even any goo under the door. 
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| Post# 160819 , Reply# 3 10/17/2006 at 00:53 (6,395 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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LOL
Sorry, Erik. Harvest gold's on my hit-list :-) I can respect the color, though. I found it at a thrift store here--got a two-for, because I also snagged an old D&M Kenmore from which I pilfered a pump, a new wash arm and upper assembly, and racks for the Magic Chef. Yay! Here's a pic of the D&M--there's nothing left inside, unfortunately :-) 
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| Post# 160820 , Reply# 4 10/17/2006 at 00:55 (6,395 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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More Maytag | ||
| Post# 160822 , Reply# 5 10/17/2006 at 00:56 (6,395 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Year of the Maytag | ||
Post# 160840 , Reply# 7 10/17/2006 at 06:28 (6,394 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Post# 160841 , Reply# 8 10/17/2006 at 06:32 (6,394 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 160847 , Reply# 9 10/17/2006 at 07:42 (6,394 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 160849 , Reply# 10 10/17/2006 at 08:11 (6,394 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Hey Nate, Roger told me all about this neat machine. I am so happy that you were able to save her. Terry | ||
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Post# 160850 , Reply# 11 10/17/2006 at 08:18 (6,394 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Beautiful Maytag - you will love the way this cleans. You'll be talking in all caps while it's running though, it's a freight train for the kitchen! Roger is probably right about the date, it's pre-drying fan, post 1975 for sure with the belt-drive pump. Nice shot of the center tower too! I think Sears must have sold one billion + of that model, it was a very popular price point for a not-so-bad dishwasher... | ||
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Post# 160864 , Reply# 12 10/17/2006 at 09:32 (6,394 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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| Post# 160930 , Reply# 14 10/17/2006 at 15:26 (6,394 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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*chuckle*
Thanks, guys. No, I don't have a problem with harvest gold per se, so long as it's in someone else's kitchen. :-) It is destined to become a dark grey, but I will put the panel back on it and take pics while it is still in its (*urp*) sunny hues. Greg, I'm so looking forward to testing this dishwasher with a load of horrific dishes. We did a test piece the other night at Roger's, and it did a fantastic job. I'll have to bring over the jar of peanut butter and start smearing away. It is noisyish, but in that charming "I'm kicking butt" kind of way :-). Terry, we were excited, too! It was one of those days where a random vibe called you into the thrift store :-D I don't usually bring home two dishwashers at a time, but this was an unusual case--a perfect parts machine right there with the perfect next-generation dishwasher :-) Bob, we're contemplating moving soon, so the Magic Chef (with TurboBob™ setting, and nice, new racks) will likely stay behind. The Maytag will become our future built-in. The water tower actually has multiple slits; the lighting of the camera makes it look like there's just the one. The floating timer dial is like our GE that we evicted from the apartment--and yes, it was delightfully harvest gold as well. It was also as loud as the Maytag, only unlike the Maytag, that whole cleaning thing didn't seem to happen. Erik, if you look under thread 8435, "BobLoad in the Magic Chef...it can be done", you'll see pics of the D&M Magic Chef in all its glossy glory :-) | ||
| Post# 160932 , Reply# 15 10/17/2006 at 15:28 (6,394 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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And in the meantime...
The timer does a fun trick whereby the water valve kicks on and off intermittently when it's washing. I'm not overly concerned--I think the overflow protection would kick in if things really got crazy--but it's one of those things that drives you crazy, and it also undermines the integrity of the machine to the appliance-unappreciative :-). So, that's next on the list of things to do, but yes, first is to reassemble panels and snap more pics for you :-). | ||
| Post# 160935 , Reply# 16 10/17/2006 at 15:34 (6,394 days old) by trok_99 () | ||
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adds water during main wash?? If it is adding water a few mins into the main wash portion of the cycle for about 10-15 seconds, that is completely normal. Every belt driven Maytag I ever used did that. | ||
| Post# 160937 , Reply# 17 10/17/2006 at 16:12 (6,394 days old) by mikepaquette () | ||
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Direct or belt drive Am I correct that the direct drive is more quiet? Also in the early direct drive does it have the same racks ? I would love a TOL direct drive with those racks. Mike | ||
| Post# 160941 , Reply# 18 10/17/2006 at 16:30 (6,394 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Really??
Trok, that's interesting. The thing is that it's sporadic about when it does it. Sometimes yes; sometimes no. I first noticed it in the rinse cycle the second time we ran it, but now it does it periodically all the time--just little bursts. Runs for a second, shuts off. A few seconds later, another short burst. It seems weird and more like a flakey timer, but alas, I have no basis for comparison... Mike, yes, the direct-drives are considerably quieter, but Greg and Brent can tell you more about that :-) | ||
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Post# 160963 , Reply# 20 10/17/2006 at 19:14 (6,394 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Nate, some friends here used to have a mid to late 80s belt drive (I let it go when the got rid of it cuz the belt broke). It used to do the water quick add inadvertantly thing off & on too. Now in your case, I THINK this is one of the "tags that prettty much doesn't have a timed fill, but a pressure-switch determined water fulfillment design. Maytag used to have in their literature the dishwasher worked regardless of water pressure. That also may have something to do with water needing to be added once all the sloshing and stuff got going.
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