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Thread Number: 87496
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
1966 Frigidaire dishwasher |
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| Post# 1120585 , Reply# 1 6/17/2021 at 14:04 (1,037 days old) by Awooff (Peoria, Illinois) | ||
Top of the line dw | ||
Post# 1120614 , Reply# 2 6/17/2021 at 20:05 (1,037 days old) by steved  (Guilderland, New York) |
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Push button What if you held the button in? Does it continue to run? Have you tried different buttons? Try the "Cancel" button? Maybe the contacts in the push button have gotten rusty from not being used. | ||
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Post# 1120615 , Reply# 3 6/17/2021 at 20:22 (1,037 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Beautiful 1966 FD Appliances Always neat to find such lightly used appliances.
This range was the first FD range with a Self-Cleaning Oven, and on top of the very complicated SC system this range also had a very complex Tender-Matic control to regulate the oven temperature when roasting meats.
It will blow your mind if you get this range and remove the back panel and see all the wiring and controls that made these work, It was easily the most complex range ever built except for the Micro-Thermal- SCing ranges.
The bad news is these ovens became very unreliable if they were used much.
The DW is also very interesting, it would be about the 2nd year of FDs newer design DW with the plastic coated tub.
These were pretty good performers that held a lot of dishes, the bad news was again durability, the pump was full of pot-metal parts the corroded quickly and the tubs tended to rust out pretty fast.
Both of these appliances would be great for a collector that was not going to use them as daily drivers.
John L. | ||
| Post# 1120625 , Reply# 4 6/17/2021 at 21:17 (1,037 days old) by spezjunior (Rhode Island) | ||
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Thanks, all. For the suggestions, as well as the bad news about these not being good choices as primary appliances. Unfortunate. Is there a thread with opinions for the "best" choices for daily use appliances? | ||
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Post# 1120661 , Reply# 5 6/18/2021 at 06:57 (1,036 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1120931 , Reply# 8 6/21/2021 at 06:53 (1,033 days old) by spezjunior (Rhode Island) | ||
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So do you use/like your Coppertone, Goatfarmer? (We've got goats, too.) I was wondering that, too, Tomturbomatic. We like to cook, and do, but tend to just use basic functions, and not self clean. And good point, steved. I can't bear the thought of getting something "new and stainless". | ||
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Post# 1120970 , Reply# 9 6/21/2021 at 16:29 (1,033 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 1121302 , Reply# 10 6/24/2021 at 22:18 (1,030 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
i've got a 60's era frigidaire
that looks pretty much like your's inside, same racks and same spray tower in middle. i've had it 10 years and never done a thing to it, still works, doesn't leak.
i also have a box of parts for those frigidaires that i got from a member here a few years ago. and pump seals are available still, you can find them on ebay from time to time, motors also. to me they were very well made machines, at least mine is. | ||
| Post# 1121589 , Reply# 11 6/28/2021 at 08:20 (1,026 days old) by spezjunior (Rhode Island) | ||
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Thanks, rollermatic. Good info. Appreciated. | ||
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Post# 1122517 , Reply# 12 7/6/2021 at 13:41 (1,018 days old) by jakeseacrest (Massachusetts) |
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| Post# 1122581 , Reply# 13 7/7/2021 at 07:54 (1,017 days old) by spezjunior (Rhode Island) | ||
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RIDUs Massachusetts. So far away, Jake. That's a lot of RIDUs (Rhode Island Driving Units). Going to pick up the 1966 stove and dishwasher tomorrow. | ||
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Post# 1122605 , Reply# 14 7/7/2021 at 12:06 (1,017 days old) by Kenmore58 (Rhode Island) |
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| Post# 1122776 , Reply# 15 7/9/2021 at 11:42 (1,015 days old) by spezjunior (Rhode Island) | ||
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Got 'em Thanks, Ron. Good to be here. Picked up the stove and dishwasher yesterday. No rain, fortunately. Stove cleaned up beautifully. Plugged it in. Cooked Chicken Cacciatore. Worked like a champ. Fantastic. Now we'll have a look at the dishwasher. | ||
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Post# 1122819 , Reply# 16 7/9/2021 at 20:35 (1,015 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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