Recent content by greyh

Some things I forgot It's a gravity drain model, which I'm fine with for maintenance reasons. Less to fix in the future. I emailed that company that advertises dishwasher rack recoating asking for an estimate to media blast and recoat the racks, I'll report back when I get a number. I...

Got it home! It fought a bit, but I successfully got the dishwasher out without damage. It's waiting in my Dad's garage now while my wife and I get our kitchen ready, we'll need to plumb and wire the kitchen for it. Before I pulled it out of the original house I was able to start it and...

Thanks for the thread number! I'll keep all of you updated on what happens when I go to get it tomorrow. Fingers crossed that its in as good of shape as it looks in photos!

Oh really, Interesting. I was trying to guess the model based on the photo but I've only been learning about vintage dishwashers for about four days now, I didn't realize the KD-11 existed. Are there any differences in maintainability and reliability between the KD-11 and KD-12? My little...

Thanks! SteveD I appreciate you digging that up, if I'm able to get the front trim panel off that will at least be a start to seeing how the machine is mounted in the cabinet. Jeb, thanks for the warning. I think this machine is 24", but it won't matter too much either way because I'll be...

Hi all, this is my first post here. I'm looking to buy a late 50's KitchenAid KD-12 dishwasher I found on Facebook Marketplace, I'll be picking it up this Thursday. The machine is still installed in the person's kitchen though, and I'm wondering if there's anything special I need to know when...