A slice of Roto Racking, Green Colored Portable Dishwasher Goodness!

[redcarpetdrew]

I have discovered a new haunt to check. The Habitat For Humanity Store. An Interesting collection of all sorts of things. As I was looking around, I heard two people talking about a 'Old piece of junk dishwasher' that they were thinking of buying to take it apart for the power cord reel and casters. Hmmmm... I decided to go look for myself (rather quickly) and saw a collection of misc. appliances donated from other jobs. And right there in the middle was this little one. I couldn't resist and paid a few bucks and hauled it away from the vultures.

A shaded green portable Sears dishwasher. It looked rather high end for it's time.

Model: 587.71360
Serial: 422420268

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Say Ahhhhhhh!

The paint needs a little tlc but not bad. I wonder... ROTO-RACK! VERY clean inside! This was cared for!

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The racks are flawless! No nicks, dings, rust anywhere. See?

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Another shot...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The lower Rack with basket...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Clean door and tub...

 

[joe_in_philly]

It looks brand new! Congrats!

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The console is in great shape.

 

[appnut]

Drew, it doesn't look hardly used at all.  Can I see up-close of the control panel please? 

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Console left. All the lighted buttons work fine. A 145 deg. wash option...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

And for Bob... LOL!

The right side...

 

[appnut]

Thank you  Drew.  I've never seen one of these upclose, nor even in person. 

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Now, what REALLY caught my eye...

was the top. I don't remember seeing a top like this being made of a soft feeling material. In great shape with a design embossed into it. Let's see if I can picture it...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The design...

Got it! It's raised above the surface of the top slightly...

 

[kenmoreguy64]

FAB-U-LOUS Andy, just absolutey dandy fabulous. That must have been fun to find!

G

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The connections...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Now, does it work?

Actually, quite well and remarkably quiet. It really tosses the water around and drains quickly. The down side is that there is a leak from underneath on the right hand side. It is NOT coming from the motor or seals. I suspect either a hose from the pump that supplies water to the upper arm jets or a air gap that's mounted right about where the leak comes from. It should be correctable.

The reason for all the pictures is that this little one is looking for a loving home. My collection's focus is elsewhere but I could not stand to see it gutted while still in great shape. Soooo, SPEAK UP! Anybody want this little slice of green colored, Roto-Racking Portable dishwasher goodness?

RCD

 

[gansky1]

Andrew, that is just beautiful!  Those blue racks just take your breath away.  Don't think I've seen a model with the cutlery basket on the side.  Very good rescue story too, the Habitat store here has some good stuff once in a while, but I doubt something like this would ever make it past the loading dock.

 

[qsd-dan]

It really tosses the water around and drains quickly.

Are we gonna have some video proof of that? *Hint hint*

;>)

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Are we gonna have some video proof of that? *Hint hint*

Actually, I thought of that since I've always wondered what made the Roto move. Maybe in a day or three, I'll shoot some video. OR, I could always stuff you inside, Dan, and you could yell loudly how it does... LOL!!!

RCD

 

[peteski50]

Kenmore!

Real Nice but what is the difference between light wash and short wash? I wonder what year its from?
Peter

 

[qsd-dan]

I could always stuff you inside, Dan, and you could yell loudly how it does..

Lets keep our kinky stuff off the forum, now

 

[a440]

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">What an awesome find!  </span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Great save!</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Are you going to use it?  </span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Thanks for the pictures.</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Brent</span>

 

[peteski50]

Kenmore!

I found this one in my archives - this one at the bottom middle looks simular to this model. This is from the 1967 series.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Wow another totally MINT find, congrats Drew!!! That is one beautiful Roto-Rack!

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Peter

I could be off on this, but I think the Mod # is somewhat like the
Km washing machines of that era, ie 587. "71" 360 suggests that it was either
manufactured in 1971 , or at least intended to be available for that years
offering.

 

[roto204]

Wow!

That is just stunning, Drew!  You weren't kidding about the mintiness!  I love those old Roto Racks with the latch in the middle of the panel.  SO pretty.

 

[appnut]

Short Wash vs. Light Wash

Peter, I've seen something similar on a couple of other D&M dishwashers of this era.  If you will notice, there is no Rinse & Hold.  One of those cycles doesn't include a heated dry and the other one does.  It's like one cycle does the sequence WRR.  The otherr one does the typical "light wash" of RWRR dry. 

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Oops!

By the way Drew, that is quite fabulous!! So glad you were able to save it from
foolish donor duty. Those racks look brand new.

 

[aldspinboy]

Magic Carpet Drew ...

You always find such beautiful machines Drew !

Great find !

It's just as good as Kevin's find last year with the Kenmore he found mint.

Paul your eye's are burning lol.

 

 

Darren k