Another small wash party was held this past weekend in Peoria

[dishwashercrazy]

This past weekend, we had another small wash party at my house. Michael (gedish1947) came from Detroit for a visit. Last October, he decided to have a Moving Sale and everything had to go in his dishwasher collection. Exactly one year ago on November 1st, I acquired from Michael my first operational G.E. Electric Sink (1948, the one I made videos of and put up on YouTube) plus a 1948 Hotpoint dishwasher, a 1956 KitchenAid KD-11P dishwasher, and a 1957 KitchenAid KD-12P dishwasher, plus a KDS-14 which went on to Greg in Omaha. Michael and I have stayed in touch, but we had never met in person. He has been wanting to come see my growing dishwasher collection. When we decided on a weekend for a visit, I jumped at the chance to invite in a few friends on Sunday for a short notice wash party. Besides Michael, there were Todd (vericyclevoice), and Aaron (awooff) here, plus two other friends from the Peoria area, Russ and Roger.

I am indebted to both Todd and Michael. They helped me diagnose a very noisy drain solenoid on my newly acquired 1956 Frigidaire Spin Tube Dishwasher [I got it from Ben (swestoys) who had gotten it form Greg (gansky1) who had gotten it from Chris (christfr) who got it on eBay about 5 years ago.] I had already run the machine and diagnosed some leak problems. I’ll post a new thread about this dishwasher later. But I had picked up a piece of Plexiglas for this machine – Todd and Michael assisted me in trimming it to size so that we could fit it on the machine. It worked wonderfully and we all had a blast watching this machine run. Michael also helped me repair the tub gasket on the 1956 G.E. pull-out dishwasher that came from New York, that was so damaged in removal and shipping.

Over the three days, we ran twice the 1950 G.E. Stand-Alone dishwasher that recently came from Matt (everythingold) in Grand Rapids. We ran the GE Mobile Maid (with Plexiglas cover), the James twice, the Homart Electric Sink/Dishwasher (with Plexiglas cover), the 1948 GE Electric Sink/Dishwasher (with Plexiglas cover). And we washed clothes in the Maytag Neptune, the Poppy Red 1-18, the G.E. Mini-Basket, Maytag A511 Sudsaver, Maytag E2L and Easy Spinner. The 1949 G.E. Electric Sink/Dishwasher in my kitchen was run several times too.

Both Todd and Michael brought some users guides, vintage magazine ads, and other service literature. That plus more of the same that I have acquired in the past year, gave us a lot of things to look at. We simply ran out of time before we could look at everything. And there were several dishwashers that we didn't have time to run either.

Here are a few pictures of the fun, starting with the 1956 Frigidaire Spin Tube dishwasher.

Mike

 

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Pictured here left to right are Michael, Aaron and Todd who are standing over the mid-50’s James.

Michael thinks that this James was actually an accessory to a range - suggested by the vented grill.

 

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Pictured here left to right are myself, Aaron and Michael with a load of whites washing in the 1946 Maytag E2L.

 

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Looking over some Owners manuals and other literature are Todd and Michael.

In the background is that 1949 G.E. Electric Sink that came from Greg in Massachusetts. In the three days that Michael was here, we ran that dishwasher seven times. I just am having so much fun having it here in my kitchen where I can wash dishes in 10 minutes!

 

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Just about to dig into a dish of homemade Lasagna are left to right: Aaron, Todd, myself, Roger and Michael.

 

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Left to right: Roger, Michael, Russ, Aaron and Todd.

 

[launderess]

All Lads Together Then Eh?

Looks like a good time was had by all!

Thank you for sharing

 

[turquoisedude]

Love the spin-tube!

Congratulations on getting that going again, Mike!! It looks great!! I am sure it was a great time, too - thanks for sharing!!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Spin Tubes

And another grand time was had by all, thanks for sharing the pics, great to put names to faces as well!!

Any pics of the Frigidaire spintube in action??

 

[gansky1]

How did the baking dish come out of the dishwasher??

Looks like a great time - good food, dirty dishes and laundry, an AW.org tradition!

 

[tlee618]

Mike, thanks so much for sharing the fun pictures. I know you guys had a fantastic time. I hope that if you do this event again that I will be able to attend sometime. As Greg said, nothing better than good friends, good food, dirty dishes and laundry!!

Terry

 

[norgeway]

James Dishwasher..

The James you have came with a Universal gas range...made in Chicago by the Cribben and Sexton co.,it rolled out from the left of the oven where the storage drawer would have been.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Thanks all.....

Yes, it was great fun. Everyone says they always have a good time when we get together here.

Laundress: Thanks and you're welcome. I need to chat to you about my Hoover Model 0510 - it's missing a water pump and spinner belt. I don't know where to get these parts. I'll start a new thread about that later.

Paul: Thanks and you're welcome. Wish you could have been here again. Yes, the Spin Tube is going despite a water pump seal leak out of the weep hole.

Mike: Yes, now that I have overcome a very loud vibrating drain solenoid, and contained the water pump seal leak with a hose connected directly for draining water away, plus I have the Plexiglas trimed to fit the opening, I plan to do another video of the Spin Tube in action. Give me a few days, and I'll have it ready to share in a separate discussion thread.

Greg: The baking dish received a pre-soak and scraping, and it came out of the G.E. with only a couple of spots of cheese remaining, which wiped out nicely. Nice thing about the G.E. impeller dishwasher is that even though it's not perfect, it removes all traces of grease in the wash, and if anything is left, it wipes right off.

We did have a great time, and I always tell my friends, "dirty as many dishes as you can" so that we have no excuse to run the dishwasher!

Terry: Thanks, and I'll hold you to coming to Peoria one of these days.

Hans (norgeway): Wow, now the mystery is solved - a Universal gas range...made in Chicago by the Cribben and Sexton co. What are the chances of us getting a photo of one of those, or I'd settle for an advertisement photo.

Mike

 

[mickeyd]

Great pix--always so interesing and warm to see the people i

If the hose leading up the wall to the drainpipe is from the Maytag, it's no surprize. Their pumps are as forceful as sump pumps. WHOOOOSHHHH

I would love to see a spin-tube in action.

 

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Michael: Regarding the drain pipe hose going up the wall - In July when I re-plumbed my basement to enable me to hook up all of the dishwashers and washing machines, I was at a loss as to how to move drain water clear across my basement to the sewer line. I have no floor drains in that area of the basement either. I set up a laundry sink (next to the E2L), bought a GE washing machine pump & motor, then made the necessary drain connections, and gave it a test run. I was successful in proving the concept, but I needed a check valve just above the pump to keep the laundry sink from filling back up with water from the drain hose after the pump was shut off. The hose that you see in the photo drops into a PVC pipe which crosses over a doorway, then drops down and along the wall, to the sewer pipe. The power cord for the pump is plugged into a switched outlet next to the sink.

Oh, and the smaller hose coming from the left in the photo below, connecting to a dishwasher drain fitting - that hose is coming from my Double Dexter machine drain. If I plug the laundry sink drain, then open the drains on the Dexter, and turn the pump on, it will suck the water right out of the Dexter.

 

[mickeyd]

Not surprised you used a GE pump; they're so powerful an

Beautiful plumbing--my dad was a plumber and he'd have loved your intricate work, but GOOD GOD you have a Double-tub Dexter. May I trouble you for a picture?

And Congrats on solving the Dexter weakness--its pump! So the GE just sucks the daylights out of the weak idling Dexter. Awesome.

AGAIN: Smart, thoughtful, original pipe-works, you have there! Thank You.

 

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Michael: Thank you for the comments, and you are welcome. Credit for the copper work goes almost entirely to my brother, Jay. I had the ideas for the basic layout of all of the plumbing, but it was his expertise sweating joints that makes it look so professional. The manifold for 4 hot and 4 cold washer hookups was especially challenging - you can see it to the far right behind the pink Maytag P124. In all, I have full hookups and drain for 8 automatic washers.

Ah, the Dexter. My Dexter is likely from 1959, and by then Philco had bought out the Dexter company, so this machine says Philco in addition to Dexter. This machine came from St. Louis via Craigslist. I've only cleaned it up good; the former owners had tried not too successfully to paint the area in between the tubs, where I guess water would collect and had rusted.

I go overboard everytime. The attached photo composite includes photos that I have previously shared: one of me at age 14 months - standing in my Mom's Dexter. The second photo of me (age 3 1/2) and my younger sister taken in August 1956. And a photo of a postcard that I got on eBay - it's the exact model that my Mom had.

The train calendar in the background I believe is Burlington Northern. I was nuts about trains when I was little too. But Dishwashers and Washing Machines have prevailed.

Both my Mom's machine and my machine were/are Gravity Drain - so no pump. The GE pump indeed sucks the water right out of the tubs when the drain valves are opened.

Mike

 

[mickeyd]

Hello Michael

The picture of you and your sister in the tubs with the agitator handles "ON" is hilarious.

The aerial shot of the chrome, the beige, the black, and the burgundy is gorgeous.

You and Mom were better off with gravity drains. The pink Dexters I had were fun, but the pump and the valves were always troublesome, probably fine when new, but after 30 years, not so agile.

Thank you for the beautiful photos.

PS I just scrolled up again and love the one of you in the tub--so young and clearly already hooked. The story of our lives here at Aworg. Wonderful.

 

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Exactly - clearly already hooked at age 14 months!

Glad you liked the pictures Michael.

As for the gravity drain - I don't have one single floor drain available to me in this basement where I can place this machine to drain. I needed to be innovative to try to figure out how I was going to drain them. I'm happy with my solution.

Mike