Anyone know what year this KA Dishwasher is?

[joeypete]

I finally found a KA locally! It doesn't have a window but it's awesome lol.

I'm going Saturday to pick it up. The owner said it works great and has no rust. Just not sure how old it is?

Also are panels easy to find for these? I'd rather have black or stainless (if I could find it). I know some have a different color on the opposite side too...

Any comments and suggestions welcome!

Thanks !

 

[chachp]

I have one very similar.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I swap my KDS20 with it from time to time.  I think it's a very well performing machine and is fairly quiet.  I think it's mid 90s machine.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">I have stainless panels on mine.  I got them on eBay.  I found them under part number B-241677 and they do show up on some of the replacement sites but eBay was a better deal.  I would set up a Followed Search with this number and when they pop up you'll get a note. </span>

 

[yogitunes]

I have a Monterey model too......Hurricane in a box!

there should be color panels behind it, if not, you can make your own....

seriously nice find.....

I was thinking Diamond Plate for the next change out.....

 

[whirlykenmore78]

You've found a good Dishwasher:

These came with reversible color panels but as others here have said you can make them also.
As far as the age I want to say late 80's.
Wk78

 

[joeypete]

Cool thanks! I'm pretty excited. I'll have to install it myself. Can't imagine it's terribly complicated but I've never installed a dishwasher before lol.

Hopefully it will have at least black panels in there. I found a stainless set online for $100. Yikes

 

[joeypete]

Also... Where is this model in the line up in terms of features. Is it a Superba? I don't know how these washers were ranked...like what the difference is between the models?

 

[DADoES]

 
It is a Superba.  The "Monterey" Superba model has black/gray trim across the panel instead of brown/woodgrain as on the "Classic" Superba model.

 

[stevet]

Took the words

right out of my mouth, DADoES! Same machines just different trim! Chach, yours is a later version. Hobart never used the term Whisper Quiet.
The later Monterreys built by Whirlpool using PURE Hobart designs had the thick mastic pads on the whole tank. Top, sides, back and bottom and were much quieter than the original Hobart built units. Then with the 22's they cut down on the mastic and dis the top, back and half the sides with nothing on the bottom.
But great cleaning machines.

 

[joeypete]

Very cool! Guess I'll have to wait until I get it and check the serial to see

I'm very excited actually. I've wanted one of these since I was a teenager. Always thought they were cool.

I do remember my friends parents bought a new one and it seemed old lol. I guess because the basic design didn't change much!

 

[delaneymeegan]

As for color panels of SS.

Just an idea I've used: Home Depot, and the like, typically offer "back splash" panels, that go on the back wall behind a stove and the rangehood above.

These can be cut to size with a tin snips.

Have fun with your new toy.
I hope you have a dolly or a studly toy-boy to help you move it. They've been known to double as yacht anchors when someone doesn't know how to fix them properly.

http://www.homedepot.com/s/stainless%2520steel%2520backsplash?NCNI-5

 

[joeypete]

Great idea, thanks!!

Haha no studly boy toy. Just my burly lesbian friend lol.

How much do they weigh? My Amana and Frigidaire were super light. I was surprised. I imagine this tank will be more lol.

Easy to move by hand with 2 people?

 

[chachp]

A burly lesbian friend will do the trick.

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">They are heavy but not like a refrigerator.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">As far as the panels are concerned those Home Depot options look good.  I was lucky.  I got the actual KA Panels on eBay for right around $30 or so I think.  There was a seller that seemed to have a stock pile of them because every time one sold another appeared from the same seller.  I think they started the auction in the $20 range and I just lucked out.  If you want to go that option I would still keep on eye on them.  You never know what might pop up.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">That diamond pattern Stainless could be fun depending on the rest of your décor.</span>

 

[askolover]

it's all metal

with a real motor so it's pretty hefty.  Tony and I moved ours but it wasn't too bad just cumbersome...and it's a WP built one (still porcelain on steel though).  Weighs much more than my previous Jetclean does.  Just don't forget to remove the hydrosweep before you turn it on its back or side because the hydrosweep might slip off and chip the porcelain.  It just lifts off, no screws or anything.  I looked at a few that people were selling and didn't know about that and the interiors were chipped badly.   I wrestled ours into the cabinets by myself (tweren't easy tho).  Wear gloves, I found several sharp edges that could have cut easily had we not.

 

[joeypete]

Awesome...thanks for the tips. She has a Honda Pilot so I think it will be just fine in the back of that. The Hydrosweep is the lower wash arm I assume?

 

[johnb300m]

I've always wondered......

How on earth Hobart was able to finalize a design for that Hydrosweep wash arm where it needed NO fasteners to hold it down?

 

[joeypete]

Gravity? Lol The lower arm on my Frigidaire just pops off too.

So will my current connections fit the KA? I was just planning on unhooking my Frigidaire and hooking up the KA.

 

[a440]

Nice dishwasher!

Your current connections should fit fine.

Does anyone remember if the first design of this Hobart's / Whirlpool cross over have 2 rinses? I can't remember.

 

[delaneymeegan]

Joe, you have a Dyke coming to move and install this.

You can't get any better than that. She will know not only the best way to move the dishwasher, but all the best fittings to install this. Sit back and enjoy the help. If you're lucky, she'll re-grout your tub, too.

Some of us aren't lucky enough to have someone of such..... wait a minute. Do you know for a fact she's a lesi? You only want an ACTUAL dyke. Ask for her card if you don't know. I've seen hetero. married mothers of three, try and pass themselves off as a lesi., but that's a NO GO. Insist ONLY on the best.

Frankly, when you said this was the first DW you've installed, I feared you'd have a medium build, hetero guy friend with a 'my-first-tool-box' in hand, try and help you. Like that idiot from the show home improvement (rolling eyes).

But you're safe. We NEED Pictures of the install, Mr. KitchenAid.

http://https//youtu.be/MfYYIDTWMQ0

 

[askolover]

honda pilot

should be fine, I brought mine home in the back of a GMC Jimmy (aka Chevy Blazer) lying on its back with no problems.