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Venting the dryer. Plywood cut to size. Standard 4 inch hole for vent drilled, added vent hood. Wrapped wood in contact paper. Fits in window via gravity and friction.

All with no damage to LL's property.

Thank for taking this tour!

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Yes 'tis!

Four apartments share one; 1st and 2nd floor units with two more back-to-back (also two stories [storys=> UK])
 
I like my TT Maytag

EXCEPT: The control board has been replaced twice, it is much nosier than my previous Jetclean, and the lower rack is rusted through.

Maytag says my extended warranty doesn't cover cosmetic issues, and a rusted through rack on an 18 month old dishwasher is not covered.

Other than that it does hold a lot, and it washes well.

As for the tower, I didn't mind the tower in my Jetclean, but then again I had had GE Potscrubbers for years and they all had the "Power Tower" so I just was used to loading around it.
 
The middle rack is adjustable in height and has a splitting silverware basket and fold down tines galore. Three full sized wash arms and a little 'twirler' in the roof.

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The lower tray is great for cutting boards and the like and with the extra wash arm, the large flat item doesn't screw up the wash action for the other racks. This is available in only 1-2 models or so...

RCD

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On Maytags . . .

We're currently using a plain white Maytag DWU7400AAE from appx. 1991. It has the dreaded center post/tower of power or whatever they want to call it, and I find it to be a hassle to work around. The entire rack configuration is so inefficient that it precludes any possibility of a Bobload. I am always running this thing with less capacity than I used to cram into my KA 21. It does seem to clean well, but it's very loud about it. It says "Dependably Quiet" right on the front of this rig but nothing could be further from the truth. It's downright ugly to look at too, with yellowed plastic trim.

This machine will get chucked when we blow up the kitchen, if not before. I usually start the DW before bed, so it doesn't matter to me how long it takes a modern day DW to get through a cycle. At least we'll be able to fall to sleep with it running.

Am I nuts for wanting to dump this machine? I'm all ears if somebody can share its virtues. My partner is starting to make noise, if you will, about replacing it. I don't have the owner's manual to make sense of and/or understand the logic behind the rack arrangement but I doubt it would help matters much.

Ralph
 
DWU7400AAE

That is a very good dishwasher. A real workhorse, if you will. On the minus side is that it's middle to lower in the food chain so it has decent sound deadening but not spectacular. Also on the list is the racking. The raised hump on the rack to provide clearance for the jump up tower is annoying. This was a holdover from the old belt drive models. The later MDB series incorperated a tower on the rack itself thereby providing more room to load.

The plus side is a bigger list. The wash action is great. Large jets on the washarms provide plenty of water action. It uses more water, I think, than newer models but really cleans. The self cleaning filter also works well. Drying is excellent due to your model actually having a real blower motor (like the older K/A's) which really moves the moisture out of the dishwasher for really dry dishes with or without the heat option. The new models rely on 'flash drying' to dry the load and it is NOWWHERE as good, IMO. Your model could actually be improved as far as sound quality. I've seen them with additional insulation along the front panels that help. Also placing sound absorbing pads along the inside of the motor compartment helps. The higher end models of that year did exactly that. The top of the line at that time, the DWU9961AAE, was virtually silent! I had a DWU9962AAE that had the tower on the rack and I think it was the best dishwasher Maytag ever built or ever will. SILENT! and washed like a mother. I'd still have it if Maytag hadn't misrun their rinse aid campaign like a bunch of dimwits...

RCD
 
Thanks Drew & Bob!

I guess I really have something here, huh? I sure wish it was purdier to look at though.

Drew, you've provided an effective explanation for the cleaning ability that I have witnessed from this machine. And it does keep on running. Just an innocuous little sound, kind of like opening the driver's door on a '50's Chevy, as the pump comes to a stop, but all other sounds are normal ones. Loud, but normal.

Bob, thanks for the instructions. I'm printing them up right now. Wow, have I ever been loading this thing the wrong way!

LOL!

Ralph
 
Ralph you're welcome. I pretty much knew what this was before I even looked at the manual. Had friends with this arrangement of racks, I could BobLoad it for sure. If I hadn't gotten the GE GSD1200, I would have gotten a Maytag before a KitchenAid.
 
OK Bob, I'm hearing you and Drew loud and clear. I'll be having some fun with the correct loading configuration now so I won't want to be letting go of this thing right away.

I guess I'll need to advise here first when I do that, right?
 
Just an innocuous little sound

Ralph, that little 'whimper' you hear as the pump stops turning is usually caused by the pump seal. It's an expandable bellows with a carbon rim VERY much like the boot seal on a Dependable care washer. Usually all it takes is to replace it and the noise goes away. There is a pump rebuild kit you can get that replaces all the seals and impellers with new ones. It's not a bad repair to do as well. You can gently turbine oil the top bearing of the motor while you have it exposed. If not, it's the motor itself. You can also get the whole motor/pump assy as one piece but it's a hellava lot cheaper to rebuild the pump. The noise is not terminal, just annoying...

RCD
 
ALSO...

In theory, you should be able to retrofit the newer tower mounted rack and change the upper end of the pump to accept the little jump up nozzle that powers the rack tower. Any MDB series dishwasher could probably work as a donor. Hmmm... I might have to look at that some more but it's the same motor/pump assy. All that might have to change is the lower spray arm and support, jump nozzle and the screw down nut that holds it all together. The replacement motor/pump assy came with what was needed for it to adapt to either system....

RCD
 
Ralph:

I'd love to see a "before" (the intruction manual) and an "after" as to how you'd load your DW.

Page 4- WOW the upper rack is removable! YAY I can wash my oven racks and refrigerator parts without the need to be a contortionist. Still holds for my machine, a later model!

WOW A good old-fashioned DW that acutally uses water! YAY
 
Actually, upon closer examination of the instructions I don't think I was that far off from standard loading procedure other than my limited use of the lower rack for glassware. I'm going to mess around with this and see the level of versatility I can reach.

Drew, thanks for the info on the noise. It's not all that annoying and I think my old KA 21 at the other house made a similar sound. My partner's daughter has a fixed tower machine in the house she rents. It looks similar to mine but I'll have to take a closer look at it next time I'm there. I think it's a Whirlpool. I remember when she was moving in, I checked it out and the tower had been removed and was just lying inside the machine. I snapped the tower back in place and the machine was ready to perform again. She felt it was too crusty to use. I'll have to tell her it might be the best dishwasher she'll ever have access to. She runs a family day care so it would make sense that she use the machine.

Ralph
 

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