frigidaire spin tube dishwasher pics

[steved]

1964 model

If you notice the drain valve says Dec 1963. The DUF model was made for 2 years 1963 and 1964. When the 64's came out they did introduce a "H" model Deluxe Dishmobile DW-DMH. The only difference from the DW-DMF was the wider chrome handle and the newer cabinet assembly without any visable screws. The Unicouple was on the top rather than the back.
But there was never a DW-DUH model.

 

[rollermatic]

thank you for the info and the

parts pic! it's very helpful.

i just took it all apart and it came off like a dream! pump seal looks great! rubber grommet looks great too. screws are a bit rusty, will replace them with stainless as you suggest.

here's the pics.

 

[rollermatic]

this rubber

grommet seems very pliable and not dried out at all.

 

[rollermatic]

pump impeller

unscrewed off the pump shaft very easily. i was surprised! the seal surface looks very good!

 

[rollermatic]

close up

of seal

 

[rollermatic]

this half of the pump is cast iron

and i will clean up the mating surface before putting on a new gasket that i will also have to make from scratch, as suggested to me above.

 

[rollermatic]

pump impeller looks great

it cleaned up nicely.

 

[rollermatic]

the seal mating surface is

made of brass and looks fine.

 

[rollermatic]

i also took off the

drain valve and scraped off the old cork gasket.

 

[rollermatic]

i thought this peice

was cast iron but it's plastic.

 

[rollermatic]

i'll make a new

gasket out of rubber. i buy rubber squares at home depot in plumbing dept. they work great for gaskets!

 

[wringingwet]

I am so happy that some one

got to add this to the collection ... I salivated over it when I saw it on ebay .. great for you

Philippe

 

[rollermatic]

the fun part will be

making a new gasket for the plastic half of the pump. scraping the old cork off should be easy. i just hope i can find a big enough peice of gasket material to use. gonna hit the auto parts stores first.

i really think after seeing how good the pump seal looks that with new gaskets it won't leak anymore. i feel much more optimistic about it than i was before i tore it apart tonite!

thanks again for all the advice and comments! this spin tube is turning into a fun project!

 

[steved]

gasket

I replaced the cork with a strip of 3/4" closed cell foam weatherstripping.
I applied it adhesive side down, starting at one of the mounting holes. Then I trimmed it at an angle from the adhesive out. I outlined the pump plate all around, then overlapped it at the angled cut. At that point the adhseive side sticks to the starting point. Finally, I trimmed it so it would all be the same thickness. Not one drop since! When I tried to use rubber it seemed to leak no matter what I tried. Be sure to "punch" the holes out carefully. I just used a nounting bolt and tapped it with a hammer lightly.
Please excuse my rough drawing but hopefully it makes it clearer.

 

[steved]

PS

I should clairify that I mounted it to the Plastic part, not the cast iron part!

 

[norgeway]

I would !!

Love to have one of these, they did a pretty good job, were especially good with crystal etc, my cousin had one when I was a kid, a 61 Custom Imperial,he bought a new Kitchen Aid in the early 90s and had it hauled off, If I had any idea he was going to do that I would have had it, it looked and worked like new, his new wife hated it and wanted one she could put pots in!

 

[steved]

Sales sheet

1964 retail price was $ 269.95

 

[steved]

little metal square piece in post #501383

Referring to the metal piece in the back of the tub was over the water inlet. If the water pressure was too high, the water fill would reach the front of the tub and rinse the detergent away in the pre-flush cycle. This tab prevented that. A simple non-mechanical fix that worked! Especially when there was only one wash with detergent.

 

[appnut]

new wife hated it and wanted one she could put pots in!

Smart woman.  She knew a DISH washer when she frustratingly tried to use it. I cannot tell you how many times I either saw, or I heard my parents' friends complain about their Frigidaire and KitchenAid dishwashers because they ended up being run half full a lot in suberbia.  When the top rack was full of glasses, the bottom was pretty empty lots of times, but they turned on the machine because you couldn't put any more glasses in because you couldn't put them in the bottom rack. 

 

[dishmobile01]

Magic Chef Spin Tube

My folks built a new house in the late 1960s complete with Magic Chef appliances including a spin tube dishwasher (our neighbor had a Frigidaire job similar to the one pictured above). Complete with pilot light and rotating dial, there was no doubt when the Magic Beast was in operation and my mother did not use it if a conversation was to be had within less than a mile. It rusted through rapidly and was replaced with a Frigidare (sans spin tube). Thanks for the pics of the Frigidaire.