frigidaire spin tube dishwasher pics

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New wife hated it...

I love my Older KitchenAids. I love the looks, the reputation, the durability, and the Sound of them running.

But, I am thinking about parting with one or two just because of the "One Arm Wonder" thing. It kills me I can't "BobLoad" them. I have them for nostalgic reasons. Other than that, I'll take a Older Double arm machine anyday. I only wish KitchenAid would have developed the KDS 18 Spray System back when they changed to the HydroSweep System in the Mid 60s. I love my 18. The Double Wash Arms and the Constant Rinse is the best cleaning system I think still to date.

 

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i know most people love the

18's and that double spray arm but i am hopelessly infatuated with the single arm hydrosweep that came along with the 15, 16,and 17's!

it just never failed to amaze me that the one hydrosweep could deliver all that washing power! especially in the 15's before they toned down the pump presure a bit. i have a kds-18 but my heart belongs to the earlier models.

but hey, who am i to say they are better or not! it's all nostalgia for me anyway!

on a different note i bought pump gasket material today at advance auto parts, it's a cork material. and new stainless steel bolts at home depot. hope to have the pump on this spin tube back together for a water test in a day or so here. will post a few pics whan i do.

thanks for all the latest comments and "steved" i love that ad for the dw-duf which is the model i just got. if it doesn't clean that well it's ok, i just want to get it leak proof and run it for the fun of it.

 

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Congratulations, Pete! Looks like a fine machine!! Thanks also for all the pictures - you have given me some insight as to how I may be able to adapt a 1963 model pump to a 1958 machine that I have been working on for oh, about a year now...
The colour is pretty cool too - like a pastel yellow.
Have fun with it!!

 

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Wow!

What a beautiful machine! I'm jealous!

 

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thanks paul

i wasn't gonna collect any more but when i saw it was a spin tube i could not resist! have wanted one for a while.

listen, do you know if any pump seals are out there anywhere in case i ever need one? or maybe it's some kind of standard size that a seal co. may be able to match?
gonna give larry a call here in parma. also that other guy who put a note on this site recently about having old appliance parts. if i find out he has any pump housings i will tell you for sure! i know you need one.

 

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Hi Pete

That filter flappin' up and down is amazing. I was talking to John about it, and he's been very impressed with it. You know GM used to have a little jingle at the end of their ads. I can still hear it. "GM....Doo-ding....mark of excellence."

 

For me the spin tube would be a delight to experience. So unusual and sooooo Frigidaire just like the pulsator.

 

Can't wait till you plexiglass her up and put on the show. Interesting that John said he had dinner at Robert's before the glass-front KD replaced his spin tube Frigi, and that they really packed it with very dirty dishes which came out spotless. Like the washers, the trick is in the, for stellar performance.

 

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SPIN TUBE PHASE TWO!!!

thanks for all the above comments and support. it's a cold snowy day here in cinti. so time to put the spin tube back together and see if it holds water!

made new gaskets using a cork material from advance auto parts.

 

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a standard hole punch

from walgreens does a great job of making bolt holes!

 

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i made a new round gasket

for the main hub seal. actually i made two. i'll explain the reasons for this later in the post. it's mainly to increase height i will say now.

 

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they fit on the main

pump housing.

 

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all new stainless

steel bolts from home depot.

i always try to use stainless whenever i'm dealing with a pump or anything else
that is around water and moisture on a washer or dishwasher. they are not expensive and easily found and you never have to worry about rust!

 

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plastic pump housing cleaned up

very nicely.

 

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gasket

on

 

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cleaned up the impeller

and especially the seal. used alcohol and a eye glass wiping cloth on the seal carbon surface, then applied just a tad of 3 in 1 motor oil. cleaned the brass mating surface as well and installed impeller back on motor shaft.

cleaned the outer cast iron gasket mating surface with sand paper and then wiped with wd 40. it was nice and smooth when i got it done.

 

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had the trim the gasket

a bit after impeller was on.

 

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here it is all

back together! made a new gasket for the drain valve peice (that bolts to the pump housing) as well.

 

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cleaned up the back

with wd 40. used it on all hoses, they look shiny now.

 

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checked all 3 clamps

in this area to make sure no leaks here!

 

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interesting

how they clamped the hose to the top spray apparatus. they simply twisted a wire
and made a clamp of it. no zip ties back in 1963!

 

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here's the motor back in place

now, the reason i added two cork gaskets to the main hub was to increase the height about 1/8 inch.

as you can see in the red circle there is a cast iron prong that will keep you from overtightening the 3 bolts that hold the motor/pump to the tub.

the machine had been leaking in this area around the main pump gasket. i also noticed that without the extra height of the 2 cork gaskets the 3 prongs would touch the pump housing before i even started tightening the 3 hold down bolts.
i figured maybe the main rubber gasket had compressed with age.

with the 2 cork gaskets added i had room to tighten those bolts and give a snug seal. it worked!