Last of the real 1960s hot point dishwashers
The switch from this motor and pumped design was 100% and immediate when they changed to the Much cheaper to build shaded pole motor, just like General Electric switch to 1967 away from the sturdy 1/3 hp motor. There was no carryover of these old expensive antiquated designs.
To look at these hot point dishwashers it looks like they should’ve worked. It always surprised me how much people hated them. We worked on a lot of them. The porcelain enamel flange on the bottom of the tank of these machines would get water in the seam and the flange would rust and the motor would fall out of them literally, hotpoint had a kit where you took the motor out, turned the machine upside down, and you epoxyed a SS flange in place with a few screws to hold it while the epoxy cured and put the motor back in my brother. Jeff worked at an apartment complex where he saved a few dozen of these machines to continue aggravating their users lol
As I mentioned, we have a fancier version of this machine that has four cycle buttons at the museum. I’ll have to hook it up and fire it up at some point maybe I’ll change my mind. It is a piece of history.
John L