New Jenn-Air Reverse Rack DW [ Maytag ]
Congratulations Eddie on your new DW find, as we get older there is nothing more fun than finding a nearly new vintage appliance that does not need a huge restoration.
Hope you have fun using it for awhile, but I am with Steve I wouldn't move that KDS-20 too far away. While if loaded properly with the right kind of dishes the MT-JA RR DWs can be very good performing machines it is just that the rack design are just to limiting in loading large and odd items and get everything clean with the lack of an upper rack wash arm [ under the rack where it belongs ].
It is funny, about two months ago I posted that we had a TOL electronic 1990 MT RR DW that was in excellent condition that one of our customers in Georgetown had had since new. She was not anxious to get rid of it but knew that the time was coming as it had been repaired many times. We installed a new MT DW and after she had had it about two weeks she had me back to make a minor adjustment in the leveling of the new machine.
I was almost reluctant to ask her how she liked the new MT DW, but she told me anyway, first of all she could not believe how many more dishes the new one held, she said she filled the old every day and it was now taking a day and a half or even two days to fill the new one. She also said the new DW dried much better [ both DWs were used on heat dry ] she said cleaning was also great.
While no one likes unusual vintage appliance designs more than I do, the fact of the matter was MT struggled to sell DWs because of the unusual design of their DWs, and I have had many customers that liked their RR DWs, but it seems from our experience many more did not, sadly sometimes it just doesn't pay to be different in this world.
Eddy hope you enjoy your new toy, and be sure to keep your belt lubed, LOL.
The old MT RR DW has gone to Mark in NC to be part of his extensive DW collection.
