Kitchenaid Dishwashers (mostly) CL Finds

[ovrphil]

1) Black KitchenAid dishwasher - $75 (Coloma, MI)- http://swmi.craigslist.org/app/5061043765.html

2) Kitchenaid Dishwasher Portable - $65 (south bend) - http://southbend.craigslist.org/app/5068336004.html

3) Not a Kitchenaid - but? brand - Vintage Free Standing Dishwasher - $300 (Pryor) - http://tulsa.craigslist.org/atq/5088397774.html

4) Free Old Kitchenaid Dishwasher - We're Talking 1970s Harvest Gold (SW Portland) - http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/zip/5081138211.html ( no photo or model number provided) : Ad:" This old relic worked great up until last week...then it decided to leak on my kitchen floor, so out it goes! This dishwasher weighs a ton compared to our newly installed dishwasher. It seems a shame to throw it away when there are so many good working vintage parts. Please come and take our old dishwasher away for free. "

5)vintage kitchen aid dishwasher - $300 (st charles)-

 

[roto204]

Whirlpool

An earlier one, too--how cool!  Not $300 worth of cool.  And seriously?  $300 and untested?  Pfft.

 

[chachp]

Whirlpool?

<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Is that an old Whirlpool?  As I've said before, "I don't know if it works" usually means I plugged it in and it's deader than a door nail.</span>

 

[turquoisedude]

Yep, that 'Vintage Free-Standing' dishwasher is definitely a Whirlpool.  Probably a mid-60s judging by the rolling upper rack.  It should also have a folding shelf to fill in that space between the upper rack and the front of the cabinet.  $300 for untested is a bit steep... But the seller could possibly be 'talked down' to reality.  

 

[launderess]

That Whirlpool

Is the elusive top loading portable version. Unlike GE and Kitchenaid versions Whirlpool added a thermostat hold for the main wash. This ensured the water temperature reached proper temperature (140F IIRC). Unlike the others these units were not so highly dependent upon the household's hot water supply being cranked up to 140F or above to deliver results.

From the pictures the inside of that Whirlpool looks nasty. Cannot tell if it is rust, dirt, vermin droppings, or whatever. Surely wouldn't give $300 of my hard earned money for something in that condition.

 

[yogitunes]

don't know if it works....usually means, they DID plug it in, and its Dead.....truer words have never been spoken......

because it if did fire up and work......he would have been all over posting that clue!.....

I especially love the ones, where it worked the last time they used it.....yeah, in 1940.....what?....no electrical available to the barn as of yet......news flash, great new invention....Extension cords, generators!....

 

[ovrphil]

LOL, everyone on the sarcasm; so inanely innocent, "I don't know if it works... But I know how to price items to my advantage."

 

[bigalsf]

No hi-temp

This model Whirlpool did not feature any water heating. That feature did not appear until later in their dishwasher production, and was only in the final rinse of the Super Wash & Short cycles. Thermostatic hold in the main wash did not appear until the mid-70s. Still, if it works it's a great dishwasher; the middle wash arm is one of the firsts in a top loading machine.

 

[launderess]

Oh well then...

Never mind.

Have learned my lesion about DW's without thermostat controlled wash cycles.

 

[turquoisedude]

Dang it, launderess, I'm now going to have to drag the '61 WP top-loader out of it's alcove to see what it does with water heating.  I just can't recall what it does but I have a feeling that like a MM, a Whirlpool of this vintage heats water throughout the wash and rinse cycles.    

 

Hmmm.... wonder if that machine may wind up being the 'spare' dishwasher in the new house come August...

 

 

 

[launderess]

Cannot Speak For Other Models

But my MM only heats water during the main wash, period. Do not think the heater is engaged during the two rinses and only comes on again for drying.

If GE had put an little effort into finding a way to insulate these MM dishwasher so much heating wouldn't be necessary. Standing near the unit during the heated wash and anything afterwards for that matter, you can feel heat coming off the cabinet.