KitchenAid superba "portable"

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Someone just gave me this thing (kds-60a). It looks alot like some of the classic KA units I've seen on this board.
I just don't know how to work the thing. More specifically, I can't get it to hook up to my faucet. Anyone know where I can get a converter or even a new faucet that would work wth this thing?

 

[scott55405]

There is an adaptor you need to screw on your faucet to make it hook up. A hardware store should have it. Then, you hold the ring down on the coupler, slide it up over the adaptor, and let go of the ring to lock it on.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

But !!!

Before you do that you should post a photo, just so we
can be sure!!!!

 

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here's the outside. My camera was giving me trouble so no inside shots yet. Still, you can see my killer oven in the foreground.

 

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here's the connector

 

[scott55405]

I'm not sure what, exactly, frontaloadotmy wanted to be sure of, but that's a great looking machine, I like your range, and my answer remains the same!

What brand is the range?

 

[appnut]

Yes, I do like the stove. Can't wait to see the inside. Can there also be a couple of close-ups of the control panel?

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Oh come on s55405

I just wanted to glimpse its beauty!!!!!

 

[gansky1]

Here is the adapter you need - oversized for detail ;-)

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Thank you so much. I was on google doing like "faucet" "kitchenaid" "connector", and comming up with a million people who sell faucets, dishwashers and connectors. It was ridiculous.

I went to the hardware store and bought that very connector pictured above for $6.00. I went home and did my first load of dishes with this thing. It definitely lives up to its reputation as a ka-20 based machine. Quiet, thorough and pretty.

The friend who gave it to me knew how good it was, but his mean new girlfriend forced him to part with it because they are re-doing their kitchen.

 

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inside

 

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atta girl

 

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playing innocent

 

[appnut]

Unless you have that last iamge inverted, it looks like you have the botom rack backwards on the door. Traditionally, those rows with the tines facing toward the center are supposed to be on the right side. Then there are a set of tines to be on the left side--those are to be used to put dinner plates on from front to back or back to front. The cutlery basket is go to in the front of the rack, horizontally. You can download a similar user manual on the KA web site, use model KUDS21 or KUDS22 so you can see diagrams on how to load. Sighned Bob, aka BobLoad, who got the nickname cuz I know how to load a dishwasher and washer to its fulest max potential without being overloaded.

 

[appnut]

Teh inheritance of this jewel, the circumstances, is how the lucky ones trip across great, well-taken-care-of KA machines, because of someone else's nonappreciation of what they truely have in their presence. Your gain!!

 

[appnut]

And thank you for the clarrificatoin on what it's based on, I couuldn't quite tell if it was a 19 or 20, can't eyeball the subtle difference in nuances between the two Superbas from a distance. Could have even been a 21.

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[gadgetgary]

Exact machine

That I purchased Brand spanking NEW in 1977 in the awesome 'avocado green' color.

I don't know if it is still working in my father's house(which is around the corner from me). I will have to ask the owners of that house.

It was originally a portable, and my father had it plumbed so that it functioned where is was located without having to roll it to the sink.

 

[DADoES]

The lower rack is turned 180° backwards. Those two flaps at the corners at the rear are supposed to be at the front.

 

[gadgetgary]

Those two flaps at the corners at the rear are supposed to b

Never knew.....

What was the purpose of those flaps????