Looking for a Hobart-Kitchenaid Dishwasher

[beekeyknee]

The KD 18 series service manual in the Automatic Ephemera section might be of help to you. The dome of the round disc is supposed to be down. The air diffuser assembly is quite simple but since I can't see what's causing the problem it's hard to advise.

 

[jkbff]

The service manual doesn't have the diffuser listed in it... The disk goes dome side down? it makes the fan whine louder and doesn't move to let air pass.. I don't get how this thing functions ... I mean there is the cover, the round disk a support bracket and the tube it mounts to... but its like someone squished this stuff... I'll have to take more pics of it.. And I'm taking a zoom spout home tonight cause I know for a fact the fan didn't run last night so I'll try oiling it.

The place where I was hoping to get my parts from doesn't have the hydrosweep... Is there a way to service this one so it works properly? are the surfaces supposed to have grit or be smooth? ... What is the crisscross cuts in the shaft for? Does something grab a hold of that or whats its purpose?

There has got to be a way to service the arms.

 

[jkbff]

In my album, photos 47-51 are of a KDI-58 I found for $100.00... I didn't think to take pics of the inside, but the china guard is in tact and he said the machine was restored and in great condition... (the bottom shows a leak of some kind) I figure for $100 it'd be worth it just for parts... What do you guys think? I'll go back later today and get some more pics. He's gonna hold it for me till I get paid. He is also closing his store so he said he'd go through his stuff and find all the parts for that era kitchenaid dishwasher and give them to me if I bought that machine. The top is in great condition.. Just needs a bit of TLC but isn't warped.

This was the store I wanted to go to when I first started my quest but he broke his hip and was out of commission for a while... They just had their 65th year in business anniversary.

He also has a F&P DishDrawer set that hes gonna sell to me reasonably so I can give that to mom for her birthday!

(https://plus.google.com/photos/1125...ms/5915566306275734625?authkey=CKiBydi_2LOoQA)

 

[jkbff]

52-54 are pics of the interior.. Not as pristine as I was thinking now that I took a second look.. Maybe I'll offer 75 lol.

I've got a Wash Arm support on order, and maybe one of the machines I'll convert to the current hobart arm system...

I just wonder what KA stuff he is hiding in his storage.

 

[jkbff]

Well, lol I jumped the gun and bought the KDI, took the wash arm support, the wash arm and the heated dry unit off the machine today and put the support on and cleaned the blower up and put that on.. My KDS is in so much better shape... the two compared mine looks brand new... I'm gonna see if I can fix my blower unit and align the fan as my unit is spotless on the inside...

The wash arm from the KDI is cracked and has a washer or something flinging around in one of the arms.. :/ So I am using my arm on that support... Oh, and this support must have been a replacement or something because it has a circular clip holding the stem in place and the two screws on the crown of the support are security screws with head I have never seen before.. Hopefully this lasts a while..

You can tell its really getting after it when there is enough water being pumped... I'm gonna change the china guard this weekend and hopefully my constant rinse arm gets here this week and this machine will be good to go...

I may take the front wheel bar off the KDI and put it on mine because its not dented

I understand what you meant, barcoboy, about the dry cycle sounding like a tea kettle... Its a nice sound.

It's gonna take me a bit to get used to loading this machine but I'm already on my 3rd load of random stuff

 

[rp2813]

You're making excellent progress, and it's clear you're energized over restoring your Superba to proper working order.

 

I have always found loading a two-armed KA to be fairly intuitive.  On the lower rack, large plates will only fit in the front-to-rear formation on the left side and everything else can go pretty much wherever.

 

I'm still having a time of it with getting a loading routine down for my recently acquired Miele.  I suppose if I just start to approach it like a well-disciplined German, it will come to me.

 

Here's a shot of the results in my ISE series 22 clone that was loaded down after having guests for dinner:

 

[rp2813]

Here's a different load where it was a total free-for-all on the top rack:

 

[jkbff]

I've completely fallen in love with this machine LOL... I'm single, live in a studio apartment and have managed to use this guy over 3 times a day since I fixed the wash arm. Just trying to figure out how to fill the racks with all my stuff.

It holds all the sizes of my cutting boards.

 

From AutomaticWasher.org

 

Curious question: How many of you wash your enameled cast iron in the dishwasher?

 

From AutomaticWasher.org

 

I really like how deep the Top rack can get

 

From AutomaticWasher.org

 

I'm trying to decide what cleans better, cascade powder or my melaleuca detergent.

 

I just need the constant rinse arm to arrive and this machine will be complete.

 

I do appreciate all the help, information and support you guys gave. I wouldn't have found this one or tried this if it weren't for the wealth of knowledge on this forum! On a side note, SteveT, if you happen to see this, I sent an email your way (the one listed on your profile), I had a few questions for ya if you have a moment.

 

The next on my find list is a Miele Futura Diamond. I'm hoping to build a house soon when Lot prices come down and after looking at my storage unit the other day, it seems I am building my house from the inside out.

 

[rp2813]

I wash enameled cast iron in the dishwasher without any hesitation.

 

Three loads a day for a single guy?  You sound like a normal, healthy male to me.  ;-)

 

[jkbff]

Heh you should see what I can accomplish when I'm on a day off

 

How do you keep the cast iron rims from rusting?

 

Oh, and I just learned something... I can't use liquid detergent in this machine because it leaks out of the cups when you close the door... :/ I was looking at the differences between my machines and noticed the cup on the edgestar had a seal on it.. Then I noticed I hadn't started the KA yet and opened the door and saw that all the soap leaked out ... :/ Oh well lol... Guess that solves the questions I had about what detergent to use.

 

[rp2813]

I don't own any cast iron cookware that has lids, if that's what you meant.  I have a Copco enameled casserole dish that belonged to my mom.  Putting it through the dishwasher hasn't harmed it at all.

 

[jkbff]

I put the china guard on the middle arm today. I stole it off my donor machine.

Also stole the basket

I've noticed if I don't close this guy right in the middle on the top of the door, he doesn't seem to latch all the way and I have a flood. Thankfully I have it near a floor drain...

Now I just need to get my constant rinse arm, and I guess I need to find something to 'dop' onto the racks because I noticed pin sized spots of rust starting on the bottoms.

OH! I also learned today that I can raise the rack to the very top hole on the adjustable part. That makes it way more convenient now! I do wish I could run the machine without the top arm, there are a few... *items* I wanna run through but they are too tall...

... Something I was wondering though, and don't have the means to find out anymore, but would a standard tray from a commercial washer fit in this? Like say a tray without tines?

 

[jkbff]

Well, I figure if I'm gonna pull a thread from the dead it should be this one

I have been using my samsung front loader lately... While waiting on the fill so I can shut the hot water off to the cold inlet, my KDS58 looked so abandoned and alone so I started feeling sappy...

Some of you know I've been trying to give him away to reclaim some space...

Well anyways, I gave in and took the front panel off to see if my shorting culprit was what had been mentioned before --- I should have taken pics, but the soap dispenser has been leaking and the main wash bi-metal was getting wet and shorted out.

Any ideas where I can get a non-leaking dispenser? While I'm at it, is the top most spinner available as well?

Oddly, I think it'd be easier for me to give away my new Maytag Dishwasher than my KDS. I dunno why I get so attached to things.

I think I'm going to re-shuffle a few things... The Maytag can go out to the Furnace room where the Samsung is sitting and I'm gonna put the KDS in my kitchen again. I keep snooping through threads and I miss hearing him roar to life. I wished I had some pics of the Hotpoint SxS I was given that I took to work with me. There's just something about appliances from years ago...

I suppose if anything, I can justify keeping him as the KDS-58 File Cabinet. ;-) That Green beast of a machine that was posted is so dreamy!

 

[jkbff]

*gasp* had the answer right under my nose. Thanks again Barcoboy!!!

More progress on my KDS-58C

With some great advice from this site, I've now been able to change the o-rings in my KDS-58C's detergent dispenser as it was dripping and had shown evidence of it doing so for a little while. Was able to drive out the pins with a punch and hammer after a little squirt of WD-40 on each, and...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[barcoboy]

Don't thank me... thank the other people on this site who helped me fix my dispenser. All I did was ask a question and gather some information, then write about my experience.

Hope your KDS-58 comes roaring back to life real soon!

 

[joeypete]

What year?

This one (with a cool Lady Kenmore range) is listed in NH. What year/model is it? Id love to have it!

http://nh.craigslist.org/app/4934257701.html

 

[toploader55]

KDS-16

Late 60's early seventies.

TOL. Great Cleaners Just watch your racking

 

[joeypete]

It looks spotless. Amazing.

What do you mean by racking? Like how you place the items?

 

[combo52]

Leaky Det Dispensers in KD17-21 DWs

Some folks have had luck rebuilding these DDs, they should also be mounted upside down to prevent short and fire hazards, this way if they ever leak in the future the detergent laden water will not leak on live electrical parts.

 

The KA DW for sale NH is a KDS-16, built between 1968 and 1970, these are my favorite one arm KA DWs, you have to watch your loading because of the lack of an upper wash arm.

 

[chachp]

DD Upside Down

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">That's a great idea!  I never would have thought of that.  I guess I always thought they had to go in exactly as they were designed.  When I read this post about the DD I wondered why they would design them that way but never thought about turning it around.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">The other thing I always wondered is why they didn't just use a solenoid to control the DD doors like they did in the earlier models?  Wouldn't that be less complicated than the bimetal solution?</span>