My first vintage appliance has arrived - my KDS-17A

[irishwashguy]

Do u know if that would work for My KA?

i have been wanting to swap out the color pannels on my KA-KDS-60.It has a bracket that holds them on. They can slide out and in. when I called KA, they wanted 100 dollars plus shipping for new ones. My KA is almond at the moment.

 

[petek]

Are you positive the panels aren't all in there stuck together? When we bought our old second hand garbage compactor which was coppertone and to be spray painted white, I removed the front coppertone panel and only realized all the other colored panels stuck together behind it, by accident when the panels fell over and came apart.

 

[irishwashguy]

That is what I thought

I grew up in a home with a KA dishwasher. My mom changed her's three times. My superba some how just has the amond pannel. Strange I know. i took it off to change it thinking that there would be others behind it. You just never know with some of these.

 

[blackstone]

Interchangeable Front Panels

I have one set of front panels in a box labeled KD17, color white. I have two sets of front panels in boxes labeled KD18, one white and one avocado. I measured the panels, and they appear to be exactly the same. Same width, same height, same location for screws, same instructions. I'm willing to sell all of them. Email if interested. Thanks.

 

[DADoES]

The 17 series doesn't have reversible color panels included. Far as I understand there actually was no panel included at all during manufacture. The buyer made a choice of color at the point of purchase. I remember when we bought the KDI-17A, Mom wanted stainless steel. The "usual" colors were in stock, but they had to order stainless which entailed a couple weeks delay in getting the machine installed. I don't know when reversible panels were added, but my KUDS22 does have them - white, black, almond, and either harvest or toast, I don't recall the 4th color.

 

[bobbyderegis]

My KDS-20 only has the almond/white insert. Did some models only have the one panel?
Bobby in Boston

 

[varicyclevoice]

Hi Bobby

The KD-20 series came with 2 panels. Each panel had a color on each side for 4 total color options. The colors included were onyx black, white, almond, and harvest gold. As was mentioned above, maybe the panel is sticking to the other.