My, what a weekend....

[turquoisedude]

I am kicking myself for forgetting to bring my memory card back from Ogden, but WOW did I have an interesting weekend! On Friday night after work, I hit the road - I headed down to Ogden to drop the dog off with a neighbour, then began my pilgrimage down to Cape Cod. After months of planning, I finally was able to meet Eddie (toploader55) and pick up a KitchenAid Electra top-loader he had in 'foster care' for me. He had picked the machine up for me and very patiently waited for me to come and get it - well, I finally did! It was great getting to meet in person and I was priviliged to get a demo of his stunning Frigidaire WO-65 washer! After that visit I headed up to Worcester to get my KA dream dishwasher - a KDC-P2 portable from Gregm! I then drove back to Ogden, unloaded the machines, and went to pick hubby up after his trip to Mexico. I was FRIED by 9 PM...
Now, this all sounds wonderful but the happy news was tempered by disaster... A load of sheets I threw into the Westy L5 washer resulted in a dropped wash tub! OUCH! I took photos of the 'accident' and I will post them next week, hopefully along with the repairs... Never a dull moment... Between yard work and getting the house ready for hubby's mother's visit later this week I did manage to throw a bucket of hot water into the KDC-P2 dishwasher and test it. It works beautifully! I put a piece of plexiglass over the top to check out the water action and Oh My! No wonder everyone here calls the KitchenAid dishwashers 'a hurricane in a box'... More photos and perhaps a video will follow, I promise!

 

[revvinkevin]

YAY Paul!

It sounds like an utterly exhausting... BUT worth while weekend!

Sorry to hear about the Westy dropping. Where you there when it happened so you could turn the machine off?

Kevin

 

[turquoisedude]

Actually, no... I'll have a 'photo chronicle' of what happened next week, but imagine going to your laundry room and seeing a vintage washer with it's front and top panels shaken loose. I hope there is no serious motor damage - the house breaker popped... We shall see!

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Paul, Good to hear you made a successful trip to pick up the dishwashers. Looking forward to the video and photos.

Mike

 

[rollermatic]

lookin forward to pics

of the kitchenaids.

have fun with em!

oh and by the way your solonoid works great! have the custiom imperial all back together now and that little solonoid works perfectly in shifting the timer into a faster escapement!