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Pete,
This is a great dishwasher only ours was portable and had a rinse hold and regular cycle buttons and had a rinse aid dispenser. I like the way it says wisper clean, it was far from a wisper but did wash very well.
Hope to chat soon.
Peter
 
Thanks for the scans.

Great post! I so know how you feel. Those first pictures of the inside of that machine took me back; I remember that speckled blue/gray Hotpoint interior. I also remember that detergent dispenser that you mentioned with the steel cover.

I don't know if I posted this already, but I have some scans for a Hotpoint dishwasher catalogue for models made in 1962, I think. Our downstairs neighbors, Marian and Dick, had the BOL version. Same tub, same black impeller, no center spray whatsoever and same racks only they were blue. It was a great dishwasher.

What a contrast between that and our GE pull-out. I think my parents wished with 20/20 hindsight that they had bought that Hotpoint dishwasher, they liked the front loading style, instead of the GE( it was never appreciated, they groused about having to reach down into the tank to unload it and no one ever bothered to figure out the other 3 cycles or the racking system. I didn't even know the thing had a Power Shower until the day my Father and I pulled it out of the kitchen).

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Great dishwasher there but how does the filter keep its self clean I cant actually see any filter in the unit?

Is it possible to upload pics of how the dishwasher filters the water and also how the pump works... I saw the pictures but dont understand the 2 impellars?
 
actually hotpoint didn't really care

about filters in those days! a lot of machines had no filters in the early and mid sixties. my g.e. mobile maid has none too. and my frigidaire dishmobiles. and all the D&M machines like modern maid and kenmore roto racks.

i might be wrong here so someone correct me if i am ofcourse but i think kitchenaid were the only machines to have a water filtration system on the early units.

this little hotpoint actually does have a plastic cover full of little holes that slips over the lower half of the pump.

this feature was added in the later models like this one here. my first hotpoint i mentioned above had absolutely no filter whatsoever!

here is a pic showing that plastic "filter" and that's a really good point you made! i forgot all about mentioning that plastic screen used on this one but not my earlier version! thanks!

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oh yea and

i love that brochure pic you sent (bajaespuma) above showing the old style detergent cup! never thought i'd see that cup again! and that half spray arm on top, just like the one i had as a teen!
 
A Wonderful Story

I really enjoyed this post, it brought back many memories for me. When I was around 13 my grandfather gave me an old Hotpoint washer that I enjoyed for 2 years or so. I took that machine apart, put it back together and ran the crap out of it. It stayed outside, behind our house and I would fill it with a garden hose and looked forward to playing with it after school. I'm not sure of the age of the washer exactly, if I had to guess, I would say that it was a late 70's or early 80's MOL Rim-Flo 2-speed with the ramp.

I guess where I'm going with this is getting something back that carried so much enjoyment and memories is something that can't easily be explained whether it be appliances or not. These things are much more than material items, they're a reminder of better times, happier times. Your story carries that well, and is something I can deeply relate to. I enjoyed this post, and hopefully I can make one myself in the near future.

Cheers

-Tim
 
Stellar find!!

What a great way to kick off the New Year, Pete!! Congratulations - it looks in really excellent shape!! Love the Avocado Green - my 2nd favorite appliance colour... Let us know when you load it up for the maiden wash!!
 
Agree with Tim--a great story !

and happy to say so. Not just this thread but the whole forum was inaccessible. So I gave up. Glad it's back.

A wealth of Hotpoint lore for novices like me, and probably the most generous scan in AWorg history. Thank you, Peter
 
Nice dishwasher Peter...
I love the simple look of the door and knob and the original Hotpoint sprayarm.
My aunt had a hotpoint with this sprayarm, and i begged here to turn it on because she was the kind of person to use it once a year... after bugging her for days she finally broke down and ran it. lol
Are you going to hook the machine up ?

Darren k.
 
thank you darren

no i only use a few of my dishwashers, the rest i just "keep". i usually rebuild them and make sure they aren't rusting out while being "kept" but after that i simply find them a spot and they become "furniture".

i did run the hotpoint one nite when i first got it. i wanted to see what it would do and check for leaks. since this one was basically new, never used i did not bother tearing into it except for a couple pics taken above. it is now in my bedroom next to 4 others.

the only one's i use are my kdss-17a stainless kitchenaid, my top loader roto rack lady kenmore (that i love), the g.e. mobile maid top loader, the kd-5 kitchenaid top loader, one of my kd-12 kitchenaids, the frigidaire front load dishmobile, the kd-16 kitchenaid, and occasionally the modern maid impeller machine (just for fun). i am partial to top loaders and out of all of them the kd-5 hobart does the best job. but i will say that kenmore rotorack top loader can clean like crazy too.

i have a kd-14 coming soon from philly and i have to go to bufalo and pick up a g.e. mobile maid i bought on e bay. i also have to go to virginia and pick up a hotpoint impeller machine i bought last fall. i might put the kd-14 into use as i love those kitchenaids! i ordered a pump seal from hobart several weeks ago. they still have a few out there!

after that i'm done! unless i want to sleep in my dishwashers. i'm out of room!
 
looks like great little front loader

my little hotpoint would be happy to share the thread with it!

i love front loaders, would love to find an old bendix some day (hint hint "supremewhirlpool" if you're out there).
 

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