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well done!

Ya did just fine loading it Rich, cant wait to get home and run a couple of loads in it myself. Might be just the incentive needed for me to do a bunch of cooking ahead again next visit ;)
 
not convenient to load

with that round two peice top rack but once you do it is a blast to run! noisy as hell but boy does it clean! as you said with yours that sani rinse is super hot! i sometimes use the extended sani rinse as it's main wash and then run it thru a rinse hold cycle afterwards!

they are not the best machines by far but these old d&m kenmores are so much fun! and such an important part of american dishwasher history! they were a big part of my "sears roebuck cataloging" when i was a kid!

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I had the 1972 model about 15 years ago, the botom rusted and started leaking. Growing up we had 2 rotoracks that lasted about 7 years each due to the same issues. I finally cinvinced my father to get a KitchenAid. The rotoracks were neat dishwashers though.

What happened to DM? What was the last year they built dishwashers? Did they make anything else? I never realized until years later that Sears dishwashers were not built by Whirlpool.
 
Peter, your model like Rich's is newer than his because of the energy saver hot dry/cool dry rocker switch. That feature was included in the very last of the rotorack product run--year or 18 months at the most I believe.
 
Lady K and lower wash arms

Peter, you got a cool looking top loading Lady K!! What year is it? I can see, as you said, it wouldn't be convenate to load.
I didn't realise, that there were a few different lower wash arms. The slotted wash arm, looks very close to our Top loading(70ish?) Whirlpool Custom 70 superwash Dishwasher(we got it last christmas for FREE!) which I haven't but will post some pictures after the holidays.

Rich
 
thanks, i'm not sure what

year it is but i would like to know. it has to be mid 60's or possibly earlier i would think. got it from atlanta, georgia after seeing it advertised here. think it cost 50 bucks. jim the trucker brought it up.

had to replace the motor cause the bolt sheared off that holds the impeller on. got the motor from larry in parma (he has more). it was a real pain to rebuild (i find d&m's are the worst) but after a lot of cussin i got it finished and boy does it run!

a little critter had made it's home in the control panel (mouse i think from the size of it's nest) and had eaten thru about 6 of the wires. they were all white and yellow so it took a bit of tinkering to get them spliced. but it runs great, all lites work, all cycles too. i use it as a daily machine even if it is a pain to load. that top rack really spins fast too! love to pop the lid open quickly to catch a glimpse of it (and get a blast of water in the face).

i love roto racks, all colors, all types! something about that top round rack that just makes me smile! it's so 60's to me! the sears catalog was my main reading material in the 60's and these d&m kenmores used to fascinate me for hours!

i remember in the catalog it said "torrents of water engulf each rack"! to me that is shakespeare!!!!!
 

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