ROAD TRIP TO VISIT "EVERYTHINGOLD"-PART 1- TONS OF PICS!!!!!

[soberleaf]

THANKS

makes sense to me about that missing chunk of impeller, this machine will not be used hardly at all, def not in general service. i doubt i'll ever put dishes in it but i do want to try it out at least. when i take impeller off i will post pics and see what is available. i have so much to do with all of these it will most prob be awhile. right now i am finishing up a restore on my sears roto rack i recently picked up in tenn. and a kdi-15 i got here in cinti. last fall.

autowasherfreak- there are still lots of old kitchenaids out there, i know matt has a bunch at his shop in grand rapids, and everyone needs a kitchenaid i feel! they are simply the best dishwasher ever made period in my book!

 

[soberleaf]

hey ganski1

thanks, i'll never forget you for that great timer you sent me for my kd-12!!!

i'm afraid to use any of my collection as a main machine except the kdss-17a stainless tub i got from boston. it is under the sink counter and now has a full set of external controls that lets me control all aspects of it's operation myself. stopping timer to extend a wash, turning on water heaters to heat water, activating fill and drain solonoids to add rinses, and lites to tell me what all is "on" at the time.

i chose it as it has a stainless tub but is still a vintage kds-17 and i figure that tub is good for life.

all my other machines i am placing around my small 800 sq ft. country cottage house as i call it. i'm putting my favorite 5 portables in the kitchen and will use them somewhat frequently as i just love portables. prob cause when i bought my aunt and uncle i lived with their first dishwasher it was a g.e. portable. 1972 model! i use the kd-5 top loader quite a bit as i love it love it love it for some reason! just love the "whooooshhh" sound it makes when i close the lid! sounds like a tornado inside! i also added a switch on the back to turn off timer and extend a wash if i like.

the rest of em i will place in all the rooms but i am going to develop some type of hook up so i can use any of them if i want to from wherever they are as i feel i should prob run them once in a while to keep seals moist. some will have to be restored as far as pump parts go, seals etc. and i will just work on them one at a time for the next 50 years i guess!

the jet action washer is going in my living room as the focal point as i want towatch it ever so closely for any leaks or other adverse behavior and i can't do that if it is in the laundry room due to space problems. i am going to hook up a quick connect so i can run a short length of hose from my laundry room tub to the washer to fill it and some type of quick connect drain as well.

i will say that matt told me to bypass drain pump if possible and use it as a gravity drain which i can do. this way all water will drain out of outer tub and that has to help it stay dry and healthy! i want to use it frequently but am going to be very very careful with it! and again i am going to monitor it closely, in the living room it will be easy to do that!

you would think i had a new baby in the house or something!!!!!!!!

 

[everythingold]

Thank You Pete

It was so nice to have a visitor! It gets lonely up here in the arctic. My wife loves guests, and bought everything she could think of for Pete, except his other addiction: Pepsi.
Irony Abounds!

Pete took the better part of three years of collecting. And he promised that he would build a Museum! I can't wait to see it. The only machine that was hard to let go was the Kelvinator. Even though it is a D&M, Kelvinator is from Grand Rapids Michigan.

Thanks again Pete. These beauties are in good hands. godspeed. matt