Spotted during a call... A rare(?) Kenmore dishwasher

[redcarpetdrew]

I was out on a call and saw this out of the corner of my eye. I don't think I've ever seen this dishwasher model. It's a rapid advance timer, no? Is this a D&M? Did D&M make a rapid advance timer model?

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The customer says they haven't used it for a great number of years, hence the overall condition of it. Here's the close up of the left hand side.

 

[turquoisedude]

Holey moley!  I remember seeing a few of the Canadian versions of these in the early 80s! 

 

AFAIK,  there were a couple of D&kenMores with the rapid-advance timers;  Brian in Ontario may have one... 

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The R/H side...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Say ahhh...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The upper arm. I have my foot in the door if he ever decides to replace it. I wish I had found time to open up the console to have a look at the controls of this rare bird...

 

 

[mickeyd]

They buttons & lights remind me

of the TOL Washers of that year(s), the Solid State WP's & KM's we've seen posted recently. Very nice.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The model and serial tag. How old is this? Anyway, enjoy!

 

RCD

 

[mickeyd]

1970

42--just like you!

 

 

 

The first two numbers after the decimal is the year of manufacture.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Hmmmm...

Interesting. I was wondering if the 0584 was hinting at at May,1984 birthdate. BTW, I'm a 1967 year model...

 

RCD

 

[mickeyd]

Two spray arms AND a ceiling shower. How cool! Is that common?

 

[mickeyd]

When you asked a few weeks ago for a washer date, I thought you were kidding or that you didn't see the tag. In washers, it's always 110. and then the next two numbers are the date. So I'm making the inference that it's the same for DW's with a 587 meaning a dishwasher rather than a 110, for clothes washers. But I cold be all wrong. Just an inference.

 

So you're 45, well Happy Birthday, anyway

(summer party glasses)

 

[joefuss1984]

the first three digits are the manufacturer.

110. is whirlpool

587. is d&m and now in newer years Frigidaire i believe

 

[macboy91si]

1970

Seems awful modern for 1970, weren't roto-racks still around in '70. I think 84 is closer, we had this machine in my Aunt's house and it was an 81 or 82... I'd be interested to know.

 

And yes, it's a D & M

 

Thanks

 

-Tim

 

[turquoisedude]

Two spray arms AND a ceiling shower. Is that common?

Yep - the Kenmores starting in the mid - 70s had that configuration in the higher-end models- my ol' 78 has this same setup, with the pipes running up the left rear corner of the tub and all!!

 

[rp2813]

The panel design treatment resembles the style of the more BOL Kenmore my parents got in 1975 or so, but the buttons on theirs were rectangular shaped with a rough surface.

 

[coldspot66]

The last 4 digits of the serial # are month and year of mfg. Kenmore used a different model # pattern for D&M dishwashers. This was born in May 1984

 

[mickeyd]

Joe & John

110. is Kenmore. Honest. All of my Kenmores begin with 110. Whirlpool Washers begin with letters. My threee are LDA LSP LHC.

 

The DW's must have a different coding which I had obviously not yet learned. Excited to help Andy, I went off half-cocked. How could a panel so futuristic be from 1970? Time machine? I am spectacularly wrong, and will go down to the basement right now and put myself thru the Visimatic Wringer. OOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, not my wiener OHHHHHHHHHHHH.

 

PS: Thanks, John for showing us how to do it, and long live the Visimatic Roto Cap which you so generously sent me. I've kept it clean.

 

[petek]

Wonder if it has reversible front panels hidden behind the black one? 

 

[gansky1]

Interesting dishwasher - this must have been a transition from the Solid-State models toward the Whirlpool Ultra-Wash machines that began in 85-86.

Sears used source coding for nearly all of their appliances, garden power tools, etc. This indicated the manufacturer of the products. Montgomery Ward had a similar system for their appliances, etc.

587.xxxxxx was the source code for D&M dishwashers
110.xxxxxx was a Whirlpool product

 

[peteski50]

one of my favorates!

This model was one of my favorate dishwasher models. This was made from 1983 - 1986 and ran concurrently with the kenwhirl power clean models.

 

[peteski50]

Kenmore!

another spec

 

[peteski50]

Kenmore

more

 

[peteski50]

Kenmore!

continued!

 

[peteski50]

Kenmore

control panel!

 

[cleanteamofny]

Did you drag her in?

Have fun, she's a keeper and it's good to see that there is a few more still hanging around!
I had the chance to hook her up in my garage and boy is she louder than a young teenage girl screaming at her momma!

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?37901

 

[alr2903]

Good for you RCD

Was this the last of the D&M Kenmores?  alr

[this post was last edited: 6/22/2012-05:45]

 

[beekeyknee]

Drew,

It must be interesting being in the biz, going into peoples homes and seeing pleasant surprises. You probably run across surprises that are unpleasant too. That's the part that would bother me. Going in filthy peoples homes. I'm afraid I would have to scold them, be concerned for my health and that wouldn't be good for business, but it would be hard for me to hold my tongue. I'm afraid I would have to start cleaning the general area and that wouldn't do. Have you ever been tempted?

Brian

 

[cuffs054]

My neighbor has the Roper version of this DW. Uses it every day.

 

[combo52]

1984 D&M built TOL KM DW

Thanks for taking the time to share this with us Andy, it certainly brings back memories. I would have never in a thousand years guessed that anyone would get excited about a D&M built DW of this age, LOL, I guess I should be more grateful for all the money we made trying to fix these awful DWs and all the money we made replacing them with new KAs and WPs. But what always  comes to mind first is all the cuts on fingers from the very poor construction chronic leaking and rusted parts, few D&M machines lasted even 10 years if used everyday.

 

The D&M of today to me are the tall tub Frigidaire s, the Frigidaire s do have better assembly quality and don't rust and they are a good but frustrating source of income as people will often try to have them repaired once or twice before we sell them a new DW. But just like the D&Ms of old many people realize after using the new TT Frigidaire s for a few years they just call us and order a new DW when things start to go wrong as they have already realized that the machine is basically a POS.

 

I will be interested to see how many of the future appliance collectors in 15-30 years will be collecting Frigidaire TT DWs built after 2000 LOL.