If any of you have any literature on Maytag WP-600 top-loading portable dishwasher, especially parts lists, spec-sheets, brochures, I would appreciate seeing them here or please donate them to the Ephemera library.
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stevet
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late to the game??
Seems like MT was no Pioneer in the DW business. When did they start making them and I am surprised that they started with a portable. Or did they have a conventional model to go with the portables?
Seems like MT was no Pioneer in the DW business. When did they start making them and I am surprised that they started with a portable. Or did they have a conventional model to go with the portables?
Maytag was very late to the dishwasher game. They started with the portable alone in 1966. In 1969 they introduced the all-pushbutton WU600 which was an under-counter only model. It wasn't until 1971 that they offered a full line of under-counter and convertible portables.
They must be rare machines. Don't recall ever seeing one. How reliable were they?
Their models with the figure 8 filter and heating element were bad for etching glassware with the 18 minute heated wash. Something weird happened to at least some of the TL portables; the strong lid springs tore the hinges loose from the cabinet. I remember the regimented loading of the upper rack. It seems that I have more bowl-shaped items than plates so it is more important to me to have a water source UNDER each rack than under one and above another.
The dishwasher marked the start of Maytag's drive for a full line of appliances, a quest that marked the beginning of the end for the company. Were this opera or mythology instead of corporate history, there would have been Erda, Loge, Norns and Fates warning the lead character or CEO at this juncture.
The dishwasher marked the start of Maytag's drive for a full line of appliances, a quest that marked the beginning of the end for the company. Were this opera or mythology instead of corporate history, there would have been Erda, Loge, Norns and Fates warning the lead character or CEO at this juncture.
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IMO (Opinion and Observation) the end of the reverse-rack dishwashers heralded the demise of the brand; I wasn't a fan of the switch to the non-center dial washers, but the brand remained a good value, overall, into the Eighties.
The figure-8 filter and heater configuration was on the built-in models; the portable had a slightly different configuration and for crystal and delicate stuff you could and would turn off the heating element which included the water-heating.
I can't speak to the hinge spring defects (although that sure sounds like my KitchenAid KD-2 that has monster springs), but that dishwasher has the best racking system of any machine I've ever seen. The capacity was unequalled and extremely flexible. You can load bowls, plates and drinking ware on any of the racks and everything gets clean.
IMO (Opinion and Observation) the end of the reverse-rack dishwashers heralded the demise of the brand; I wasn't a fan of the switch to the non-center dial washers, but the brand remained a good value, overall, into the Eighties.
The figure-8 filter and heater configuration was on the built-in models; the portable had a slightly different configuration and for crystal and delicate stuff you could and would turn off the heating element which included the water-heating.
I can't speak to the hinge spring defects (although that sure sounds like my KitchenAid KD-2 that has monster springs), but that dishwasher has the best racking system of any machine I've ever seen. The capacity was unequalled and extremely flexible. You can load bowls, plates and drinking ware on any of the racks and everything gets clean.
dishwashercrazy
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KEN!!
I have the complete pictorial Part Catalog (1966, Revised 8-1975) AND the Maytag Service Manual for the Portable Dishwasher Model WP600 (Dated 1966). I can scan and send it to you and then send the original to Robert to put in the Ephemera library.
Mike
I have the complete pictorial Part Catalog (1966, Revised 8-1975) AND the Maytag Service Manual for the Portable Dishwasher Model WP600 (Dated 1966). I can scan and send it to you and then send the original to Robert to put in the Ephemera library.
Mike
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