The Maytag Dishwasher Big Blue Binder

[whitetub]

I would like to share with you a quick look at my homemade Maytag dishwasher encyclopedia. I collected some booklets over the years.(some in English, some in French). I bought some here on this website. Downloaded them, printed them and made myself a pretty complete historical book of the Maytag dishwashers, up to right before they introduced the 3 rack model. Hope you enjoy.

 

[whitetub]

Some other pictures of the binder, which has more than 200 pages.

 

[cam2s]

That looks like it would be a great read! I love Maytag dishwashers, especially the reverse racks. I'm very fortunate to have my Great Grandma's Maytag in my kitchen. The one of the 14th picture looks interesting, I didn't know that Maytag made a fully electronic reverse rack. As far as I knew, the TOL model was rapid advance push button.

 

[whitetub]

The fully electronic model (reverse rack) is the WU1000, then they also made the WU1005 and in deco-white EWU1005. These were the last series of reverse rack machines. That was a sad day for me.

 

[whitetub]

Here are the pictures of the electronic models of the reverse rack dishwashers.

 

[jakeseacrest]

All I've wanted for years was a WC702 in perfect condition but have never found one

 

[philr]

Thanks for sharing these Steve! 

 

[behzad]

very good

Nice work, those DW Are in 90's style which I still like

 

[whitetub]

Thanks. Working on the Maytag washer and dryer binder next.

 

[turquoisedude]

Wonderful compilation of facts there!  Thanks for sharing this!

 

[murando531]

My grandparents had the electronic reverse rack similar to the fourth picture. It had the eight buttons minus the time readout where instead it had Wash-Rinse-Dry indicators. Looking back, it's amazing to me that they had that and their Lady Kenmore with the completely electronic panel, and those machines were from the 80s. All our appliances were fairly new but had all cheaper mechanical controls. I still remind them everyday how mad it makes me that they traded the still running LK for a GE that now sounds like a freight train.

 

[philr]

After reading this and searching the ads last night...

I finally got an all-pushbutton Maytag this afternoon!

 

Not a washer but a 1976 WU-601 that I got for $25. It needs to have it's front panels replaced/repaired as holes were drilled in it to add wood panels. Maybe I'll just fill the holes and repaint them. The inside is still in good condition. I haven't tested it yet.

 

 

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[bajaespuma]

A request

Would you consider, as many of us with extensive appliance literature collections have, lending some of this marvelous collection to the Webmaster to scan into Ephemera? I'd love to see some close-ups of a lot of your brochures, especially the "Bristles of Water" first ever Maytag dishwasher. It is one of my favorite all-time appliances.

 

[whitetub]

I don't have the actual pamphlet. I got it from the web. Here are the pictures of it. I could get a scan of it at the office in a few weeks when I return from my vacations.

 

[electronicontrl]

Memory Lane

Wow.
I loved this!!
I especially loved the "bristles of water" advertisement.

I have WC401 with very low mileage and a Jenn-Air version of the last of the Reverse Racks DWU9905.

Thank You!!!

 

[frigilux]

What a treasure trove! I could spend hours looking through all of it. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

 

[whirlcool]

I always thought people here tend to look down with distain at Maytag dishwashers. Glad to see some Maytag interest in their dishwashers. They have always been a favorite of ours.

 

[washer111]

Oooooh - Look!

I spy, with my little eye, a Maytag with an electronic control panel

 

Those probably have to be the best implementation of a VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display) in a Dishwasher, in all honesty. In trumps the GE 2x00 series, for sure (and the earlier Jenn-Air models, such as the one member "bwoods" owns). 

 

Would it be at all possible, for AW.org thread-photo-hoarders, such as myself, to have some photos of that magnificent Digital MT dishwasher? (Especially that control. Beautiful!)

 

[whitetub]

I always thought that the Maytag Reverse Rack was the most innovative design, when I was growing up in the 70's. Just the fact that you could put tall items in both racks.
I had a group of friends on my street, in the mid-70's, we used to hang out at one the kids house. His parents had the Golden Harvest trifecta ( Maytag washer A606, Dryer D606 and the portable dishwasher WC400 ) Whenever I had a chance to be alone in the kitchen, where all the appliances were, I opened the door of the dishwasher and marveled at that racking system.
At my house, we had the GE Potscrubber. A good dishwasher, but I found the racks so flimsy looking.

Later on, when I moved out to my own place, I got a vintage Top Loading Inglis dishwasher, in coppertone. A year later, an avocado green WC401 pops up in the window of the used appliance store, next to my appartment. I went in, and bought it on the spot. My life dream was now fullfilled. I had to let it go 8 years later, when we bought house, and everyone told me you can't put an old dishwasher in a new house.
I still miss that machine. But I've been doing well with my Bosch dishwasher.
My binder is like my bible, in my bedside table. LOL

 

[whitetub]

Here's a commercial from 1978.

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZN502OzEW4

 

[philr]

Just like my new WU-601!  Thanks for the link! Do you have any pictures of your old Inglis and Maytag dishwashers?

 

The guy who sold me the WU-601 also had an older A-606 with the chrome knob for sale.  

 

[whitetub]

I will locate my old pictures of my Inglis and Maytag dishwashers and get them on here by Sunday hopefully.

 

[cam2s]

That digital Jenn-Air is gorgous!

 

[whitetub]

Here's some pictures that I found of my WC401, once I painted the front with silver paint and the top white. And my Inglis top-loading dishwasher in my old apartments.

 

[philr]

Nice! Thanks for sharing these! I just bought an Inglis top-loading dishwasher a few weeks ago but mine is an older basic model with an impeller.

 

There are a few pics in this thread: http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?54621

 

I have tested it and it works. I still haven't tested the Maytag WU-601 but I repaired the front panels. I hope it works too!

 

 

 

[appnut]

Wow, don't ever remember the commercial provided by the link in reply #19.  Brian Dennehy, super major drool.  But that lasagna pan is a pitiful example of a dirty baking dish.  That's like light soil in my dishwasher loads. 

 

[whitetub]

True, that lasagna baking dish is just slightly smeared with tomato sauce. I don't even see baked on cheese. I also notice when they say it's built rugged, they hit the counter top, not the dishwasher.
But it's still nice to see a brand new WU601, with nice white clean racks. Sometimes, I wish I could go back to the 1970's for a few hours.
LOL

 

[whitetub]

This commercial seems a little older.

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hqGvwvYvOY

 

[philr]

Yes it seems to. This one shows a WU-600.

 

[electronicontrl]

Back to the 70's

Hey,
Yea I could go back to the 70s for a bit also. I love looking at the pics of those Maytag reverse racks. Growing up I was the primary "dishwasher" in my household and I learned to detest the whole process of hand washing dishes. In 1979 I went on a rampage to get a dishwasher. Mom had a friend who got a KitchenAid and loved it. But when it came down to it she did not want a dishwasher in "her" kitchen. So I had to bypass Mom (I was a junior in hs at the time) and managed to persuade the others in the house to scrape up $100 each and I went dishwasher shopping. The local Maytag dealer "sold" me on the Maytag and in the Spring of 1980 the harvest wheat WC700 was delivered behind Mom's back. After witnessing what that Maytag dishwasher could do for her, Mom's anger subsided. And the WC700 became her best friend. Mom is gone now 3 yrs and when I go back to visit dad, I will run the WC700 and the memories roll in.
I found my WC401 on CL and I wheel it out a few times a month. What fun!!!
I would also go back to the 70's because there were a few men I would have loved to get my hands on for a few min, but that story is for another thread. LOL!