Thanks everyone! Pete if you look at the 5th picture above you can see how you push in the chrome knob and turn it to pop open the lid.
Tom, oh I’m totally expecting this dw to be terrible performance wise. But its soooooo cute and the window lid is soooo cool that it really needs to be loved. Seems like vintage dishwashers are like men, then cuter they are the more work and trouble they are.
Yes the machine is beautiful and clean. Chris did a beautiful job with cleaning and painting the machine and that's my least favorite part of the restoration process. Now it’s my turn to do the necessary mechanical restoration work that its going to need, and its going to need quite a bit of it.
Mike the jet-tower rotates as it sprays hot water.
Toggle, this Youngstown drains via a solenoid drain valve and simply uses gravity to drain the dishwasher of waste water.
Jon that tank takes only 120volts. But it runs 24/7 so its already ready to wash dishes. I will install a switch so I can turn the heater tank off when I’m not using it.
No problem Lawrence I can shoot still pictures through the window, even without Plexiglas, YAY.
Now its going to take quite a bit of work until its ready for washing its first load of dishes. I haven’t applied electricity to it yet but I manually filled the dishwasher with hot water last night and fount three things that needs to be fixed in its water system first.
#1 Cast Iron Drain Valve:: I found that the drain valve is not sealing properly (power off drain is closed, power on drain is open) and it leaks about a half gallon a minute which would quickly drain the wash water out.
#2 Mechanical Water Valve: When you press the valve down it fills fast but when you release it to stop it from flowing that fast fill goes down to a fast trickle. Obviously this will have to be fixed.
#Cast Iron Recirculation Pump
#3 There is a slow leak at the shaft seal of the pump. This is going to be a challenge to fix, but I'll figure out something.
I will photograph and explain what I’m doing as I’m fixing all three of these parts. Tonight I will begin with the very Primitive Drain Valve Assembly. It’s quite cool and seals with nothing more than a rubber super ball! More to come.
