Comments on: Dishwasher Lifespan http://fixitnow.com/wp/2005/11/05/dishwasher-lifespan/ Your appliance repair weapon of mass instruction for all your appliance repair needs! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: OldMaytagFan http://fixitnow.com/wp/2005/11/05/dishwasher-lifespan/comment-page-1/#comment-402 OldMaytagFan Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:27:15 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/?p=921#comment-402 Oh yeah, and the WU-600. It makes the floor shake. It makes the lights dim when it starts a wash. It uses loads of hot water. It breaks glasses if you're too stupid to figure out how to load a dishwasher. And it takes fried eggs off a poorly-seasoned cast iron frying pan. I swear, I'd marry it if it were legal. Oh yeah, and the WU-600. It makes the floor shake. It makes the lights dim when it starts a wash. It uses loads of hot water. It breaks glasses if you’re too stupid to figure out how to load a dishwasher.

And it takes fried eggs off a poorly-seasoned cast iron frying pan.

I swear, I’d marry it if it were legal.

]]> By: OldMaytagFan http://fixitnow.com/wp/2005/11/05/dishwasher-lifespan/comment-page-1/#comment-401 OldMaytagFan Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:24:14 +0000 http://fixitnow.com/?p=921#comment-401 Atypical lifespan, but I have a Maytag WU-600 dishwasher, made in 1970. I scored it 11 years ago and have been using it continuously ever since. I have no allegiance to today's Maytag stuff - like so many things, they don't built 'em like that anymore. The WU-600 was overcomplicated, but it was built like a tank and still does a great wash. Service card: - Diaphragm-type water level sensor seized up due to hard water deposits. Replacement still available from Maytag (expensive but still around!); instead, I hacked in a float tower using a combination of parts from later (junked) GE and Maytag dishwashers. My fault: - Before changing the water level sensor, with the dishwasher's circuit OFF, I accidentally bumped the sani-cycle thermostat while wiggling the sensor to get the dishwasher to fill. Good spark show when plugged in; scavenged a new thermostat off a junked Admiral dishwasher and installed it. Restoration: - I must be crazy, but I love this thing and have moved it three times. The movers think I'm nuts each time. I have one of those woefully underpowered GEneric (capitalization not accidental) plastic tub dishwashers someone paid me $20 to haul away; fixed it in about 10 minutes. When time permits, I'll put the GE into service, disassemble the Maytag, and have its tub and racks sandblasted and refinished. (Note that I've also got vintage Maytag washers and dryers; until the mid 1990s, most Maytag stuff was built to last and usually worth fixing.) Atypical lifespan, but I have a Maytag WU-600 dishwasher, made in 1970.

I scored it 11 years ago and have been using it continuously ever since.

I have no allegiance to today’s Maytag stuff – like so many things, they don’t built ‘em like that anymore. The WU-600 was overcomplicated, but it was built like a tank and still does a great wash.

Service card:
- Diaphragm-type water level sensor seized up due to hard water deposits. Replacement still available from Maytag (expensive but still around!); instead, I hacked in a float tower using a combination of parts from later (junked) GE and Maytag dishwashers.

My fault:
- Before changing the water level sensor, with the dishwasher’s circuit OFF, I accidentally bumped the sani-cycle thermostat while wiggling the sensor to get the dishwasher to fill. Good spark show when plugged in; scavenged a new thermostat off a junked Admiral dishwasher and installed it.

Restoration:
- I must be crazy, but I love this thing and have moved it three times. The movers think I’m nuts each time. I have one of those woefully underpowered GEneric (capitalization not accidental) plastic tub dishwashers someone paid me $20 to haul away; fixed it in about 10 minutes. When time permits, I’ll put the GE into service, disassemble the Maytag, and have its tub and racks sandblasted and refinished.

(Note that I’ve also got vintage Maytag washers and dryers; until the mid 1990s, most Maytag stuff was built to last and usually worth fixing.)

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