Recent content by aloysius

Copy that. I did order the part when I was on the phone with the parts dept. in Cape Girardeau. It should be on its way right now. I may have to ask for more help when I get to the installation at the remodel. Thanks again.

Found one. Thanks for the info. I called Cape Girardeau and Mansfield. Mansfield quit carrying Kitchenaid parts quite some time ago. However Cape Girardeau had three switch actuators, part Number: 060087 with a cost of $23.95 each. I have decided to move the dishwasher to the house I am...

Thanks for your help. I have been too busy and just had a chance to let you know what I found. I found the switch and the problem seems to be the metal lever that cuts the power gets stuck when the handle is opened slowly and carefully. When that happens I can just touch the metal tab or lever...

Where would I find the door switch? Does it just need some lubricant? WD40? Thanks again for your help.

Good news/Bad news The good news is I turned on the dishwasher to go through the cycle of operation and it did cycle through the wash without leaking anywhere. Also the spray wand was revolving during the washing periods. The not so good news is that when I opened the lever and consequently the...

I advanced the timer dial to off. I am not even sure I know where to disconnect the power. Unless you mean the on/off switch in the upper right corner of the machine. Do I need to move the on/off switch to the off position as well or does it automatically go to the off position? I do not recall.

I will try to run through the cycles again and see what happens. However the photo of the leak was when I first noticed the leak and the leak continued for quite some time after I shut the machine off. It covered quite a large area under the machine. I assume that was from the water sitting in...

I am curious about something else. The spray wand moves easily by hand. However when I tested the dishwasher immediately after the repair every time I opened the door the sprayer was in the same position. I did not let it run through a full cycle because I noticed the leaking at the nuts. Is the...

The repair seems to have been successful as it does not leak from that area now. However it leaks from around the two nuts on the long portion of the p trap. The final photo shows the start of a leak around one of the nuts. I had a plumber at the house for another problem and he could not get...

Fifth photo.

The fourth and fifth photos show the repair with the Fernco coupling. I only had approximately an inch under the p trap as the next photo shows - so I could not configure the repair as suggested in the last post by stevet. I could not go into the basement without more work than I wanted to do...

The third photo shows where the p trap came without the extension pipe.

The second photo shows how high I could get the extension pipe on the drain pipe.

I thought I would let you know how I resolved the problem. I would have let you know sooner but I have had a number of emergencies over the past ten days. The first photo shows the drain pipe with the nut removed.

Photograph of the problem. Here is a photograph of the rusted drain outlet. The photo also shows the remaining portion of the original p-trap where the j-trap connects. It appears as though there is a rusted tube that fits inside the cast iron drain outlet. Over the tube is the nut. When I...