Recent content by pikapower1998

Happily clicking away! Thank you so much. It' wasn't until this morning that I realized I had been installing the mechanism upside down. You see, I placed the drive lever and the circular piece that prevents the timer from rotating exactly as I saw it in the picture. It wasn't until this...

Sorry! Didn't quite read the whole post. I did what I saw in reply #7 which showed the end of the spring tucked into the hole. I can't find the picture of where the other end goes but I think it's the hook on the top of the advancing cam thing. I re-assembled the timer and it sounded like the...

Advancing mechanism I require a picture of how the advancing mechanism is put together. It can be seen in reply #26 of the thread you linked. but I can't quite see how it's put together. I'm having alot of trouble figuring out how it is assembled

I opened a timer from an early reverse rack dishwasher as the motor contact had welded which made the pump run constantly. I've fixed the contact, but I can't seem to figure out where the spring thingy goes.

An infinite wash cycle. The dishwasher pump is stuck in wash mode, even when the timer is off, the pilot light remains off but the pump continues to run unless the door is open. Obviously since it's stuck in wash mode, the motor can't reverse to drain. Good thing I noticed this before it filled...

Thank you for the reply! I really appreciate the reply. Anyways, The door leak went away with time. it's completely gone now! I don't think hard water was a cause of the gasket becoming crusty as we have a water conditioner in-line with the water mains. Something I noticed was that the lower...

So I have this Maytag WU400 undercounter dishwasher which was manufactured in August of 1973. recently it started to have a lot of problems all at once. The first noticeable is issue is the fill valve which wont open sometimes, I found out the issue is either the pressure switch or the timer. I...

So, I have a 1973 MOL Maytag reverse rack dishwasher, It's a WU400, with the figure-8 sump strainer and direct drive pump. Last winter, here in Toronto Canada, We had a severe ice storm which destroyed all of the powerlines in my neighborhood. after about 3 days, The house temperature went down...