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I believe your diagnosis is correct in either the pressure switch or timer being at fault, with my hunch being the pressure switch. It would depend on how the 17 normally operates that would determine which is to blame. If the 17 works the same way as an 18 does, with the obvious difference in...

Regarding the date of manufacture... someone else should be able to narrow it down, but according to the chart in this thread, the KD-20 series were manufactured between 05/1981 and 04/1984. http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?44358

I'm surprised nobody has answered your question. Best place to get an owner's manual as well as a service manual is the Automatic Ephemera. Link is below. If the 20 manuals are the same as the 18, there will be a timer chart telling you exactly what is supposed to happen at each increment of...

Great dishwasher TwinTubber, and great price. I know you will love it to pieces, just like I love my KDS-58 (the portable version of a KDS-18). Once you try it, you will never go back to anything else.

What happened to your Simplicity, twintubber?

From what I remember, my grandmother's Canadian RCA washing machine (late 70's or early 80's) behaved just like the Westinghouse in this video, including the fast agitation speed, no brake spin coast, and locking lid... don't remember if the tub indexed like this one does though. I also...

Correct me if I am wrong, but the original poster (askolover) is asking about switching out the actual top control panel, as well as the door and access panel panels. This requires much more work than replacing an insert, and would also be much harder to find, as it would need to be model...

True stevet... I forgot about the leaking detergent dispensers.

Sorry to hear that. If you weren't so far away from me, I'd offer to come down and look at it, or take it away. Was there any burning smell or smoke after the loud pop? Or did you see any water underneath it when you pulled it out? My guess is that the motor died, possibly because water...

Yep, just checked my wash arm, and the numbers are there. Gave #4 a little twist and it definitely sped up the rotation speed. Thanks!

Thanks for that tip John. Going to try this on my KDS-58. Can you identify for me (and maybe others) which of the four tips is tip #4?

I know somebody is going to ask, so it might as well be me... what happened stevet? If I weren't a 24 hour drive away, I'd grab it.

Damn... that's the one I called about! Just kidding. Enjoy your machine!

Here's another easy test to try to see if it is getting too much water. Run a Normal cycle with the sink hot water open half way as you did before, then after the third fill (the high fill), open the door and note how high the water level is in the tank. Close the door, then open your water...

With regards to the dripping detergent dispenser shafts correcting themselves... they won't. Mine did exactly the same thing, and I think it is because at the beginning of the cycle they are dry, but once moistened and heated, they will expand a bit and stop dripping for the rest of the cycle...

If the problem with the main wash door bi-metal was electrical, wouldn't the motor stop for the 90 seconds that the timer was trying to send power through the bi-metal to the motor?

For the detergent dispenser, take off the cardboard covers on top of the bi-metals and watch them while the cycle is running. When it is time to open each door, the timer routes power to the motor through one of the bi-metals, thus causing the bi-metal to heat and flex, which releases the door...

If the hinges on the door aren't bent, I'd be interested in them.

It should just lift off. Pull straight up.

I believe the upper rack is from another Kitchenaid from that era, as it has a metal wash arm and china guard to protect items in the lower rack from being hit by the upper arm. One way to tell if it is from an 18 is the length of the upper wash arm... does it go only 3/4 of the way to the back...