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Thanks all! I appreciate those suggestions. I'll check in to them and see if either might work for my situation. I ran a load of dishes over the weekend, and she worked great! Very exciting. I also sent my original owner's manual (yes, someone kept it in a drawer since 1965) over to...

An update! Well, I took a chance at tightening the motor mounting bolts, as they were a bit loose. Poured in some water and no leak! Imagine that! Put the innards back, ran a cycle, and no drips. I might just have a functional KDS after all. Will run some dishes this weekend to put her...

me too! I think the previous homeowner must have just let it sit with water in there for years!

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Went ahead and took out everything but the motor/drain pump. How bad is it, doc?

would I Need to then remove the wash arm support to get photos of the lower part of the tank? The only rust I can see from inside before disassembling anything further is right next to the heater element. Thank you!

Ok... holding off Thanks stevet. I don't have any gaskets at this time, no. If anyone has parts they'd like to sell, please let me know. In response to your comments... I may be able to get another 3/8" of working clearance by removing the counter brackets and raising the feet, which...

sounds like... I'll be removing the pump and motor to see what it looks like from there. Great to know that it can come out from the front! Thanks combo52. I'll report back with what I find.

Leak area Shown here...

And... inside pic of said machine. Parts removed while I'm working on it... I have everything, luckily.

Hi everyone... What a great forum this is. Such a wealth of knowledge here! I've already downloaded the service manual for my KDS-15, thanks to the generous folks here that scanned it in. So... this machine came with our house, original equipment when built in 1965. I've just recently...

I've got it... And will happily post it (the instruction manual). I'm so happy to have found this forum, and to finally have the service manual for the KDS-15! Thanks everyone!