Hi Austin, I was thinking the exact same thing, the Pre-war is much easier to work on because of the timer support is connected to the outer tub as opposed to the top assembly.
As for the trap seal, there is an adjustment on the lever to make it tighter, otherwise you will need to make a new seal with closed cell foam, I did this for my Whirlpool combo and it works great.
As for the leaky drain value (water slowly goes down the drain during the wash cycle), the pre-war seems to seal just fine. But on my '47 I had lots of trouble with it so what I did was I opened the drain fully and I installed a Kitchen Aid dishwasher drain valve in line with the discharge hose. I took the leads from the pump solenoid and connected them to the KA drain valve and problem solved. The KA drain valve sounds exactly the same as the Bendix pump valve so no one would ever know the difference.
As for the trap seal, there is an adjustment on the lever to make it tighter, otherwise you will need to make a new seal with closed cell foam, I did this for my Whirlpool combo and it works great.
As for the leaky drain value (water slowly goes down the drain during the wash cycle), the pre-war seems to seal just fine. But on my '47 I had lots of trouble with it so what I did was I opened the drain fully and I installed a Kitchen Aid dishwasher drain valve in line with the discharge hose. I took the leads from the pump solenoid and connected them to the KA drain valve and problem solved. The KA drain valve sounds exactly the same as the Bendix pump valve so no one would ever know the difference.