Just became the proud owner of a KDS-58C (see the thread "KDS-18 portable in Montreal" for the details).
This thing is amazing! It's in excellent condition and was well looked after. The outside cabinet is near mint, and the butcher block top looks like it has never been used-not a scratch or scuff mark on it. Inside, the tank is almost perfect... no rust anywhere, including both racks, and the top Constant Rinse Spinner is present. Underneath, again there is no rust, and no signs of leaking anywhere. I'm certain this dishwasher did not get much use by it's previous owner.
So far, the only problems I've seen are:
- Lower tank seal is starting to come off, so I'll need to replace it. However, I ran a full load tonight and only saw a small drip of water on the corner of the top of the lower access panel, so I'm wondering if there is any hurry to do so (the center part of it was brittle and came off in my hand, but no leaks there). Where's the best place to buy this seal? I see that RepairClinic.com have them in stock, and I've bought parts from them before. Any other recommendations?
- The power cord is taped up at the plug end and also where it goes into the dishwasher, so I will probably end up replacing it. Is there supposed to be some kind of retracting mechanism on the power cord, or does it just push into the opening like the unicoupler hoses? How difficult is it to replace the cord?
- I noticed tonight when getting ready to unload my first load that there seems to be a problem with the door hinges, as the catch at the top of both hinges starts to come out of the slots. Are these adjustable, or am I missing a stopper piece? (The guy who sold it to me told me that he had some custom door springs made for it because he couldn't find any replacements, so that might have something to do with it?)
- After finding a recommendation in another thread to take off the front access panel and check for leaks at the detergent dispenser, while running my first full cycle I noticed that both the pre-wash and main wash dipensers drip ever so slightly around the shafts, at a rate of about 1 drip per 30 seconds each, but then part way through the cycle, both of them stopped. There was a bit of calcium buildup and a tiny bit of rust in the bottom of the panel below the bi-metals actuators, but I'm wondering if I should bother trying to change the o-rings, or just leave it alone for now?
- I did have a problem at first with the dishwasher not filling up as much as it should. Turns out the unicoupler faucet adapter I bought had a water saving disc in it... removed that and now it fills up to the proper level.
Other questions:
- How do you take off the lower access panel? Does it come off from underneath? Do I need to take off the chrome trim piece "bumper" that is over the front casters to get it off?
- Is it normal for the motor to cut out and wind down briefly while the timer rapid advances after a rinse and hold? It does so three times... once about a second before the status lights change from "Prewash" to "Wash", and twice while in "Rinse" right before switching to "Dry". I know that there is a water heating pause during the final rinse, and that the unit does a final drain after a pause, so I'm guessing this is what the timer is rapid advancing through, but what about the first pause?
- Finally, what does the "C" in KDS-58C stand for? Canada? The wiring diagram/timer chart inside says "Printed in Canada" and "The Hobart Manufacturing Company Limited, 190 Railside Road, Don Mills, Ontario, M3A 1B1".
Tip I discovered: if you want to remove the chart, do so after the dishwasher has been operating for a little bit and the tank wall is warm... this allows the glue to come off much easier and prevents the chart from tearing.
And on a totally unrelated note, one final question: is it possible to purchase the female end of the unicoupler (ie: the same end as on the dishwasher) with just the fill side? I'm thinking that now that I have an adapter on my kitchen sink, I'd like to find this female connector so that I could make a custom fill hose for my Hoover 0519 Twin Tub.
This thing is amazing! It's in excellent condition and was well looked after. The outside cabinet is near mint, and the butcher block top looks like it has never been used-not a scratch or scuff mark on it. Inside, the tank is almost perfect... no rust anywhere, including both racks, and the top Constant Rinse Spinner is present. Underneath, again there is no rust, and no signs of leaking anywhere. I'm certain this dishwasher did not get much use by it's previous owner.
So far, the only problems I've seen are:
- Lower tank seal is starting to come off, so I'll need to replace it. However, I ran a full load tonight and only saw a small drip of water on the corner of the top of the lower access panel, so I'm wondering if there is any hurry to do so (the center part of it was brittle and came off in my hand, but no leaks there). Where's the best place to buy this seal? I see that RepairClinic.com have them in stock, and I've bought parts from them before. Any other recommendations?
- The power cord is taped up at the plug end and also where it goes into the dishwasher, so I will probably end up replacing it. Is there supposed to be some kind of retracting mechanism on the power cord, or does it just push into the opening like the unicoupler hoses? How difficult is it to replace the cord?
- I noticed tonight when getting ready to unload my first load that there seems to be a problem with the door hinges, as the catch at the top of both hinges starts to come out of the slots. Are these adjustable, or am I missing a stopper piece? (The guy who sold it to me told me that he had some custom door springs made for it because he couldn't find any replacements, so that might have something to do with it?)
- After finding a recommendation in another thread to take off the front access panel and check for leaks at the detergent dispenser, while running my first full cycle I noticed that both the pre-wash and main wash dipensers drip ever so slightly around the shafts, at a rate of about 1 drip per 30 seconds each, but then part way through the cycle, both of them stopped. There was a bit of calcium buildup and a tiny bit of rust in the bottom of the panel below the bi-metals actuators, but I'm wondering if I should bother trying to change the o-rings, or just leave it alone for now?
- I did have a problem at first with the dishwasher not filling up as much as it should. Turns out the unicoupler faucet adapter I bought had a water saving disc in it... removed that and now it fills up to the proper level.
Other questions:
- How do you take off the lower access panel? Does it come off from underneath? Do I need to take off the chrome trim piece "bumper" that is over the front casters to get it off?
- Is it normal for the motor to cut out and wind down briefly while the timer rapid advances after a rinse and hold? It does so three times... once about a second before the status lights change from "Prewash" to "Wash", and twice while in "Rinse" right before switching to "Dry". I know that there is a water heating pause during the final rinse, and that the unit does a final drain after a pause, so I'm guessing this is what the timer is rapid advancing through, but what about the first pause?
- Finally, what does the "C" in KDS-58C stand for? Canada? The wiring diagram/timer chart inside says "Printed in Canada" and "The Hobart Manufacturing Company Limited, 190 Railside Road, Don Mills, Ontario, M3A 1B1".
Tip I discovered: if you want to remove the chart, do so after the dishwasher has been operating for a little bit and the tank wall is warm... this allows the glue to come off much easier and prevents the chart from tearing.
And on a totally unrelated note, one final question: is it possible to purchase the female end of the unicoupler (ie: the same end as on the dishwasher) with just the fill side? I'm thinking that now that I have an adapter on my kitchen sink, I'd like to find this female connector so that I could make a custom fill hose for my Hoover 0519 Twin Tub.
