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SteveT,
No its really not all that noisy, some of what you're hearing is the result of video compression and such. I personally don't think its all that loud, and quite honestly I love listening to the sound of it run.
Funny too, because I did reassemble it without using the fiberglass insulation that was there. The stuff is old and crumbly, so I left it out. I will check around for some acoustic foam or something like that.
I checked everything over inside the door pretty thoroughly today when I had it apart, if the detergent dispenser is leaking its minimal. I bought this DW from its original owner, and she told me she'd never had a moments trouble with it. I believe it to be a 1975 model.
In the almost 2 years that I have had it the only other repairs I have made were replacing a couple of hose clamps at installation time, and the constant rinse sprayer thing was broken. Luckily I was able to find a NOS replacement on ebay and made the repair.
As a whole the machine is in very good shape. I was also lucky to find NOS racks too. The front was originally coppertone, I had the panels painted black at an auto-body shop. It looks like it could have come from the factory that way!
