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Racks aren

Actually, the racks are just covered in what almost looks like dried out black mildew. Oh yeah lets just wash the dishes right now!

I hope to get to it this weekend and will be using the Dishwasher Clean stuff jet dry puts out. I dont want to use anything really harse as I dont want to etch the porcelain. I think it may just shine up nicely.
Worst case will be take all the innards and put them into my 20 tank and make a 21 daily driver!
Been using that same tank for years with many different models' mechanicals being used!
Stand by for some more pics if I get to it!
 
ooh clean it with

this is like my favourite.I use it to get the calcium out of out stainless steel dishwasher i just let it soak for about an hour should be fine and then i run it on the longest cycle possible :)

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Progress report!

Okay ran a complete cycle with dishwasher magic and kept returning the drain water to the tank. Definitely got rid of the soap residue not too good on the lime but did loosen alot of it. Now running Cascade Total action in it as well clean water for each cycle segment and it is loosening the black stuff on the racks. The door is getting clean and the machine is fairly quiet, though the classic Kitchenaid motor/pump sound is still there even though it has the Emerson motor. Only thing that seems to need fixing is the heater element in the blower. Not getting hot at all. Well, have to have something to do tomorrow!
Also want to double check the sump heater. seems like it should be drawing more than 10 amps. But I did not measure the actual input voltage.
Updates to follow.
 
Don't Watch Tool Time before wrking on any machine!

I was inspired by Tim on Home Improvement and attacked the Monterrey!
I decided to use the Muriatic Acid treatment rather than waiting for anything else to work.

Andrew, the CLR worked on the door where there was light accumulation but did nothing to the sump or strainer.
Well, I tried the muriatic acid and it worked!

Only problem was what splashed onto the fine strianer ate thru it but almost all the scale is gone! Alot of it was soap too so the fumes were really bad.
I mixed the acid with about a gallon of water and ran the pump and the washarms unclogged nearly immediately,

Now I will have to use one of my spare pump tops!
Looks like it is shaping up. Pics to follow! Shortly
 
Damn it looks like a brand new machine!! Aren't there internal components that the acid could harm though? Would that type of treatment be safe for the pump and seal? I used that stuff on the pool's tile grout, and that stuff would just dissolve.
 
well so far so good

Just finished running 2 complete cycles, Andrew, one with detergent and one without and no leaks in the pump.
I did mess up one section of the fine strainer by getting undiluted acid on it. I put in maybe a half quart of acid to about a gallon of water and let it pump thru for about a half hour or so and these were the results! I will change out the pump top in a day or two.
Remember, the shaft seals are made to withtand the chemicals in the detergents as well as an occasional Lime a Way treatment. The seals are the same material as on the commercial units.

And it was simply determination and no beers! Hate the taste.

Now to decide what to do with it and soon!
This and the others may be all up for sale soon!
 

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