valvashon
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A few years ago I bought a supposedly bad rinse aid dispenser from a KDI-15 model for possible use in my KDI-58 (portable version of the 18). When it arrived I thought that I had been taken so I just set it aside. Finally dug it out this last week as "Phil" is apart because I put in a new timer. Cleaned up the rinse aid dispenser and in doing so I inadvertantly fixed it! A previous owner of that machine used what appeared to be plumbers putty to seal up where the fill and dispense ports enter the wash tub. That plumbers putty also filled up the stopper area leading it to just leak rather than dispense.
I have tried it with my "widowmaker" line cord and it opens, closes and seals properly when power is applied and removed. I will assume that the movement of the plunger lets out a small splash of rinse aid which then gets further rinsed into the machine.
The presence of the plumbers putty led me to wonder if there was a missing pair of rubber gaskets that should go under the white things that screw on to the ports and hold it to the machine. I was unable to find such a thing at a good, old time hardware store but I did find a thin fiber washer/gasket that fits well around the threaded part. Should I put that under the white screw on thing or is it not designed to have a gasket with the white part acting as a seal?
I will have it properly together tomorrow and wil post some pictures of the unit and how the fiber gaskets might fit on it.
TIA
Val
I have tried it with my "widowmaker" line cord and it opens, closes and seals properly when power is applied and removed. I will assume that the movement of the plunger lets out a small splash of rinse aid which then gets further rinsed into the machine.
The presence of the plumbers putty led me to wonder if there was a missing pair of rubber gaskets that should go under the white things that screw on to the ports and hold it to the machine. I was unable to find such a thing at a good, old time hardware store but I did find a thin fiber washer/gasket that fits well around the threaded part. Should I put that under the white screw on thing or is it not designed to have a gasket with the white part acting as a seal?
I will have it properly together tomorrow and wil post some pictures of the unit and how the fiber gaskets might fit on it.
TIA
Val
