betterwasher
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Hey everyone, just discovered this website after researching my mother's old KitchenAid. We have a Series 23 which I've gathered from the posts on here is a dishwasher worth holding onto. It's really not hard to see that modern washers are NOT built as well - I was in home depot recently and every dishwasher, even those over a grand had an abundance of plastic fittings. The quality isn't there anymore.
Anyways, we were thinking about replacing our KitchenAid with a new model since our Series 23 does not clean dishes as well as it used to, but realize we'll be better off repairing it. What parts of the dishwasher are worth inspecting and replacing? Right now dishes in the lower tray are cleaned fine, but anything in the upper tray remains grimy and in some cases still with pieces of food present. I checked that the upper wash head spins just fine (it does), and the lower head isn't jammed either. Without a service manual I'm not really sure where to go from there.
Also, the tension spring or device that dampens the door as it opens seems to have failed as well. Is that an easy fix or just a flaw that easier to live with.
Thnaks in advance for your help.
Anyways, we were thinking about replacing our KitchenAid with a new model since our Series 23 does not clean dishes as well as it used to, but realize we'll be better off repairing it. What parts of the dishwasher are worth inspecting and replacing? Right now dishes in the lower tray are cleaned fine, but anything in the upper tray remains grimy and in some cases still with pieces of food present. I checked that the upper wash head spins just fine (it does), and the lower head isn't jammed either. Without a service manual I'm not really sure where to go from there.
Also, the tension spring or device that dampens the door as it opens seems to have failed as well. Is that an easy fix or just a flaw that easier to live with.
Thnaks in advance for your help.