CDB1500AWS Magic Chef Dishwasher - Instructions

I probably could have nursed the dishwasher for years but with two young children it an impossiblity to achieve kitt gloves this repair required. My kids are just old enough to do dishes and the last thing I want is an accident with water running into the basement. Placing the order and receiving it almost too fast made the install simple, quick and my wife still hasn't noticed. I impressed myself with the quick turn-around but I repair cameras for a living so repairs are second hand.

Unscrewed door panel; replaced latch mechanism (old one was broken), including a bit of very simple wiring; screwed door panel back in place.
Dishwasher closes and runs fine now!

found the problem. took out old handle and latch assembly then replaced with the new one. straight forward, very simple.

turned of braker and thin removed the screws that held the frunt pannle on and unpluged the door handle switches and pluged in to new one thin placed ever thing were it belonged and put screws back in

Removed door facing screws, unpluged switch wires, attached wire plugs to new switches on handle and replaced screws. Finished.

Turn off electric breaker to dishwasher. Remove all star head screws from inside rim of door pannel. Disconnet electric connetions (somewhat difficult-had to use pliers)from old handle then attach to new handle set in place. Srew door panel back on. Turn electricity back on.

Popped the wheels on just like the ones that were still there and it was good to roll. Nice!

installed rack stoppers. Didn't use tub wheels but fixed old (as best I could) didn't want to spent the money for rack adjuster at this time(wheels are part of rack adjuster assembly)

The 2 harness connectors to the switches would not come off. I had to finally remove the 2 new switches from the new handle/latch assm. and plug in the old ones with the harness bables still attached to them.This worked fine and resolved the door problem. Unfortunately, I am now forced to use the old original switches while the new switches remain in the shipping box. If the old switches go out, I have no idea how to remove the connectors so I can attach them to the new switches.

To open "stuck door", with right hand around upper right top edge of door and with left hand push directly inward on handle then pull out with right hand. It is a little tricky to do, but door will open. Turn off power to dishwasher. With the right size torx driver, remove the stainless steel screws around inside perimeter of door, left, right and top. Lift out inner door, which has a clip holding some wire in middle, so can;t lift all the way off. Lift it up enough to just "lift out" door handle/switch assembly. With power OFF, grab plug connectors and pull of old handle. Mine were very tight, and kind of rocked connector down and up while pulling and came right off. Plug wires into new unit, lay in place of unit removed just alighning to two pins. Lay inner door back in place, put screws back in, and you are done. VERY easy repair.

Calcium build up from our hard water had plugged varous parts of the dishwasher. Dismantling all the parts for cleaning had resulted in my braking the retaining tabs on the upper sprayer arm, that snaps into a plastic clip that attaches to a flat water distribution tube running from the base of the dishwasher up the back and then over the inside top of the compartment. Replacement is literally a snap. Make sure your get good visualizaton of how to remove the various plastic pieces from the metal or plastic clips that secure them to the inner wall of the dishwasher. Don't do the work only by feel; as I tried to do. Positioning your body to get a good look is, at best, awkward

the part we received has changed, and so it did not fit our dishwasher after all. i was able to remove one flapper from the part and put it on my old one, and now the water pressure is much better, and the dishes are actually getting cleaned.

Removed inner door panel. Removed latch . Removing wire connectors from switches was difficult. Replaced latch. Reassembled. Done.

All I did was put the new wheels on. They were really fast with shipping. I put my order in one day and the parts were there the next.

Couldn't justify having a repairman come to the house for a 5 year old appliance, so there was nothing to lose by trying to do this myself.
I removed about a dozen screws that held the inside door panel to the door, two of the screws held the handle assembly in place. Pulled the wires off of the old handle assembly with a pair of pliers, fastened the wire harnesses to the new assembley and reinstalled the door panel. Repair was simple.