DU1055XTVS1 Whirlpool Dishwasher - Instructions

After calling a repitable repair co. And they came out and sugested a new motor after I had already broken down the start of repair and showed him the bad part. He wanted $174 to fix the washer after I convinced him it was the food chopper. Well. . . After I through him out of the house and called part select, got may parts in three days saw the vedio on thier web sight and saved my self. . Or shough I say paid my self the $150 dollar sevice call and went out to dinner with my wife!!!! Next time I sure know what to do is . . . Call part select first and save my self lots of agravation!!!!

I did the repair excately like the video said that came with a reply after my order

I cut the breaker and disconnected the in and out water lines, then removed the washer. Once on its side, I took it apart until I found what was broken. The chopper unit had broken and parts were sucked into the pump. After going online and finding/ordering all the parts, I cleaned everything and put it back together so as not to lose anything. When the parts came in,it was an easy job to replace the broken parts and have it back in use. The repair would have cost over $350 and my parts bill was less than $90. Thanks

remove top rack, discribed in video, removed bottom spinner,removed water channel to top, removed screwes in screen in bottom, removed 1 screw above chopper ass, used neadle nose plyers to remove chopper, rember to compress chopper spring to install. installed in reverse order..

Removed about 8 screws. (Needed a "star" screwdriver for the screws.) Pulled the front panel off. It was stuck in places to the foam sound deadening instulation sheet, but taking the putty knife and sliding between insulation and old front worked pretty well. A couple of large pieces of foam cracked off, but once the front was off, I just used duct take and put them back together, then put on new front. One thought....if you want the old nameplate, which in my case was "KitchenAide" it would have been best to lay the old front on top of the new front to see where the holes needed to be drilled in the new front, and put the branded plate on before installing the new front. The name plate had two screws as part of the molded nameplate, which passed through the front and were held on with two friction nuts on the "inside" of the front. It isn't really needed, but it breaks up the solid front and looks nice. However, in my case, I didn't think to do that. So.....I cut the screws off with a hacksaw, smoothed the back with a file, and used epoxy to glue it on the new front once it was on. The epoxy seems to be holding just fine.

Took out old dishwasher rack and replaced with new.

Cleaned area around food chopper. Replaced food chopper.

I wanted to replace the black door panel with stainless steel to match our other appliances. The part ordered came quickly and in perfect condition. I removed the ten panel screws easily with a torx screwdriver and installed the new panel in about ten minutes. No problems!

Removed unit from counter. Replaced element.

A power surge blew out a number of my appliances, including the dishwasher. I have a stainless steel KitchenAid model. Getting to the control panel was a bit difficult. The entire front panel had to come off. Once I did that, and get a look at the control board and bi-metal fuse, I saw that the fuse had blown (turned black) and part of the control board was black as well. So, it was back on-line to PartSelect to order a electronic control board. Once that arrived (in 2 days...shipping was really fast for both parts), I installed the control board and followed the instructions for installing the bi-metal fuse. There were no instructions on how to install the control board. But it's really self-explanitory! I took a picture of the board before disconnecting it to make sure I plug the same wires into the same ports. I then saw that the control board has color labels for the wires: brown, purple, blue, etc. All-in-all, it was REALLY EASY to replace both these parts. Once I completed the install, I plugged the dishwasher back into the recepticle and started a wash cycle. It worked just like new. All-in-all, it was REALLY EASY to replace these parts. It cost be about $180 for both parts. I'm sure if I called in a repair person, the cost would've been 3-times that!

removed broken pieces , replaced with new your diagrams and part info was perfect, just remove and replace

I first checked the power to the dishwasher. Then searched the web. I found a video that described the problem. I found the cut-off fuse and tested the conductivity -- it was blown. So I ordered the thermal cut-off fuse for the dishwasher. It came in 2 days! It was easy to install. You take the cover off the door and pop the cover off the controls; cut the wires; install the new part; and put the door back together. Actually the hardest part was getting the door back together. Worked fine first time.

Removed the baskets. Had difficulty removing the lower arm until I found that the small plastic button that I thought was a cover for a mounting screw was actually a reverse threaded plastic screw. Removal of the cover/strainer revealed a lot of black gunk that was removed with a shop vac. Problem was found to be a gunked up screen that was starving the water pump and negating any cleaning action spray. This had caused the scraper to shear its plastic socket that fitted over the pump shaft. I ordered a new screen with the scraper from Part Select. Installation was a little tricky as the screen had to be slipped into a slot while the spring loaded socket was retracted for clearance to pass by the end of the pump shaft. I fitted a pair of small. flat bladed pliers over the spring loaded shaft to depress the spring and allow the socket to pass by the shaft. I removed the pliers and the socket snapped into place. Reinstalled all of the covers, ducts, and baskets and this 22 year old dishwasher now works fine. All for the $32.00 cost of the screen and scraper.

Empty dishwasher remove bottom basket. Disconnect electricity then turn off water. Remove top screws from counter. Slide unit out and gently tip forward. Remove the two wires from connectors on element. Unscrew plastic nuts from element save if reusable. Gently tilt unit back to normal position. Remove old element and install new one and attach to stainless spacers to hold element in place. Tip unit forward. Reinstall plastic nuts. Plug wires back into new element connectors. Tilt back into normal position. Turn water back on check for any leaks and repair if necessary. Turn electricity back on and then slide unit back into original position and replace under counter screws. Test out by running quick cycle wash. It should function normally. During drying cycle open door to be sure it is hot inside. If hot then it is repaired. Let it finish cycle and replace basket. Do not touch hot element as it will burn you.

Changed the control panel and the unit still did not work. Thought maybe it was the door switches - ordered the wrong part - tried the Thermal Cut Off(tco) replaced it and the unit works great.