KUDU03STBL0 KitchenAid Dishwasher - Instructions

Pulled the diswasher out, as I did three years ago. Reattached the spring, connected the plastic fastener to rear arm and then my wife put the front piece of plastic, holding the balance rope, over the hook, at the end of the spring, when I was able to pull the spring, with my pliers, far enough. Then, I pushed the diswaher back into place and reattached the front plate. Time spent about 1 hour

Our son brought us the gift of cockroaches! They originally colonized the control panel and caused it to malfunction. Occupied it again after I replaced it and the it quit working again - took me a minute to figure out that it was the TCO(thermal cut off) repair was fast (less than 15 minutes) and the diswasher works fine. Bugs do like electricity so make sure that you put insecticide inside your door if you have to take it apart! So far so good.

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.

Most of the repair time involved getting the dishwasher pulled out far enough to make the repair. This involved removing the water feed line, and removing the mounting screws that secured the dishwasher to the sides of the cabinetry. Once that was done, the actual repair required no tools and took about 5 minutes. There are tension springs attached to lines (ropes) which connect to the bottom part of the door on both sides. The plastic part at the end of the tension line which connects to the spring was broken. I just slipped the old broken line off the plastic pulley wheels, replaced it with the new line and reattached it to the spring. You'll need to stretch the spring slightly in order to hook it to the plastic end piece.

I followed the instructions in the video provided by Part Select showing the repalcement procedure. It was very simple, the hardest part was pulling the dishwasher out of the center island cabunet.

Put new parts on--had to go on you tube to find out how

It only tooh about fifteen minutes, Shut off water inlet, disconected supply line, took out two screws holding valve, disconected electrical input , then reversed process. Ordered valve on Sunday night valve was in by Tuesday noon.

Well, I pulled the washer out, but couldn't figure out what kept it from coming all the way out. So the repair wasn't that hard except working in the tight space to get the springs hooked back on the correct mounting "bracket". Otherwise, it was much easier than I had thought. I had to slightly trim the mounting brackets so nothing stuck out from under the edge of the countertop. Oh, and I used a ball pein hammer (sp?) to clean up the trim a bit.

Installed link kit using your tutorial, which was very helpful. Ordered the parts via overnight shipping and had them less than 24 hours later. Excellant service all around. Thanks.

This was the second time, so it went smoothly. After releasing the appliance from the counter and drawing it out, threading the cord and attaching the spring was simple. The new fitting design seemed likely to last longer than the first two.

Exact parts I needed, and the video showed exactly the steps to complete the repair. ONLY way it could have been easier is if the guy in the video came to my house and did the repair himself. This site is now a perm bookmark!

Using a Torx screwdriver, I removed the fasteners holding the control panel/latch section of the door on the dishwasher. I tested the high limit thermostat with a multimeter. Just two terminals, one being power in, the other power out. The part had what I have heard call a "high resistance open". In other words, the power was not getting from "A" to "B". Power in - not out. After cutting power to the unit, I removed the part (just pull it out of the retaining clip and pull the terminals from the part). After receiving the part...by the way, really fast delivery...I reconnected the part (it doesn't matter which wire goes where), pushed the part back into the retaining clip, replaced and fastened the control panel, then restored power to the unit. Runs like new.

I followed the attached youtube video. I did not have to disconnect the wire harness. Unplugging the power cord allowed the dishwasher to be removed for repair. The bolt holding the motor in place is somewhat difficult to get to because it is behind a shield. A socket with an extension is necessary. The motor required more effort to dislodge than indicated in the video. Once the bolt is removed and the motor is rotated, wiggling and pulling was necessary to break the seal loose. Be sure to line up the arrows on the motor and collar before reinstalling.

I took apart the old worn out piece and did the replacement with ease

Diagnosing the problem was made easy using the "8 things that could be wrong" if the dishwasher would not turn on in the "Instant Repairman" area. We were going to order the entire module replacement for $141. Then we saw the Q & A link that said the Bi-Metal Fuse had the highest percentage of repairs if exhibiting such symptoms as our machine exhibited. The price of the fuse was $25. WOW what a difference in price and yes, it did fix the problem. The help given through the "Instant Repairman" area of the website saved us from spending $141 when $25 fixed our problem. We have ordered several parts but didn't know about the the "Instant Repairman". We will never again NOT use it to diagnose a problem.