KUDU03STWH0 KitchenAid Dishwasher - Instructions

I watched a video that should how to take the motor and housing assembly out. I ordered a part from a competitor, but it was the wrong part ( This was after putting in my Kitchenaid model number). The thermodor opening was too big. Unfortunately, no one was able to help me find the right part. i search online again and found partselect.com. I was able to find the exact part right away. I was thankful that they had a better picture to make sure I got the right part. My part arrived within a few days. My husband was out of town for the week, and I was tired of washing dishes. My husband had taken pictures of the motor and wiring. I asked him to send me the pictures. I was happy to have the pictures to make sure the wiring was correct. I had great success installing the motor and housing assembly by myself. No dishes in the sink tonight and no leaks! I should have been a plumber instead of a teacher. I installed the dishwasher 8 years ago. I also installed the garbage disposal. I have watched too many repairmen fix my appliances for hundreds of dollars. I have always thought "I can do that! " ... so now I do.

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.

Simply remove the front cover of the dishwasher, attached by 6 screws. This is where you'll need a TORXhead (star shaped bit) screwdriver. Once the cover's set aside, you'll see a plastic flap covering the dispenser. Unplug the wire connector from the bottom of the dispenser & unscrew 6 small screws with a nutdriver or small socket wrench. The OLD dispenser will be be removed from 'inside' the door & the new one installed the same way. Holding the NEW dispenser in place with one hand, start your screws back into it from the outside, making sure it remains properly aligned. *Be sure to insert the plastic cover flap onto the outside of the dispenser, BEFORE reattaching the holding bracket. Plug in your wire connector & reattach the washer's cover. It may sound difficult from this, but it's SUPER SIMPLE, & my wife now KNOWS I'm WONDERFUL, cuz we saved a BUNCH of money by me doing it, instead of a washer repairman. Good Luck!! RJ

Very easy, followed the instructions from former customers. Thank you for the quick delivery, I received the part the day after I ordered it.

I spent a heck of a lot more time contemplating how this was going to go than it actually took to do the job! Great insights from other people (and Steve's videos are awesome!). Absolutely agree with the person who said the replacement links are of better quality than the originals. I expect I'll never have to do this again. Bought the link kit and the springs since I didn't know for sure what the failure was until I got into it. The original springs were fine so am returning the two that I bought. Trickiest part was re-hooking one of the door springs - I couldn't pull the dishwasher all the way out due to length of the electric wiring, so had to work at a weird angle to do one side. They're so strong that I kept pulling myself across the floor instead of stretching the spring! Finally ended up starting with the inside end hooked and then stretched to make the connection to the link. That said, including removing the kick plate and counter anchors and then replacing them, I was done in less than 30 minutes.

it was easy I saved alot of $$$$$.

I watched the video on your website, and I followed it to the letter. I find the service provided by this company extremely valuable to a person that is capable of doing his own repairs. Thank you, JAK.

Watched the video(very helpful) and replaced the seal. I am not a handy man at all. First time I have ever fixed anything.

The part was correct and I no problems installing it. Just make sure you tighten the brass elbow tight.

Found a video to replace. The part was replaced as the video described 12 screws on the door, 6 screws on the soap dispenser. The job went according to plan with no blue air due to unexpected problems. One comment on the shipment,, I was very impressed with the timely execution. The site said most deliveries completed in 1.8 days. Ordered on Wednesday afternoon, got it noontime on Friday. Could not have asked for anything more. Thank you.

I got on line and found what part number I needed and ordered it from you. When I received the new cap I unscrewed the old one and replaced it with the new one. Ta da! No more leaking of my expensive rinse aid from around the cap! Then I threw the old cap away!

The first thing I did was watch all the how to video's. It looked simple enough for me to do this so I ordered the parts. I unplugged the dishwasher, took out both the baskets, and I am not sure what this is called but the whole tube thing that has the upper little spinner at the top. Replaced the spinner assy. Then on the upper basket there is a manifold at the end. The tip had broken off I took it apart and replaced it. This all took about 5 minutes, very simple. Then I took out the bottom spinner blade, then proceeded to remove the screws, lifted off the filter removed the screw that held the cover of the chopper assy. The chopper assy had fallen apart the only thing that was in one piece was the back plate. Took out all the broken pieces then attempted to put the new chopper assy back in. Now here is where I had problems. The chopper assy is spring loaded and there are a couple of groves and I was trying to put the assy in the wrong grove and it took me a long time to figure out I was doing this. I finally put the chopper assy in the correct grove, and put everything back together, and the dishwasher works wonderful again. I figured I saved myself over $1000 because I didn't have to go out and buy a new dishwasher. I am 53 and a woman, so I am pretty proud of myself for doing this. Am also very grateful for the video's which helped me fix my dishwasher.

I removed about 8 screws from the upper back of the door assemply to expose the control panel board. From there you could see the thermal overload (fuse. ) I followed the enclosed instructions and was done in about 20 minute. Turned the breaker back on and it immediately lit up and is operating.

Pulled two clips off the rack and removed the tine row. Put the new tine row in, had to put both clips on at the same time. Very glad that the clips we had were not bad, because if they were, we would have had to order new clips too. They might consider including that with the tine row. Otherwise a fairly simple job.

First reviewed the online video which described the repair perfectly which made the job much easier. I disconnected the water and electric and the removed the two screws holding the valve in place. I replaced it with the new valve reconnected water and power and it works like new!