MDB7100AWW Maytag Dishwasher - Instructions

replaced hose

Extremely easy to repair. I can't believe I didn't do this earlier.

Pulled the old gasket. Cleaned gasket channel very well. Centered middle of new gasket with the door latch. Then worked gasket in both directions to both ends. Closed the door and left with door tight for several hours to allow it to seat with the new gasket. When use was resumed the leak, at least to this point, has stopped.

replaced mounting strip and two wheels

I found a short video on YouTube that showed me how easy it was to remove the old dishrack and install the new one. I would have never figured out how to get old diskrack out without watching short video clip. And, all I needed was my fingers to undo the end clips.

I pulled the washer put from cabinets to gain access to the springs and linkage, and in the process I broke the seal on the water line, and fixing that seal is what took the time in my repair. I would warn other do it yourselfers to be careful about that when doing the repairs. My repair was successful even if I caused a leak.

I took the suggestion of a previous reviewer to bend the new part in. But instead of using pliers to remove the old part, I tried bending it to get it out. This was so that I could see how much force would be necessary to bend it without breaking it to get the new part in. I bent it in the middle and was able to get it unhooked from one side without too much force. To get the new piece in, first I made sure I had it lined up correctly. Then I inserted the circle over one of the side prongs to hold it and gently but firmly bent the piece in the middle until the circle on the other side could slip over the other prong. It was not bent enough to stay bent, just to compress it into the space and have it spring back to full length.

I removed the old pieces and snapped the new ones into place. For one part I watched the online tutorial to make sure that I did the replacement correctly. It was all very easy. The delivery and installation took less than 24 hours. I couldn't have gotten a repairman that quickly.

remove panel on front to acess float @ float switch.Remove phillips screw to float switch,remove palnut from float shaft with 5/16 nutdriver.Remove float from inside washer.Reinstall new parts reverse order.