KUDS01FLSS6 KitchenAid Dishwasher - Instructions

Pull the dishwasher out to expose the top where the strike plate is installed. Remove old strike plate. Install new. Tools needed- screwdriver.

Turned off electrical at the curcit breaker box. Removed 6 screws releasing the control panel, Cut the 2 wires 1/2 in. behind the old fuse block. Removed the old fuse and wire harness, connected the pld wires to the new fuse and wire harness, secured the new fuse in place, replaced tha control panel with the 6 screws, turned on the breaker and the job was finished. Tried the dishwasher and it worked fine. Compared to the last Whirlpool repairman handled repair I saved approximately $160.00 in labor alone. This entire repair took me about 25 minutes. Another thing that made this repair nice was that I received my part from Partselect.com within 30 hours after placing my order.

I have this super high end Kitchenaid stainless steel dishwasher. It had slowly stopped cleaning very well which I only noticed when I visited relatives who just scraped dishes and put them into the dishwasher and they came out clean. I basically had to hand wash my dishes and still the upper rack ones had some residue (more than when they went into the DW. I did research on the internet. I had retained old parts from warranty repairs. First possibility was that the hard food chopper was broken. I took it apart and the shaft was fine, but the screen had worn in the center. So I replaced it with parts already on hand. The unit cleaned slightly better (maybe). Next on the list was a failing motor/impeller. I found I had one of those too. It was in great shape, so I exchanged that. During the exchange I put the upper rack down upside down. I saw holes in the manifold on the bottom. I went on line and looked up the manifold part and there were supposed to be no holes. I fixed the holes with water-tight epoxy and ordered a new manifold. In the interim before delivery the dishwasher cleaned perfectly. I did replace my in-the-field repair with a new part. It looked slightly different, but fit. This repair took 10 minutes. Moral of the story: 1. When you have your dishwasher repaired keep the old parts....they may be useful...even if only in excluding a problem. 2. Look for holes that are not supposed to be there....that was my problem. 90% of the water for the upper rack was going out this wear hole. I spent 3 hours diagnosing and repairing my $1500 dishwasher. Likely a repairman would have replaced the motor/pump for $400, replaced the hard food chopper for $100 and then maybe he would have found the problem (or not). The real kicker that motivated me was that I was at a friend's house telling him my problem. He said his dishwasher worked like a champ with dried stuck on egg coming off days later. When I found out he had a lower model Kitchenaid I figured out mine was broken....Now I have taken this thing apart so many times in the 8 years of ownership that I will probably just keep repairing it forever. When I opened up the hard food chopper there were lots of pieces of glass and little pieces of the rack.....all disposed of. Works well now.

I viewed the online video where the installation procedures were presented. Removal of the dishwasher from the counter was very easy since it was retained in place by two small screws attaching the top of the appliance to the underside of the counter. The appliance could then be pulled out into the kitchen sufficently to reach the springs on the lower sides. A thermal insulation blanket covered the appliance and had to be lifted to work on the lower side of the dishwasher. One spring was adrift beneath the appliance and its detachment was the loud SNAP that I heard. The spring was easily recovered and reattached to the rear of the appliance and then then working one side at a time I first removed the old parts and reinstalled the door balance link to replace the broken cord. I then changed out the other side to complete the job.

Pulled the old seal out and inserted the new one. Very simple and fast. Dishwasher no longer leaks.

The manifold I received has been redesigned, thank goodness. The redesign eliminates the sprayer from getting stuck. 1 screw fix!

Removed the motor and installed the new one. Dishwasher works like new. The old motor was in vary good condition if the bearings and seal could be replaced. It is a shame there is not a place to send them for re-manufacture rather than salvage. The cost for new material and labor to produce a new one must be greater than re-manufacture.

Real easy there was no guess work after watching your video on how to change the door balance kit. Having that video on the same page that I ordered the part was a great Idea. The guy that thought of that should get a Raise.

I followed the on line video instructions and the repair was completed with a hitch. The seal did not display the 'white stripe', but the enclosed illustration cleared up any question I had about proper insertion. The part arrived within 24 hrs of shipment! I will use Parts Select exclusively in the future! No more big bucks to have a Sears guy simply plug in a new part.

Repair was very easy...Thank goodness for the viedo...The part came the next day...I would recomend looping the link first...then attaching it to the spring.....

In stall a new fuse

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!!!!

Removed the old seal, cleaned the groove, followed directions, placed adhesive per directions, placed new seal in groove per directions, closed door for 24 hours, job was completed. I was concerned that the new seal did not look like the original seal, but the new seal actually was better then the original seal.

As per send video

watched the video on their site and fixed it lickety split.