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G.e. dishwasher question.. |
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Post# 550786   10/20/2011 at 15:26 (4,433 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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![]() I am still looking for a another dishwasher but yesterday I went to change the pump thinking it was like all the other new ones with just a blade and that is it and well that turned into a disaster.The pump in my dishwasher is completely different.This dishwasher has a full blown grinder and sizing screen behind it the blade is huge totally covers the pump inlet.I would have never even tried to change it had I known that.It still has that stupid screen in the pump inlet that slides down in the boot.I was wondering does that come out because it superfluous to have that and the other one and that other screen that has the hole for the drain pump was clogged with gunk.I will NEVER touch this dishwasher again after that ordeal the feet are stripped now and It cost me a trip to the E.R. to have my hand stitched up.. Here is a pic I found of the new pump that is in my dishwasher, this is the first I have ever seen of this..I just now want to take that plastic filter that sits in the rubber boot.Does it pull out or does the whole pump have to be removed?I don't think that it needs both of these screens in it because it starves the pump I can hear it.. ![]() |
Post# 550797 , Reply# 2   10/20/2011 at 16:24 (4,433 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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![]() ZBD7920VSS that is the model number but I have looked and looked and have not found a schematic that blade and screen behind it.I am going to remove that stupid other screen it looks like it just pulls out.There is NO need for both of them in there when it just starves the pump.G.E. dishwasher's have never had that plastic screen in the boot before so why now. |
Post# 550849 , Reply# 3   10/20/2011 at 20:08 (4,432 days old) by combo52 ![]() |
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![]() Sorry about your hand now you know why I hate TT DWs as I work on them everyday. Ditch this DW and get a WP built power clean machine you will never be sorry if performance is important to you. If you can put up with cleaning a stinking filter from time to time a KA per 23 series may also be a good chose for you. |
Post# 550866 , Reply# 5   10/20/2011 at 21:04 (4,432 days old) by Electronicontrl ![]() |
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Post# 550989 , Reply# 8   10/21/2011 at 09:42 (4,432 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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![]() The thing that makes me angry is the amount of money this thing costs and it has fell apart on me.John there is NO way I would work on these everyday,the top of this dishwasher where the metal screw straps are is a Razor blade for all intents,it's so sharp I didn't feel it slice me.I am taking that plastic insert out because it was 50% clogged.I could understand having that in there with the other pump with just the blade but it does not need that with the pump that is in mine there is a huge blade and sizing screen but no food can ever get to it.I can hear pump cavitation when it's washing that goes double when the detergent drops in cause it foams a lot.I have tried all detergent's and Finnish quantum is the only one that works,the others leave a residue on the steel interior.I do like the quantumatic it seems to foam a little less and cleans well.Matt the G.E. tall tub I had about 5 years worked great that's what I don't understand but this new dishwasher does highjack the cycles and does what it wants.I got that other G.E. for 150 bucks at Home Depot it was on close out it got fried when lighting struck our transformer.The pump design of these has not change in years but why does a 1980 something G.E. Pot-scrubber clean rings around mine with a tower and in less time?I am kinda torn between spending a fortune on a Miele knowing that it will last.I stayed at my Aunt's for the week and threw everything in hers and the filter was clean and that dishwasher is very powerful.Not as powerful as her commercial one which is a MONSTER in both cost and power (106 gallons a minute) it has, but I don't entertain like she does.I think the it's the shear heat these dishwasher's use that basically melt the food.The more I used it the more I liked it I hate making decisions but I am in no real rush at the moment taking care of Mom comes first and this new drug seems to be working her coughing has stopped but we won't know for sure till month if the tumor is gone but with lung cancer the cough gets worse not better so I pray for the best.. |
Post# 551015 , Reply# 10   10/21/2011 at 11:40 (4,432 days old) by cuffs054 ![]() |
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Mattl, Are you talking about the raised sump cover? I take mine out to clean regularly, but would love to do without it, if I could. |
Post# 551047 , Reply# 11   10/21/2011 at 14:53 (4,432 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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![]() No I want to remove this thing that is in the pic..My dishwasher has a pump just like the one pictured above so why does it need that other one also...This thing was about 50% clogged up with gunk.I can understand having it there with the pumps that have just a blade in front of the turbine but with the pump in mine with that huge blade and sizing screen behind it would work better without it.G.E. dishwasher's have for years just had the top screen and the sizing screen behind the grinder blade that goes into the pump.I have a brand new pump that I was going to put in mine thinking it was like the ones I have seen with just a blade and no sizing screen.I put new seals and even put another blade on my modified pump on top of the one that was there and sharped them imagine my shock when I went through all that and found that new pump inlet.I have never seen one like the one I have in mine so I searched and searched and found a pic of it.We have REALLY high water pressure here and had to have a reducer installed because it was blowing the ice makers,sinks,washers everything.Now we have no water pressure and the dishwasher does not seem to have enough water in it because it cavitates bad.My dishwasher fills then starts unlike the pot smasher dishwasher's that I have used in the past. I am going to get that thing out of there one way or other.... ![]() This post was last edited 10/21/2011 at 15:12 |
Post# 552730 , Reply# 15   10/29/2011 at 22:47 (4,423 days old) by electronicontrl ![]() |
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Hi Barry,
The WC401 came from Chicago. It was advertised on Craigslist for $36, stating that it did not drain. I figured I'd take a chance. It was in a house where a 90 year old man had gone to a nursing home. It had been RARELY used, like on holidays. (It was manufactured july 1975). The porcelain glowing! The machine drains fine! It does NOT heat the water. I have manually turned the dial to "dish warmer" with water inside to boost the water temp. No automatic water heating. The heater is not "on" during recirculation. THANK YOU. Yes I am very furtunate to have found it. The main wash is 8.5 min. TOO SHORT!. I keep nearby while it is in operation and steal the first rinse by manually advancing the timer past the drain to add the first rinse-time to extend the "wash" time. I don't notice difference in cleanability. The built-in dishasher in the pic is a Jenn-Air DWU599W that was one of the last dishwashers to come out of Newton, IA in 1992. That model has auto-water heating. A major Plus. |
Post# 552907 , Reply# 16   10/30/2011 at 22:53 (4,422 days old) by appnut ![]() |
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