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Post# 726898   1/11/2014 at 09:20 (3,751 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Hey Guys,
Just installed the KD-10 Dishwasher but having some trouble with the water supply fill value. Took it apart and cleaned it the best I could and the water is going into the dishwasher. When I first installed it there was no water coming out, but now it seems to only fill half way. If I add a gallon of water to the dishwasher it works well, but with three cycles that is three manual fills. Any help would be great another part or is there anyone that can rebuild this part for me. Let me know. Here is a picture of the part. Thanks Joe This post was last edited 01/11/2014 at 09:41 |
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Post# 726933 , Reply# 1   1/11/2014 at 11:07 (3,751 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Joe are you sure that the water pressure on the line to the dishwasher is up to par? You could simply replace that valve with a later KitchenAid valve, that is what I would do. But you will have to get fancy with figuring out a way to mount it, probably with some hardware store parts.
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Post# 726950 , Reply# 2   1/11/2014 at 11:47 (3,751 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 726955 , Reply# 3   1/11/2014 at 12:08 (3,751 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 726959 , Reply# 4   1/11/2014 at 12:13 (3,751 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 727005 , Reply# 5   1/11/2014 at 16:33 (3,751 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 727017 , Reply# 6   1/11/2014 at 17:29 (3,751 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 727030 , Reply# 7   1/11/2014 at 18:21 (3,750 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 727044 , Reply# 8   1/11/2014 at 19:30 (3,750 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Do I need a bigger hose going into the fill value? I see in the picture that I posted that it has a 3/8 inch going into the value but the other end looks like the 1/2 inch or garden hose size. Right now I have a modern 3/8 3/8 dishwasher line and coupling on the machine. Could this make a difference?
Searching for answers.... Thanks fellows, Joe |
Post# 727088 , Reply# 9   1/11/2014 at 22:06 (3,750 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Joe you are going to have to be prepared to experiment to get this to work. I have a ton of experience in bringing these old machines back to life, but sometimes it takes being inventive and failing a few times until you get it right.
I would start with replacing that valve with the one that I posted in the link above. You might have to take that new valve apart and remove the flow restrictor, but I wouldn't do that at first. |
Post# 727140 , Reply# 10   1/12/2014 at 07:11 (3,750 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Unimatic,
The one you recommended has two water inlets and two fill value solenoids with 4 wires. Would I just hookup one fill value? Mine has one fill value and one solenoid with 2 wires. I found this older fill value, would this work? Joe CLICK HERE TO GO TO dosxxpapa's LINK on eBay |
Post# 727154 , Reply# 11   1/12/2014 at 08:42 (3,750 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Hi Joe, either should work, but no one can tell you for sure until you try it. If you get the dual valve model, you'll simply just have to extended the wiring a bit, but this other single valve model might work as well (although that one is used, so it could be bad from the start).
If for whatever reason you get the new valve hooked up and you are still not getting enough water, you can remove the flow restrictor from the new valve. |
Post# 727157 , Reply# 12   1/12/2014 at 09:07 (3,750 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 727166 , Reply# 14   1/12/2014 at 09:47 (3,750 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 727194 , Reply# 15   1/12/2014 at 12:37 (3,750 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 727195 , Reply# 16   1/12/2014 at 12:45 (3,750 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 727222 , Reply# 17   1/12/2014 at 15:05 (3,750 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 727230 , Reply# 18   1/12/2014 at 15:36 (3,750 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 727921 , Reply# 19   1/15/2014 at 20:33 (3,746 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 727924 , Reply# 20   1/15/2014 at 20:42 (3,746 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 727929 , Reply# 21   1/15/2014 at 20:54 (3,746 days old) by dosxxpapa (Oregon)   |   | |
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