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Thread Number: 83076
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
WTB KitchenAid KD-12 drain part |
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| Post# 1073758 5/22/2020 at 06:52 (1,434 days old) by patrickcawley (Worcester) | ||
Hi all,
Hope everyone is doing well. I am looking to install a KitchenAid KD-12 dishwasher but after closer inspection the people who removed it did a hack job and I believe messed up the connection to the drain (gravity). Wondering if this part can be sourced or if there are any work arounds?I'll attach a couple pictures. As you can see the part where the drain pipe would attach is all btoken and jagged and I dont believe I will be able to get a good pipe connection. Thank you in advance Patrick | ||
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Post# 1073785 , Reply# 1 5/22/2020 at 12:11 (1,433 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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 That's unfortunate, but so often these old connections break upon removal...
How good a plumber are you? It may be possible to slip in a piece of pipe, it, then connect that to the drain. I know you won't have a lot of room to work with if the drain is already in place. If the drain isn't already installed, I'd suggest coupling a flexible hose to the fitting, then running the hose to a proper drain trap (you'll need that to prevent sewer gas coming back from the drain stack) below the machine's location.
I've got a gravity-drain KD10 that I'm planning on adding a drain pump to just because it won't be easy for me to install a permanent drain (and I like to swap dishwashers around....) | ||
| Post# 1073788 , Reply# 2 5/22/2020 at 13:14 (1,433 days old) by patrickcawley (Worcester) | ||
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Turquoise | ||
| Post# 1073798 , Reply# 3 5/22/2020 at 13:57 (1,433 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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| Post# 1073832 , Reply# 4 5/22/2020 at 19:49 (1,433 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
looks like a fix is possible
there is enough of that fitting to slip on to. I had one like that and I primed it with rusty metal primer spray paint and added a couple coats of rustoleum. then I was able to find a hose somewhere, home depot, auto parts store, not sure where but I found a hose I could slip over it. I then used pvc plumbing fittings and reduced down and hooked a washer drain pump to it, changing it from a gravity drain to a pump drain.
had to use a relay to turn pump on/off as the dishwasher drain solenoid is on when it closes the drain but that was easy to do. just got a 120 volt relay off ebay for about 5 bucks and wired it up accordingly. I still have the dishwasher and I did this fix about 10 years ago. so your's can be saved for sure! | ||
| Post# 1073854 , Reply# 5 5/22/2020 at 23:35 (1,433 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
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just looked at | ||
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Post# 1073868 , Reply# 6 5/23/2020 at 01:50 (1,433 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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