MDC4000AWX Maytag Dishwasher - Instructions
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- Customer:
- Scott from Oak Harbor, OH
- Parts Used:
- WPW10254672
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
The original faucet adapter for portal dishwasher kept misting water out the sides of the adapter most annoyingly.
So I decided to stick in some CLR to see if it would clean it up. Well it got considerably worse. So ordered the new faucet adapter, threaded adapter and the two washers, due to not knowing what i would need. It came like unbelievably fast considering it was Christmas time. Unscrewed the old one from the faucet, screwed on the new one. hooked up the dishwasher, watched it for a bit for any leaks at the connection, and it worked great! I seem to have more water pressure too coming from the sink faucet. Thank you so much for the quickness in sending out my order! -- Scott
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- Customer:
- mark from ardmore, OK
- Parts Used:
- WPW10117748
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
water leaked through front vent
Peeled off the old foam strip, cleaned with rubbing alcohol, let dry completely, applied new foam strip,replaced door interior done I wish repairing relationships with fiance and kids were one tenth this easy.
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- Customer:
- JOHN from PALM BAY, FL
- Parts Used:
- WP902899
- Difficulty Level:
- Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Neither the Soap or Wax dispensors worked for years and there was water leaking from the front of the machine.
Actual i missed diagnosed the leak and ordered a very expensive door gasket. The leak was coming from shrinage of the wax resevoire o rig and the tab seal for the soap dispensor. I missed the trees the forest got in the way. The leak was dripping alond the front panel well away from the main door seal.
I cleans a the plastic surfaces and noticed a lip around the opening for the reservoire and used 150 sandpaper to remove it. Replaced the O ring, tab seal and bothe selonoids and cleaned everything. Put it back together. Works find lasts along time
I cleans a the plastic surfaces and noticed a lip around the opening for the reservoire and used 150 sandpaper to remove it. Replaced the O ring, tab seal and bothe selonoids and cleaned everything. Put it back together. Works find lasts along time
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- Customer:
- Nga from Houston, TX
- Parts Used:
- 99001659
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Front door panel had scratches and dents from the wheelchair.
Front Door Panel was replaced by unscrewing 3 screws on each left and right side of the dishwasher.
The bottom screws did not need to be completely unscrewed, just losen it enough to be able to remove the panel out.
Replace it with the new panel and screw back in the screws.
The bottom screws did not need to be completely unscrewed, just losen it enough to be able to remove the panel out.
Replace it with the new panel and screw back in the screws.
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- Customer:
- John Todd from Franklin, WI
- Parts Used:
- WPW10117748
- Difficulty Level:
- Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 30 - 60 mins
- Tools:
- Screw drivers
Leaks out and below the front door
First of all, rather then spending the 44 dollars on the main door seal simply cut yours in halve and trim a quarter of an inch from the disintegrated ends and use superglue and glue these ends together. this glued end will now be up top and in the middle and new clean ends will be down in the corners. next I removed the plastic door panel using a torxhead screwdriver, I just stuck the new inner foam pad on the old one. Then I glued rubber washers to the inner frame about 1/8 thick in the top 2 corners only. Finally I reattached the plastic door being careful not to tighten the torx head bolts just tight enough. It's dry and working good.
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- Customer:
- Louis from Tarzana, CA
- Parts Used:
- 99001289, WP99001287
- Difficulty Level:
- Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 30 - 60 mins
- Tools:
- Nutdriver, Screw drivers
soap dispenser woyuld not open
removed inner door panel. tested ythe Wax motor that operates the soap dispenser latch. It tested OK so I removed dispenser assembly. replaced the worn plastic parts and reinstalled the inner door panel.
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- Customer:
- Margaret from New Orleans, LA
- Parts Used:
- WP912653
- Difficulty Level:
- A Bit Difficult
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Pliers, Screw drivers
Door would fall open
Removed four screws on bottom plate. Located repair site on outside of cabinet. Had to hook spring on bottom rear plate by brail. Then attached linkage to spring and ran stiff wire through linkage to raise it above arm. Called a man with stronger but larger hands had him stretch the spring while I guided linkage over arm and into the slot using the wire. Removed stiff wire with needle nose pliers and reassembled front plate.
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- Customer:
- Theresa from Zimmerman, MN
- Parts Used:
- WPW10117748, WP99002363
- Difficulty Level:
- Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
- Tools:
- Pliers, Screw drivers
Leaking from the dishwasher on left side
Took off the float, the jam nut was hard to get off, we ended up breaking the bottom piece of the float to get it off, but that was okay because we had a new float. The new float went on real easy and the jam nut went back on real easy. The foam insulation strip was real easy to get off we got a good hold of one end and striped it off slowly so there was nothing left on the door, then we cleaned the surface and put on the new insulation strip. We ran dishwasher to test it and there was no leak. Awesome. Cheap and easy to repair. We were impressed.
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- Customer:
- maria from Ruther Glen, VA
- Parts Used:
- WP99001885
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
water leakage
slid the part in the groove (left side)
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- Customer:
- William from Niskayuna, NY
- Parts Used:
- WP99001788, 12001446
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
Our dishwasher was not working well at all
After realizing that both upper and lower sprayer arms had long thin cracks in them, I decided to try replacing the arms instead of the more expensive option of upgrading the dishwasher altogether. The top arm popped right out with no tools, new one popped right back in place. The lower arm is easily removed after unscrewing the large ring in the middle of the arm. New arm fit right in place and screwed the ring back on. Dishwasher working like new again!
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- Customer:
- D from Villas, NJ
- Parts Used:
- WP6-918873
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
original basket fell apart
threw out the broken and put in a fantastically improved new one. very easy (would have done it sooner if I'd known it was that simple to find it online and order it) thanks
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Dishwasher would not do anything
Turned off power to machine t breaker. Open door and removed inside cover of door by reoving screws along edge. Removed panel over door switch. Unpluged old switch and pluged newswitch in. Replacd pannel and inside door cover. Turned power back on and washed dishes.
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- Customer:
- John from Yonkers, NY
- Parts Used:
- WP902461
- Difficulty Level:
- Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers
Leak underneath the main pump area
I unscrewed the parts of the washing tower, then removed the housing and filters above the impeller. Lastly I removed and replaced the impeller and "o" ring. This repair went fine. Unfortunately another part (blower) let go and I decided not invest any more time or money into this machine since it was so old.
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- Customer:
- David from Elgin, TX
- Parts Used:
- WP99001553, WP99001291, 99001289, WP902899
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- 15 - 30 mins
- Tools:
- Nutdriver, Screw drivers
The soap dispenser door would not open
I used a torx driver to remove the seven screws holding the inside door panel in place. Flipping it over exposed the dispenser mechanism. There were two hex nut screws holding the whole assembly in place and two wires attached to the wax motor. As an afterthought I had ordered the sealing grommet for the latch, and as it turned out, the main problem with the sticking latch was that the grommet had worn out and allowed the hard soapy water to leak into the slider assembly and build up a hard crusty residue that had helped to ware out the old wax motor. After completely disassembling all of the parts, I scrubbed the residue out of the housing, replaced the slider, latch, spring, and grommet. Next I snapped the new wax motor into place and connected the two wires. The whole thing went back in place and the two hex screws went back to hold it all together. Finally, the seven torx screws went back to put the door back together. The whole repair went without a hitch.
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- Customer:
- Donald from Rockford, MI
- Parts Used:
- 12002218, WP99002138
- Difficulty Level:
- Really Easy
- Total Repair Time:
- Less than 15 mins
front & rear bowl tines were damaged an unusable
removed old damaged tines and snapped new tines into place. Saved myself some cash, received the product in less then 5 days and did not have to drive over to the appliance store in the next town and wait two weeks for them to place the order and at a substantial savings. I'll use your service again when needed.
Donald R. Daily Sr.
Donald R. Daily Sr.
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