Do-It-Yourself Story

It had done this before, and I replaced just about everything in the water path. Finally checked this sensor and found it fouled with sticky gunk. I cleaned it and reinstalled it. This time I was pretty sure it was the sensor again, so I ordered this new part so save myself the task of prying the old one into pieces and laboriously cleaning its interior. I disconnected the power and shut off the water. Unhooked the water supply line and pulled the unit from under the counter. A panel on the low left side covered the sensor and had two screws. In order to remove the old sensor it was necessary to remove a twist off cover inside the tub so the piece above the sensor could be raised enough to free the sensor. After that I disconnected the two wire harnesses from the sensor (one the wires for the switch and the other held in place by the sensor body) and the rubber hose on the back of the sensor. Put the new sensor in place and reversed the dis-assembly process. Now it always starts on the first fill attempt. It took about half an hour including getting the dishwasher out of and back into the very tight space a crazed kitchen redo before we bought the house left us with.