u/HopWorks

Hi All,

I just wanted to share, in case there are others out there that have the same issue.

Our GE GLD6904R10BB dishwasher has been acting up. Mostly causing my poor wife stress trying to get the door closed enough to cycle. So I thought I would throw money at it and buy her a new dishwasher. But she actually said NO! Believe that? She said with all the little fixes I have done to our GE appliances over the years, can't I figure out a simple fix? Well OK!

So I downloaded everything I could find on the aging machine (17 years so far), exploded parts diagrams mostly, where the parts are mostly NLA whatever that means. And I got my tool bag out.

Apparently, the old machine uses a tension clip to hold the door closed, and it has a wedge at the end that pushes down on a plunger that actuates two micro switches. My guess is that wear and tear has taken its toll on the clip and it wasn't pushing down the plunger far enough to tell the controller the door is closed. It would click and feel like it was solidly closed, but the thing kept beeping and would not start. Not a leap to figure out what was next.

So I ordered two DPST switches in case I needed to bypass with a manual switch, and issue a warning to my wife that if we use that option, please MAKE SURE THE DOOR IS ACTUALLY CLOSED! lol. But it did not come to that.

The white plunger had a top on it that looked like a geared motor shaft. Half of a portion of the diameter removed, like it was keyed. Anyway, I took a small section of clear rubber tubing, pushed it down on the plunger far enough to where it extended it's top by about 1/4". I then filled it with silicone sealant and let it cure for a day. Once cured, I placed it back in the assembly and ended up with a plunger with an extended top on it. The travel still pushed down enough to actuate the micro switches without the extra outer-diameter interfering with the housing.

I reassembled the door assembly, closed it, turned the breaker back on, pressed start, and Bob was certainly my Uncle. YAY!

So no new dishwasher purchase today. And it works great!

I hoped this helped. I have no pictures, but if anyone needs those, I'll go after it when I disassemble it again to clean it up. WOW 17 years sure took its toll. lol

Sorry so long winded. If I had read something like this when I went researching, I would have gone right after it which is why I shared.

Have a great week!

Greets All,

Where we live in Arizona, we have Queen Creek water that is high in suspended minerals, especially calcium I am guessing by the looks of what is left in my water distiller. It's white and flaky, like a powder. The distilled water I make I use in our humidifiers in the house, and a simple tester shows 1 to 2 when I test it. From the tap, the tester shows 300+.

This substance is left on everything we spray, after it dries, and many of our drip nodes are covered with it.

I am asking to see if there is a way to filter this out somewhat with something that I can do regular maintenance with. I need to see if there is a solution since our drip nodes clog rather quickly, leaving our shrubs and trees without water if not checked weekly. And the 4 x 2gph drip manifolds return to expected operation once they are removed and soaked in a citric acid 1% solution for a few hours. I would like to confine that maintenance need to one location, in a filter if there is one.

I have an 8 zone valve setup with 1" pipe upstream, through a Senninger PRLV 50 PSI pressure regulator, and then 3/4" downstream from the valves, and blu-lock pipe to distribute. On a few zones, I reduce to 1/2" pipe to the manifolds that reduce to 2gph per outlet where I have 1/4" tubing to distribute to the shrubs and trees.

When everything is clean, they all work as expected. But after as soon as a week, some diminish or not emit any water at all.

I have done some research and found there are fertilizer / acid injectors that can clean the system, and filters like what... 150 mesh? But I have no experience with these systems which is why I am asking for advice here. Some options for these systems are rather expensive, especially if added to each of my 8 zones downstream, which is a big reason why I am asking here.

I apologize if this is so long-winded. I wanted to offer as many details as I could.

Any help would be so very appreciated. We are at our wits-end with this clogging issue. And I would be happy to service a filter and do a cleaning cycle weekly if needed.

Thank you for your time and for listening! I appreciate it.