The door springs broke on the old dishwasher and the door is so heavy that one side bracket cracked the side of the door. We bought a new one since this old one has lasted over twenty years.

I uncrated the new Maytag model and put it in the space where the old one was. Two problems: the hot water fitting is in a different place so that I either have to cut the copper pipe or, my preference, use a stainless steel flexible line. I note that there is already a union in that pipe so I must have lengthened it when I installed the old dishwasher.

The other problem is that the sound deadening package of plastic and rubber flanges require an opening of just 24 inches. I’ll have to do some shimming of the opening and the kick plate area.

I guess I’ll be washing dishes in the sink for a few more days more.