One of the things that makes it hard mending an antique dishwasher (who knows quite how old? over twenty years, at least) is that all of those nifty little YouTube videos are for, shall we say, more recent models. Luckily my father managed to find a replacement part for the defunct valve/inlet hose from some online parts warehouse, and off we trustingly went. Five and a half hours later ... well, five hours later, or maybe four and three quarters - my father decided he'd turn it on "just very briefly" to see if it worked. While it was still on its side. I suggested this wasn't a good idea, but Click! - on it went. Yes, we'd managed to get the water flowing into the machine again, in a lively fashion - but of course the fact of it being on its side wasn't conducive to the water then going where it should. OFF! TURN IT OFF! I yelled, damply. But it only took twenty minutes, or so, to mop up the floor, and to screw at least some of its metal plates back ... There has been a fan heater blowing at it all evening, rather like a plumbing version of a hairdryer. Keep all your fingers crossed for tomorrow ... I actually quite enjoy plumbing (unless it involves gas), but this was quite a challenge. Thank goodness I photo-documented, step by step, where everything went, and labeled all the many screws as we took them out ... but it wasn't quite the day I'd planned.
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