Decided to dig in, Congrats

As I mentioned yesterday my dishwasher was having an issue where after several minutes of running it would stop and flash an error that indicated a draining problem. Yesterday I did some research and found that this is a common problem and if something as simple as blocked drain was not the cause it was likely the drain pump assembly.

As I have gotten older I have not been as eager to tear into things like this as I once was probably because of a better financial position and putting more value on time over money. The easy option would have been to just throw $600 at the problem and order a new dishwasher but after watching some videos on what is involved in replacing the drain pump I decided to have at it. I had replaced a drain pump in my old dishwasher at the old house as well so I knew it was in my wheelhouse.

Once I got the unit pulled out I disconnected the drain hose and blew into it to make sure there was no blockage. Air flowed normally so I was pretty certain the pump itself was the problem. Disconnecting/removing the pump was not difficult once I flipped the unit on it’s side to get access. Of course there was a minor pond created in the process despite my vacuuming out as much water as possible with the shop vac prior. Once I got the pump pulled I pulled the dishwasher to the side and cleaned up the mess. Part two will be Thursday when the replacement pump arrives. I’m crossing my fingers that I will wind up giving myself a $550 late Christmas present as a result.

My long time good friend Troy just got engaged to his long time girlfriend over Christmas. Troy is a couple years younger than I am. I met him when I first got into the computer industry back in the early 90’s. He was my initial IT mentor at the business. We still laugh about how I would ask him if it was ok to insert the next floppy disk to do a Lotus 1-2-3 installation on a new system we were integrating. I had no clue how to do anything. Luckily I am a fast learner. Anyway, I am very happy for him as he has a good woman that has his best interests at heart from everything I know. I hope they have a long and successful shared life in front of them. Congrats buddy.