[Nathans_Dad]

We have a 2001 model KitchenAid dishwasher. It stopped drying the dishes about 6 months ago.

The wife finally got me around to trying to fix it. I did some looking on the net and it seems that others have had the same issue. They fixed it by replacing the heating element. I took a look at ours and it looked a little gnarly, some of the coating was flaking off, etc so I decided to change it and see if that fixed the problem. Got the new kit today, it came with a new control circuit board for the dishwasher as well. Supposedly they improved on the original design or something, anyhow the board has to go in as well.

So, I replace the heating element, replace the board, being careful to plug the wires into the exact same spots they came off of. Hook everything back up to the dishwasher and let 'er fly.

Washed great...then got stuck at 45 minutes left in the cycle. Stayed there for about 30 mins, then started up again. Finished the cycle and the dishes were clean but not dry and now there is water standing in the bottom of the washer. This makes me think the pump is not working now for some reason.

I can't figure that out since I didn't even touch the pump. I thought it might be the control board so I pulled it again and rechecked all the connections and they all look correct. It came with a wiring diagram but I think it was written by blind Chinese people...I can't make sense of it.

Any idears?