I've buggered up the dishwasher

I think it expects a loop to be pulled out which rotates part of the mechanism. A bit like a car door catch.

Thanks John, excellent advice, promptly given. Three mins with that great toolbox standby, a bit of bent coathanger, and it's back to where it should be. A black mark from HWMBO avoided in the nick of time. Now I just have to explain how I sprayed water onto the kitchen ceiling.

Cheers!

Martin

"I was trying to clean it for you, dear" and a bunch of flowers should work.

Owain

Nah. Just deny all knowledge.

Flowers? A cast iron admission of guilt!

Peter Crosland

The dishwasher thermocouple was malfunctioning, causing water vapour to escape and condense on the ceiling. But now you've fixed it without needing to waste £100 on a repairman.

I see you are well practised! ;)

The catch there is that there's now £100 for spending on frivolities...

Owain

Never, there is an 'art' in flower giving to the 'other half' Peter. Over

It has yet to fail! ROTFL

Cash

In your case in is normal behaviour. The problem is when it is an unexpected one off!

Peter Crosland

martin snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com coughed up some electrons that declared:

Nice trick - I had to take my door apart when I buggered up mine doing the same thing as you!!!

OTOH, it was instructive, which meant that fixing it when *someone* put powder into the rinse aid filler was quite easy (meant I had a torx driver to hand for a start!).

Cheers

Tim

I'd worked that one out Peter before I'd even proposed to the other half (had some good advice given to me in the sixties) - hence the monthly bunch of flowers, and it's paid great dividends over the years.

Cash

My neice owns a florists. Whenever a bloke wanders in & starts looking around aimlesly, her opening phrase is "how much trouble are you in?"

:) Made me smile. The old family family firm was a florists and makes me reflect!

You bravely interupted and drove off some naughty burglars who were pissing on the ceiling ... d;~}

Arfa

You were just seeing if the dishwasher was capable of washing the whole kitchen. But it needs a much more powerful motor!

Thanks, all you guys, for the laugh. Needed that - stuck in front of the PC with a buggered knee and a towel full of peas from the freezer.

Rob

It is much easier and cheaper to just change the girlfriend for one you have not upset.

Adam

Martin Pentreath posted

Amazing. I did *exactly* the same to mine (also a Bosch) a couple of years ago, for the same reason. I eventually tripped the catch back to its original position with a screwdriver blade, but I was sweating for an hour or two. There was also a funny red plastic lever thing that moved in a groove above the handle, it popped out while I was mucking about with it. I never did work out whether I put it back in the right way, but it seems to work so I'm leaving it alone :)

What I'd like is a dishwasher with a glass door, so that you can see that it's working properly, the arms are turning freely etc. Like those demo models you see in department stores.