I have a water inlet valve that is going out. Sears sells the valves at a reasonable price but I don't know how to get into the Dishdrawer. Can anyone tell me how to get at the inner workings of this unit. Thanks.

Hi,

The Dishdrawer unit, I haven't had any experiance in fixing those. Maybe Another tech. or member here has and can help you on it.

Jake

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Slide the dishdrawer out a few inches. Along the bottom on both sides will be a plastic cap with a ridge going across. Using needle nose pliers, grasp the cap and pull straight out.
The front panel will slide down. Be careful not to cut yourself as the edges are sharp, or to harm the wiring.
The water valve for the unit will have a white/yellowish hose going into it, and a plastic cover. Remove the cover by releasing the tabs, and remove the wire clips running to it. It should be relatively self explanatory from there.
And of course, be sure to disconnect the power

I had noticed those plastic plugs before but dismissed them as something to do with the plastic molding process. Many thanks for the info. These things are easy to get into once you know the secret.

Your welcome. Have any problems?

No problems at all KevinA. Thanks again.

Oops, KevinA I spoke too soon about not having problems. This appears to be the wrong water valve. I need the main valve that the hot water line would come into. Probably at the opposite end of the yellow hose behind the front cover. It's possible it's easily accessable from the back once I pull the whole unit out from the cabinets. But when I installed this unit 6 years ago, I don't remember there being easy access to the water valve in back. Thanks