After my 5 year old Miele (G2182) started leaking and tripping the float sensor, and after the $150 service call where they tell me that it needs a $600 part+ labor for a 1k dishwasher, and after Miele refused to give me a decent break on the part, I decided to take the circ pump out and apart to see that I can do.
(thanks to user jenningsp, for the post in a older, different thread which, although not exactly the same, gave me the impetus to do it).
Anyway, after some finagling, I got the pump apart, and although I cannot identify the spot of leak, I decided it was work $60 to get the replacement part from ebay (http://tinyurl.com/o6cpah7) This gives me most of the O-rings/gaskets, except for one. There is a part that came out, that I thought I knew where it went, but now I am not sure. It is a small "T" shaped gasket as (hopefully) pictured in the attached lower pic.
I originally thought it went down the shaft of the motor (shaft of seal pointing up away from motor), with the flat part of the gasket pressing against that disc on the motor shaft and the bottom of the mounting plate, but that does not seem reasonable, since that shaft needs to turn freely, and putting it on the shaft would mean the shaft would be rubbing against that gasket all the time. Then I thought it went against the seal in the pump housing, with the shaft of the seal pointing towards the motor, but I am not sure. I cannot find an exploded diagram for this part, and %^$&$ I was so careful labeling everything and such as I took it apart, but this one came out without me noticing.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
from left to right: LEFT: motor body; plate that motor and housing mounts to; CENTER: (upper) pressure switch, (middle) mystery gasket, (lower) impeller; RIGHT pump housing
(thanks to user jenningsp, for the post in a older, different thread which, although not exactly the same, gave me the impetus to do it).
Anyway, after some finagling, I got the pump apart, and although I cannot identify the spot of leak, I decided it was work $60 to get the replacement part from ebay (http://tinyurl.com/o6cpah7) This gives me most of the O-rings/gaskets, except for one. There is a part that came out, that I thought I knew where it went, but now I am not sure. It is a small "T" shaped gasket as (hopefully) pictured in the attached lower pic.
I originally thought it went down the shaft of the motor (shaft of seal pointing up away from motor), with the flat part of the gasket pressing against that disc on the motor shaft and the bottom of the mounting plate, but that does not seem reasonable, since that shaft needs to turn freely, and putting it on the shaft would mean the shaft would be rubbing against that gasket all the time. Then I thought it went against the seal in the pump housing, with the shaft of the seal pointing towards the motor, but I am not sure. I cannot find an exploded diagram for this part, and %^$&$ I was so careful labeling everything and such as I took it apart, but this one came out without me noticing.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
from left to right: LEFT: motor body; plate that motor and housing mounts to; CENTER: (upper) pressure switch, (middle) mystery gasket, (lower) impeller; RIGHT pump housing