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Kenmore dishwasher leaking diverter motor

This post has nothing to do with plants, but it is something that I wanted to write down as a reminder to myself since I may need to do this repair again.  It may also help a couple people who is frustrated by a product. We bought this top-of-the-line Kenmore Elite dishwasher, Model # 665.12793K311, 3 years ago.  This is a model produced by Whirlpool.  Around that time, our son was 2 years old, and we were having tough time to get enough sleep for him.  The dishwasher is located above his bedroom, so we couldn't run our old, noisy dishwasher at night.  This Kenmore Elite is one of the most quiet models, and indeed it is amazingly quiet.  I barely hear noise even when I'm in the kitchen.  We debated whether the hefty price tag (it was around $1400 on sale) was worth spending, but it was one of the top rated models by Consumer Report, and we decided to go for it.  We were very happy that we could run the dishwasher any time without worrying about waking up our son. But the lo