Finally, a New Dishwasher

Our dishwasher is rather old, and it had quite a few "issues" to deal with.  It had a cantankerous lock mechanism, the water inlet valve failed quite often, and the soap cup was not reliable.  We always started the old dishwasher then set a timer for 13 minutes to make sure the soap cup opened without problem.

Finally, we got a new dishwasher with the help of the the in laws from Michigan.  (Thanks so much!)

For the installation, I had lots of good help:

Lots of neat stuff to see under there:

We finally got the old one out:

Then it was time to decorate the dishwasher hole:

And finally, the new dishwasher got installed after about 6 trips to Menards.  Things are always more complicated then they seem, and this project was no exception.  No picture of the new dishwasher, but we're very happy with it.