Another piece busted on one of our kitchen appliances. This time it's a little plastic thingy that sits at the end of this rail that the top shelf of the dishwasher rides on. Last time (after thunderstorm-related brownouts) it was the refrigerator ice maker's little water pump. Both relatively small, inexpensive, and easily replaced pieces, but where to get them? (Incidentally, that water pump was a guess on my part: several attempts at dismantling of the ice maker led to this little piece which sits near the floor on the back part of the fridge—it was a more difficult troubleshooting problem than the current problem.) Web search to the rescue! And in particular Partselect.com. I just love this web site. You go there and they provide an excellent mechanism for locating the thing that you want. You find your appliance make and model, and then check a couple of radio buttons to help identify what this thing is. It feels sorta like charades: it's about 1-2 inches, it's plastic, it's not electrical, it's got something to do with a rail and shelf...the web returns a list of pictures with labels. You scroll through this list and presto! It's a dishrack guide rail top—gray! I'll take one! The only downside is that shipping costs more than the part. I should have ordered a dozen or so...next time.
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