Thank you so much. I was able to just order the control module front cover to fix those "broken cycles"

Hi Harold,
Thanks I did read your manual and it was helpful in giving me ideas; but it does not have my unit Bosch DW246UB or its sister brand Thermador ( made by Bosch) model #DW246UB( FD-7711-7912)--which is the unit I have.

It seems I can not buy this repair manual anywhere, or even find one online :(

Do you have any idea where I can find one?

My dishwasher still has a letter f. I wrote a new post today which gives the break down of my problems with this dishwasher.
Hello,
Does any know where I can find a manual for this dishwasher. I am told the Thermador unit is the same as the Bosch DW246ub.

I copied pasted it below

Here is my problem.
Yesterday water came pouring out of the front of my unit. I checked the inside stacking of the dishes, water arms inside the unit were found in good condition with no cracks. I did reposition a large pot and cleared any debris from the screen, and the internal round screen basket. I noticed some un-popped popcorn kernels in the trap before the impeller and I cleaned those out too.
I turned the unit back on and at first everything seem to work okay...then a letter F appeared in my LCD . I looked it up and it seems I have a fill problem. I even placed a gallon of hot water inside the machine to see what it would do; well for a few minutes it worked fine --spraying the water on the upper and lower racks,and then drained from my machine...and would run and run and run and I stopped the machine.
I checked my solder welds in my control unit and all look bright and shiny silver with no burned out marks. I placed it all back together and to no -avail , I get the dreaded letter "F" failed fill mark. I did take the lower panel off and found when the water gushed out it had soaked the sound batting in between my dishwasher door.
I order a new water flow valve today and I am hoping and guessing that this may be the problem--It would be helpful if I could get a repair manual does anyone have one?
Also, if anyone else has any clue what else to do let me know. I am pretty handy as I figured out on my own how to fix the large bearing broken inside the drum of my dryer. I hope I can fix this dishwasher.
Thanks,
Kara

I would check the water flow valve--There is a screen that could be clogged. If you did want to clean it, then a replacement is around $ 23.95
Goodluck!
Kara

See link:written by Todd below
Bosch 2042 (and others?) fill valve tip - Appliance Blog Repair Forums


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 Bosch 2042 (and others?) fill valve tip

I have a Bosch 2042 that was in the house we bought 8 years ago. I like it even though it's a little small. About 2-3 years ago, the dishes weren't getting clean and I traced the problem to a faulty fill valve. This model is a timed fill only so, if the water flow is restricted, there won't be enough water coming in during the 1 minute fill cycle to adequately clean the dishes. The same symptom occured a few weeks ago and I ordered another fill valve. After removing the water line, I saw that the inlet strainer was clogged with a lot of debris (don't know from where). Anyhow, I suspected that the fill valve was not bad after all. But, since I was in this far and had the replacement part, I went ahead and swapped it out. Now, I proceeded to dismantle the old valve to see how it works and discovered that the inlet strainer can indeed be removed! It takes some very gentle prying with a small screwdriver and patience. Once out, I was able to clean the gunk off. I reassemble the valve and will try it out should the symptom re-appear in the future.

Anyway, I wanted to pass this along because I noticed this same situation (clogged strainer) in my original repair job. I remember trying to get the strainer out but gave up. Perhaps this time around I was braver since I had a new one in hand. Maybe I could have saved some money in the first place. If you have a similar model and the tub ins't filling, 1) it's probably the fill valve and 2) may be just a clogged strainer on the inlet of the valve.


Todd

that document had all the info i was going to post questions about! should be able to fix my dishwasher fairly easily now, thanks

There is mention in this manual, and another manual I found a reference on a one page guide on "Measuring the resistance from the front of any SHU or SHI dishwasher.". All I have been able to find are specific model schematics. I have an SHU 4002/UC. Thanks!