Area Man Survives Battle with Dishwasher

Our dishwasher wasn't draining anymore, and in a house with five people (only one of them female), that's Bad Fucking News. I spent about four or five hours fucking with it today. Praise the Buddy Christ that the previous owners were psycho record keepers, because not only was the user manual for the appliance available, but so was the maintenance guide, including circuit diagrams and diagnostic procedures.
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A Great Idea for Metro Fixage

Recent history with the Metro consists of the following:

1) Got it working again after months of non-functionality by replacing the spark plugs and wires.

2) The idle was often rough, and it would occasionally stall out, often at really bad times, and couldn't really be considered reliable transportation.
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Dishwasher War Over - For Now

I put the finishing touches on the dishwasher repair today by moving the drain hose from the right side of the sink to the side with the garbage disposal. This required a lot of drilling big holes, and contorting at many strange angles, which is the only thing it had in common with sex. That and the abundance of wetness and slimy stuff.

Ew.

I plugged the old location with a wine cork, which I managed to shove in about half way, and then I zip-tied it for good measure. I may, at some point, go and get the correct kind of plug from Home Depot.

But probably not.