Well I pulled the bottom transparent cover off looking for the hall sensor, and then noticed that the blue wire had dislodged from the stator. Did a reconnect and finally got that cover back on, fighting with the hoses.
It now starts no matter what (as it should) but in testing without filter and arm, I get the U1 error!
Put the filter plate and spray arm back in and it successfully completed a rinse cycle, YAY!
Hope the U1 error doesn't come back.
Are these machines typically noisy when the pump first starts up? It does become quiet but this has been the case all time with both drawers, sounds like a coffee grinder!
Phil
August 2016