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bloonail t1_j2fkind wrote

If the hot water is turned off through that cutoff valve then just cover the outlet port with some type of tape or cloth to keep dust out until you get another dishwasher. Many homes have plumbing roughed in with exactly that going on for decades.

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BlackIronSaturn OP t1_j2fktom wrote

Yeah that was my fallback (to basically cork it similar to the disposal), but it's piped strangely.

Like one of the valves turns on the water, and the one on the off side (with the opening) controls the pressure. So I can have hot water but I get a trickle when it's turned off. So basically just need to close the opening and bada bing bada boom, hot water pressure.

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bloonail t1_j2fln84 wrote

Take these pics to your local home repair outlet store and ask for help. The dishwasher should have its own cutoff valve and that should completely turn off the water. Yours looks old. You may have to put another in upstream of the one you have and cut out the old one. There looks like enough room for that but just barely. We just replaced our dishwasher a week ago. The cutoff valve did work as advertised and there was no problem. The type you have is notoriously unreliable as it gets older. This isn't a difficult repair even if you have to replace the cutoff valve. There are lots of youtube videos that will explain this well.

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