it now hangs up right before the drying cycle. If I advance it by hand it pumps some water out and then goes into drying mode. It is leaving white residue on the dishes.

The thermostat I replaced was connected by yellow/orange wires. Its part number was 154227808. This number matched the part that you told me to order. The sensor retainer was a double, meaning it had two sensors in it. The one you had told me to replace was the one with yellow/yellow black wires. That sensor had large male blades on it and large female blades on the wires. The wires would not stay attached to the sensor I ordered as it had small male blades on it. I also noticed the numbers did not match. It was at this time that I pulled out the other sensor, the one with the orange/yellow wire. I saw that the part # matched and the blade size was the same, so this is the one I replaced. I took a picture of the retainer but cant seem to post it here in this thread. Washer is still hanging up in two locations and I have to advance it by hand.

Open the control panel and check how the wires are connected to the options push-button switch. The switch terminals should be marked according to the color of the wires.
If they are connected wrong, reconnect them (orange wire to O, yellow/black wire to Y-BK).
If they are connected correctly, reconnect them so the orange wire would be connected to Y-BK terminal and yellow/black to O terminal.
Put the control panel back in place and give it a try.