Have been beating myself up for the last few weeks for my stupidity in running on 3 cylinders.
Recently went to a reunion in Cambridge, no major problems although 2 hours in slow moving traffic on M25 Friday evening and cooling fan rattle still noticeable.
Van was used for my daughters birthday last weekend and she has just headed off Oxford way so van may be spotted around Newbury. Got one wave heading back from Guildford Station this morning. Another white high top.
Did not want to do anything major (water pump) that might have incapacitated the van if I got it wrong so spent the last few weeks refurbishing the fridge and refitting the Propex heater.
Fridge ... Electrolux RM 212 3 Way Fridge
Coming out
Fours screw hold it in place 2 either side one in each cupboard. Door initially removed by bending the bottom bracket down - did not reverse the process when refitting as I did not want to snap it. The top bracket unscrews access through removal of white cover on right. Front panel held on by two screws and one dial has a small screw. The other pulled off.
Backside ...
The "tubes are held on with 3 screws. Without giving much thought I disconnected all the pipes and wires and pulled it out of the back of the fridge where the foam sits. OK in theory but the plastic cover inside the fridge fouled the vanes on the aluminium heat transfer thingy and bent them all
The plastic cover inside the fridge pops off and would have given me more clearance. The good news is that the vanes all straighten up very easily. The vanes separate into two halves (3 screws) but connect to the controls via a thin pipe so a bit fiddly.
Naked
Its bits
Back from shot blasting - fairly light and I warned them about the ammonia inside the tubes and to run for it if they saw an escape of gas - that was the extend of my health and safety risk assessment.
I have to admit to using left over rattle cans so painted with black engine enamel and the bottom bracket with silver exhaust manifold paint.
The foam fill splits in two and was re-taped together and the whole thing slipped back in. Did some research to find out what this putty like substance was (used to fill around the pipes) and concluded it was plumbers putty so used that. It was still flexible after 25 years. Probably a better product out there.
I would have liked to replace the gas feed pipe down to the burner as it was a bit rusty but could not source one so painted and will replace at another time.
Reconnected everything, had used some water PTFE tape and was politely informed that it should not be used on gas pipe so was given this
Although can debate whether tape should be used in the first place.
and finally was left with this ...
Don't you just love it when that happens ..
In that the old base that the fridge feet sit on was wood I decided to replace with aluminium.
And did the same with the propex heater
I refitted the "asbestos" heat board that sits below the bottom of the burner - a larger one sits above in the units - I wondered about the board above the fridge being painted black and decided it probably had been painted with heat resistant paint so redid this
Refitting the gas supply pipe is fiddly. I did not jury rig and test before installation - not sure what worked and what didn't before dismantling. It is working of mains hook up, I think the battery is working but no ignition for gas so will have to investigate. Also a distinct lack of lights when switches turned on so may have wrongly connected the wires.
Door was refurbished and refitted ... will post a picture when the van comes back.