Date:         Wed, 11 Jan 1995 21:18:01 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Thom Fitzpatrick" <thom@tim.com>
Subject:      '56 progress - 'fridge

Ok campers!

Whilst waiting for the weekend to try and put an end to the transmission
saga, I took delivery of a Dometic 'fridge from the one and only
David Schwarze.

Tonight I hooked it up to a 12V battery and charger, and much to my dismay,
it failed to prove non-operational.  Thanks a lot David!  CIM.

I was also worried about it fitting in the bus, as I have a westy seat/bed
from a bubble-window westy that has since gone on to meet its maker 

(moment of silence please)

and my inital gander at the space betwixt the bed and the wall did not
look promising.

Well, I got out the tape measure, and it looks like I'll have just about an 
inch to spare!

I will need to do some engineering on the bed, though!  You see, the bed
was made to go on the left side of the bus.  Well, so was the fridge.  On
the bed, there are the two parallel sections on the sides that form the 
edges of the box, one side having a cutout for the wheel well.  What I'll
do is unbolt the two side pieces, and swap them from side to side.  I'll
also have to drill out the 4 rivets that hinge the bed, swap the lower
half of the mechanical pieces from side to side, and then use a bolt and
a bushing to re-assemble the hinge mechanism.  

It looks like I'll have to cut an opening in the bottom of the box for the
wheel well to notch into, but that shouldn't be too traumatic. 

This whole procedure will let me put the bed on the right side of the bus.
It will protrude into the door opening about 1-1/2" or so, and I can live
with that.

Anyone have any comments, suggestions, warnings, incantations, or just
plain cussin', bring it on.

Thom
'56 kombi (turning into a mutant camper)
-- 
> Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.
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