Date:         Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:44:44 EDT
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From:         S Sittservl <Ssittservl@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy refrigerator removal
Comments: To: smacaulay@infintium.com
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I found the fridge went both out and in fairly easily.  Some tips:

    - For both removing and installing, tilt the base up and toward
      you, to help the flue clear the underside of the stove.
    - Remove the side vent grill (over the table), and watch and reach
      through there to guide the flue.  Although you can probably do
      it alone, this would be a good point to ask a Gothca to help out,
      if one happens to be visiting.  (If not, a friend of some other
      ethnicity may be substituted.)
    - The bottom of the fridge is not flat - the combustion chamber
      extends an inch or two below the rest of the fridge.  The fridge
      sits on rails in the cabinet.  Have a couple of 2x4's or something
      to put the flat part of the base on, so you don't have to have it
      tilted over, resting on the combustion chamber.
    - Two screws come through cabinet sidewalls into the fridge
      sidewalls.  When you reinstall the fridge, you'll need those
      screw holes to line up again.  Up/down is no problem,
      but front/back (of the fridge) is harder to judge.  I used
      a piece of masking tape to mark the cabinet where the front
      of the fridge should be, so I'd know how far back to push it.
    - While I had the fridge out, I added power wires into the
      interior for a possible future interior fan, and I added a cutoff
      switch for the coil fan so that I could keep it from running in
      hot weather when the fridge is off.
    - Take the opportunity of having the fridge out to check both
      the tank and city water fittings for leaks.  Mine leaked like
      sieves, and the "trough" at the place the wall meets the floor
      was full of rust.

                                   -Steven Sittser

>  From:    smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM (Steve Macaulay)
>
>  Hi there,
>
>  I'm getting ready to remove my 89 Westy's refrigerator to add a fan.  I
have
>  the instructions from the Bentley manual and it seems pretty
straghtforward.
>  Any gothcas that make this job harder than it seems to be in the
>  instructions?  Any tricks to make it easier?  I remember hearing somewhere
>  that it is easy to take out, but hard to get back in.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Steve