Re: [VAL] Refrigerator removal

["Gary Quamen" <g_quamen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Curtis:

Is it the original fridge, ie, is a Dometic M52?  My original one (I
replaced it with a Dometic RM 2510.2) had 3 bolts though the floor from the
bottom.  There were 3 holes in the belly pan to put a socket extension up
through and turn the bolt heads.  The nuts were accessible by either the
outer "fridge door" or the baseboard flip-down door at the bottom of the
front of the fridge.

My new fridge has 2 lag boltss holding down the back and 2 long screws going
diagonally down through the facia under the fridge door holding down the
front.

Check to see if you have any "mystery holes" through the belly pan in the
area under the fridge.

Also there were other impediments to removing it.  There were rivets through
wood panels into the side of the fridge.  And mine had the counter top
riveted to the sides of the fridge via an aluminum sheet metal saddle
arrangement.  This was a bear to get apart.  Apparently the original fridge
and the counter top, side panels etc were assembled as a unit and placed
during construction of the trailer.  Kind of nasty when you have to deal
with the fridge only later.

Good luck,

GQ '67 Safari
4082 in CA