1964 General Electric Spacemaker 15 Refrigerator Mod. TC474YD

[Ultramatic]

Some bad news.

 

 

I spoke with John (Combo52) and it turns out the GE has a weak compressor. It gets cold, but not cold enough. Because of space limitations in the GE, it would be exceedingly difficult to replace the compressor, so I guess this is it for the GE. Breaks my heart but it can't be helped.

 

[turbokinetic]

Awe,  so sorry to hear this. 

 

However - no need to give up. Compressors turn up. As some encouragement; see the picture. This is a group of used units I just acquired and will be picking up soon. No GE in this group, but many Tecumseh and a Kelvinator and Frigidaire. Could very well have been a GE in there.

What HP is your compressor?

 

 

[cadman]

While this may be a step further than you want to go, on a suggestion from John, I was able to retrofit a late model WP compressor into my '65 GE. It does add an inch or so of depth to the back, but that wasn't an issue for our fridge space. That was almost 2 years ago and it still works great.

 

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Hi David. Yeah, a compressor could be found I suppose, but if I went that route, it would have to something NOS. There's also a time constraint.

 

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Hi Cory...

 

 

I went that route with my other GE. If I could do it myself, it would be viable. Otherwise, it would be too prohibitive at this point.

 

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A bittersweet update. John (Combo52) informed me that he sold the GE to a Disney production company to be used as a prop in an upcoming project being filmed in Baltimore. While I am still sad the GE is gone, at least it avoided being recycled.

 

[mmvkap]

Retrofit late model WP Compressor

Dear cadman,
Hello, I just joined the forum because I have nearly the identical refrigerator and the compressor finally died. May I please know which model of compressor you retrofitted into yours?
A local shop may be able to replace it for me if they know which model they need to order.
Thank you so much,
Matthew