I was bad and adopted a new refrigerator

[stan]

Travis

I love your new adopted MT. And your stove.
I'm curious to know how you cleaned the contacts and what with!
Are you setting up 30s style kitchen?

 

[travis]

Stan,

I partially disassembled the control and used an ultrasonic cleaner. I used both a oxide remover solution followed by a second metal cleaning solution. It's hard to say exactly what was the problem. There were numerous bad connections of the eight wires that go to the control. There was also plenty of corrosion on the contacts of the control. Now it starts right up without hesitation. Since I can't keep removing the control and bending the bellows tube that senses the temperature, I felt that I needed to do this right and completely.

I am working towards a 1930's kitchen. My house was built in 1931.

 

[stan]

Travis

I'd like to see pics of it when your finished!
I have a 30s kitchen, but I didn't have to work too hard to get it that way...house was built in 1934, and was relatively un molested when I got here (years ago)
I'm so use to being in a old house with all its quirks, squeaks, drafts, that when I'm in new or newer houses I feel kinda uncomfortable.
Had to house sit for someone with a nice new house once.. I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone! I Didn't know how to work anything LOL

 

[eronie]

Travis

Good job on your video, however if you hold your phone sideways the picture will fill the whole screen.
Sure is gurgling quite loud. What kind of gas is in these?

 

[travis]

so2

 

[eronie]

Never herd of so2. Is it poisonous?

 

[travis]

Yes, SO2 is poisoness. Most of the monitor tops use it. It won't hurt you if you don't let it out.

 

[travis]

Yes, SO2 is poisoness. Most of the monitor tops use it. It won't hurt you if you don't let it out. It smells so bad that if there was a leak you would leave on your own. It's not like it can creep up on you.

 

[ovrphil]

Sulfur dioxide - nasty smelling. I am not a real vintage appliance fan - this far back, but honestly this one caught my eye. I'm so glad you had good luck getting this to work. This thing reminds me of something out of Flash Gordon comics/movies(just my imagination over-reacting)but it's a good thing. It's one of the nicer looking monitor tops, imho.

Will it be quieter when running? I actually like the drama in noise, but I'm not sure it would "wear" well, longterm. 300lbs!? There are motorized dollies, at least!

Way to go!

 

[rp2813]

I think the audio was much more amplified in the video and so the gurgling of the evaporator and the whirring of the compressor were both exaggerated.

 

I've never met a monitor top that wasn't nearly silent while it ran.  This old boy was asleep for decades so is entitled to be a little cranky and do some groaning before hitting its stride and operating flawlessly for decades to come.  With the cooling unit in place and doors closed, you wouldn't hear much of anything.

 

[ovrphil]

It would be a better scenario, audio-wise. Ok, then, but I enjoyed the drama of the video.

 

[travis]

Right now it's 300 pounds sitting in a crate on a furniture dolly sitting on a hardwood floor. As Ralph said, it will be much quieter when the unit is on the cabinet and the cabinet is closed. It seems to run better every time that I turn it on. It's now gotten a bit of exercise.

It makes plenty of noise inside as you hear the refrigerant flow through the evaporators. I figure that's similar to the splashing drama of a washing machine or dishwasher.

 

[travis]

I was bad again

This little monitor top was on the third floor of a large old house.  I think it survived because it was too much work to remove.  I'll try to test it tomorrow.  It was cheap, I couldn't say no.

 

[goatfarmer]

It would appear that you have started a home for wayward Monitors....

 

[travis]

Yes

Kenny, I need more space

 

[rp2813]

Saving The Classics . . .

I'd go on to say, "one monitor top at a time," but I know that would be an understatement.

 

I hope you can get this little one running.  MT's in that size are much easier to find homes for.

 

[travis]

The little one runs fine.  I don't think it had been run since I was born, but it did.

 

[travis]

Got it unloaded

I had the hinge screws and the latch strike from another cabinet that had been scrapped.  After cleaning the contacts, it runs fine.  Cooling was very slow, it was getting better.  I left it running.  Hopefully, it and my house are fine when I return home.  The door gasket is almost completely gone, so I taped the door shut.

 

[rp2813]

Protecting The Hardwood

Did it come with those little rubber feet or did you have those around?  I've only seen them on later models, although they seem to fit older ones too.

 

[travis]

I am not sure what year the foot pads began being produced  I have a pile of them.  I was trying to figure out how to protect the floor then noticed the box of foot pads.