Oh!  Good save!!  I believe this earns you wings... LOL

Can't wait to see the pictures!!

Mike, your wish may be about to come true!

Nice ....

Later Mobil Maid machine with a spray arm Late sixtes early seventies.

Can you get a inside Shot please ...

Darren k

Hey---get us a picture or two of that vintage refrigerator! Cool! What is it?

I have that same model refrigerator. Looks like you're in the middle of a thermostat issue. I had to replace mine a few months ago. Feel free to contact me about my experience. I also have the service manual.

Here, for about the 10th time, is a shot of my fridge.  That's 120 watts worth of interior lighting, from three separate sources.  Ah, the olden days when energy was cheap and the power companies encouraged everyone to use as much as they could.

Why does it appear that this fridge has more beer than food? LOL.....just had to poke fun a little

Hey Andy, I can't pull a beer or soda out of that fridge without thinking of you!   Thanks again for rescuing it!  If David (Marler) had his way, the fridge would have followed him to Tucson but it's not going anywhere, I can assure you of that!

Joseph, you don't see food because it's my designated beverage (and sometimes overflow) fridge.

John, good luck finding OEM control for your fridge.  The aftermarket one I have is working fine, but OEM would have been preferred, as the mounting would be more solid.  If you decide to go with an aftermarket one (Larry at Modern Parts might still have one in stock) I can give you some pointers on how to modify it (with provided parts) and make it work just like the original.  The controls seem to be the weak link on GE fridges of this era.  Mine did the same thing; wouldn't shut off.  I had the aftermarket control here waiting, so took appropriate action and the fridge has been fine ever since.

Nate and I opened up the old control but couldn't really see any obvious issues with it.  Otherwise, I would have preferred to repair that control and continue to use it.  If a visual check of your control reveals the trouble, I can perhaps provide parts from mine to fix yours.

I understand.  Its always useful to have an extra.  I have a new Hotpoint in the garage that came with the house when i rented it.  It is tiny and a friend gave me a side by side which fit the space in the kitchen so much better, so it became a drink fridge.  

I couldn't help but to pick tho :-)

Exactly.  Based on my experience (hindsight is definitely 20/20), a universal fit can be made to look and feel (as in a thumbwheel that doesn't wobble) like the original if, 1) The adjustable holes for the mounting screws are properly aligned with those in the interior liner's trim -- which is not as cut & dried as one might think, and, 2) A conservative approach is used should the thumbwheel post on the replacement control need to be shortened.  If it appears you'd have to make deeper notches in the end of the thumbwheel shaft as a result of your cut, you're removing too much from the post.  I ended up with not enough thread in the post for the screw that secures the thumbwheel.

I got tired of looking at the empty egg shelf on my fridge.  Only once have I had to use that space for something due to lack of room.  I now have an installation of a dozen multi-colored plastic Easter eggs in there indefinitely. 

That Hotpoint sounds nice.  Post pix if you get it.

That's an interesting model and looks a little different (more old school) from the Combination knock-offs I'm used to seeing from Hotpoint.

If you can provide interior shots, I'd like to see them.  I think you've found an unusual model there.

Great looking fridge, and it's complete!  I have never seen a Hotpoint like that either.  I like the rear coils in the fresh food section.  No worries about tall items coming in contact with coils like on my fridge, and more usable space (excepting door storage) than a model with revolving shelves.

So there's no drain in the freezer bottom for the defrost water?  Oh, yeah, that might be a deal-breaker for me, but it's such a nice fridge otherwise . . .