Thread Number: 87437
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Sometimes a Second Opinion is good! |
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Post# 1119848 , Reply# 1   6/10/2021 at 05:03 (1,023 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1119855 , Reply# 2   6/10/2021 at 07:14 (1,022 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)   |   | |
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Thanks Austin! |
Post# 1119864 , Reply# 3   6/10/2021 at 08:55 (1,022 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 1119870 , Reply# 4   6/10/2021 at 10:29 (1,022 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 1119874 , Reply# 5   6/10/2021 at 11:21 (1,022 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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It's disturbing that attempting to have an old refrigerator repaired by a presumed adept entity often ends up as a crap-shoot situation that turns out to do more harm than good. The immediate diagnosis as a seized compressor would have me suspect as well, and particularly if I had witnessed how it was dropped, which as you pointed out, didn't do any damage to the cabinet or the sealed system.
I would think the rule of thumb in repairing anything is to pursue the simplest solution first, just as you did. If I were the owner of this refrigerator I'd be more than a little annoyed over spending what probably amounted to over $1K on a repair that was destined to fail right out of the gate.
I really wish there were more people like you peppered across the country so more viable old refrigerators could be revived to keep cooling for another 50 years, or in the case of some GE monitor tops, almost 100 more years.
The Fridge Whisperer prevails yet again. What a great story and outcome! |
Post# 1119894 , Reply# 6   6/10/2021 at 17:20 (1,022 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 1120207 , Reply# 7   6/13/2021 at 23:05 (1,019 days old) by sarahperdue (Alabama)   |   | |
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Post# 1120745 , Reply# 8   6/19/2021 at 02:18 (1,014 days old) by Stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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Post# 1121537 , Reply# 10   6/27/2021 at 16:44 (1,005 days old) by a007kirbyman (--->> Originally My Mom <<--- (now Wisconsin))   |   | |
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Hello Dave.
REPEAT (lol): I always enjoy reading (or watching/listening to) your posts, especially the restorations. Your skills, especially in this field, are [probably] 2nd to very few, if any. (imho) I see this quite often in the Kirby business, where someone has been somewhere else for service (disappointingly), & then comes to us/me for another opinion. Many times 'they' have been told (or charged) exorbitant amounts, when it is something very simple or inexpensive to rectify the issue!!! Again, my hat's off to you & your skills!!! TY & hagd/n all, Bill 508 |