Has anyone pulled a Waeco apart???
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 22:15
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Evening all
I have a waeco CF50 that has a crack in the bottom (inside) and have leaked food juices through the crack and inside the cavity. It really really stinks.
It has been like that for a little while and realised it was like that before we went to
Robe last week. I blamed SWMBO for NOT cleaning out the fridge properly after the last trip. Oh how I was wrong LOL.
I have looked at pulling it apart and can find no way to do it. I have the compressor cover off but that's as far as I can see I can do as the piping goes through the foam insulation.
I also have drilled the three rivets out that hold the side walls in and broken the silicon seal but it seems the foam insulation is stuck to everything.
I don't want to go bending and breaking things but if I have to and can be fixed cheaply I would be prepared for it.
If anyone out there has pulled one apart and could let me know how you did it I would be very appreciative.
Thanks in advance
Cheers Luke
Reply By: Peter 2 - Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 22:39
Saturday, Jan 05, 2008 at 22:39
I'm not familiar with the Waeco but would imagine that it would be like most of them in that they are put together and then the foam is injected or poured in to the cavity and after it goes off then is sealed for life.
As far as your repair goes I'd be washing it as
well as you can, turning it upside down to get the stinky stuff out as much as possible, drying it out in the cavity, if there is any space put a little bit of builders foam in there and then preferably get the case plastic welded if possible along the crack.
If the dirty water has soaked into the whole bottom of the frig and insulation you may have to carefully cut holes with a holesaw in the outside of the case and let the moisture drain/dry out and then repair/weld all the bits back in.
Depending on the actual plastic an epoxy might repair it also. might be a bit of trial and error to find out what sticks to it.
Araldite will be awaste of time as you need and epoxy that can handle the temp fluctuations and doesn't go hard but tolerate a small movement. Welding would be preferable.
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