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@regUS_PAToff- thanks. that does make sense...
@Pegi - no, it is not necessary to pull off the base.
Turn off water supply. Remove the back cover, take off the two mounting screws for the water valves, pull them out far enough to remove the return line coming from the water filter housing. Tape the end to seal against contamination.(I use painters tape as to have no residue) Remove the screw/clamp holding the main water supply line(goes to the filter housing) to the back of the fridge. While you are there, cut the piece of tape holding the condensate tray in the back. Now move to the front.
Remove the lower grille. Remove the brace wire to the filter housing. Remove the foam block that is under the filter housing. Remove the two 5/16 screws that attach the housing to the frame. Now gently pull the filter housing assy out the front. You may have to feed in a little slack from the back to allow removal. Place it to the side.
Now cut the tape holding the front edge of the pan to the frame. You can now gently remove the tray out the front.
For now, I did a temporary repair using foil AC tape. Inside and out, and burnish well.
Replacement is the opposite of removal. Feed the filter-to-valve line carefully back towards the valves so you can reach it from the back.
The replacement part is $22. We have two coming. If they turn out to be the same lousy quality as the original, I may have to use one as a mold and pursue doing a fiberglass layup over it, pull that off and use it instead. I am NOT going to be subjecting myself and the residents to yearly leaks.
Or... it wouldnt be that tough to use vaccum molding method and use a thicker ABS...faster also after the initial setup.
I will report back with attempts/results.
Last edited on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 09:23 pm by Volkemon
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