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Originally Posted by David & Terry
Because you have a 1972 and we have a 1978 I was wondering if you had to have your refrigerator worked on? I thought one could re-charge the coolant like in a car but I don't see where that's an option. After leveling the RV best we can we get very slow cooling and not much refrigeration on both gas and electric. Last time out no ice cubes! I've seen manuals on how to replace every component but nothing on the actual refrigerant short of buying a new unit. They seem to operate on ammonia, hydrogen and (water?), not Freon? Hmmm.
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I believe that some older refers had fittings for recharging the ammonia but in this throw away world..........
Older units also didn't work well being out of level. Not sure when the newer models came out but if you look at the heat chimney from the outside the new style has rounded corners, not square like the old ones. There have been posts and pics of the changes. JMHO, before you change out parts or replace it, a good cleaning may be all you need. There have been a number of posts of all facets of that along with pics. Not sure how to add the links for you, hopefully someone will help out.
BTW, if you have a ammonia leak, the smell will be like a baseball bat to your nose
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