Fridge Removal - Viking Legend

[Lacrocious]

I have a Viking Legend 2488 with a leaking water pump - something tells me the owner didn't prepare it for winter enough! :banghead:    

In order to get at the water pump, I need to remove the lower counter top - the Viking  has the flip-down sink cabinet.  

The lower counter top is screwed in from the inside.  I think I would have to remove the  fridge in order to get all the screws out for the counter top.  How involved is removing the fridge?   I see screws in the molding surrounding the door of the fridge and there are the Gas, 12V and 120V connections.  After that, does it just slide out or is there more to it?

Thanks!
  - Lacrocious

[austinado16]

I see screws in the molding surrounding the door of the fridge and there are the Gas, 12V and 120V connections.  After that, does it just slide out or is there more to it?

Thanks!
  - Lacrocious

That's all that holds mine in place.....in my '87 Starcraft.  Remove the fasteners and gas/electrical connections that you see, and then start rocking and pushing from the back (don't push on the coils or other magical refrigeration parts) and see how it moves.  If it's still hanging up, check for more fasteners.  The from frame/flange may also be siliconed in place, so you may need to cut that bead with a razor knife.

With the fridge out, take out the vertical air tube and clean it, take out the horizontal cross-over pipe and clean it, take out the baffle that's hanging down in the burner chimney and clean that all out, and take out the burner and clean it out with compressed air only.  Don't poke anything through that tiny gas oriface, but the rest of the burner assembly can get cleaned out good.

[Lacrocious]

Thanks - that doesn't sound too bad.  Will have to give it  a try before the weekend, else it goes to the dealer.    Hopefully the rain will stop soon.  Then the replacement pump will come into play.  The current pump is screwed directly to a wood platform - no isolation - so it is rather loud.  Time to look up what else to do to make it quiet.

 - L

[Lacrocious]

Say - not bad at all - fridge is out with the removal of 6 screws, gas line, 12V and 12V plug.  Then pull.   Counter top is off, pump is out.  Time to track down a replacement.

 - L

[austinado16]

Say - not bad at all - fridge is out with the removal of 6 screws, gas line, 12V and 12V plug.  Then pull.   Counter top is off, pump is out.  Time to track down a replacement.

 - L

Nice work!

You might try taking the pump apart and cleaning all the crud out of it.  If it's currently broken, you're not going to hurt it......and you never know, you may fix it for free.

To make it quiet(er) run over to the hardware store and check out all the cool rubber grommets and rubber bottle stoppers and other goodies that would make good vibration insulators between the pump and the wood.  Another neat trick that car manufacturers use, is to encapsilate a pump like that in a foam cube.  Makes 'em pretty much dead silent.  You can get foam in all kinds of densities from upholstery shops and upholstery supplies.

[Lacrocious]

Nice work!

You might try taking the pump apart and cleaning all the crud out of it.  If it's currently broken, you're not going to hurt it......and you never know, you may fix it for free.

Great IDEA!  Worked like a charm - opened it up and cleaned the seal - No leaking water!    For 3 days!  Kept letting the pump run for various amounts of time over the days - until today - it started leaking again.  :yikes:  Time to get a new pump.  Don't want to be in out camping and have  water all over the inside of the camper.    

Thanks for the idea, I only wish the pump thought it was a great idea as well.

 - L

[austinado16]

Oh, bummer.  Is the seal something that might be replaceable, like through an industrial supply?  McMaster-Carr(dot com) and Applied Industrial Technologies are 2 excellent sources for all sorts of goodies like this.

I'd still probably replace the pump, but it also might be fun to find a seal and fix it.

[Lacrocious]

Oh, bummer.  Is the seal something that might be replaceable, like through an industrial supply?  McMaster-Carr(dot com) and Applied Industrial Technologies are 2 excellent sources for all sorts of goodies like this.

I'd still probably replace the pump, but it also might be fun to find a seal and fix it.

I would think about it, but since we have a camping trip this weekend, I think I will just get a new pump.  I will give the current one to my son to take apart at one of his summer camps - Camp Invention.  It should have interesting parts and pieces.  

 - L