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LowSlowJoe

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My foot long Craigslist fridge find
« on: October 14, 2017, 10:40:24 PM »

Well, I've been perusing craigslist again.  I found a True Refrigeration GMD-07 for $75.  The owner indicated that it was in good shape,  but I was a bit skeptical.  When I picked it up,  they plugged it in for me... it seemed to start to get cold, so I paid for it and loaded it up.

Once home I plugged it in... oh my,  what is that loud noise coming from it???  Well , I determined the noise was a fan near the condenser. Looked up a replacement fan, one I found wes $250... oh my.  Eventually I found one for $75, about  $80 after tax.

I broke the housing of a relay when I was disconnecting things... $25 for a replacement,  but I  managed to repair it with JB Plastic Weld...

Got it all back together,  she's running good now! $155 spent on  a 7 cubic foot, made in the USA,  commercial fridge... it sells for  $1500 new, so I figure I did ok. 

This will likely become my meat curing and maybe aging fridge...

« Last Edit: October 14, 2017, 10:46:20 PM by LowSlowJoe »
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Re: My foot long Craigslist fridge find
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2017, 07:21:40 AM »

I'm amazed at what one can find on CL, at least in other parts of the country. All you can find around here is junk, spam ads, and free dogs....  ::). Great find!

Whatever came of your pizza oven? Did you get it going?
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Re: My foot long Craigslist fridge find
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2017, 07:34:46 AM »

Nice work and congrats on your great repair job and find!
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Re: My foot long Craigslist fridge find
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2017, 08:30:13 AM »

That would make a great cold smoker as well.
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Re: My foot long Craigslist fridge find
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2017, 09:55:23 AM »

That's awesome Joe!

I'd love to have one of those for brining turkeys and holding extra food for big weekend cooks you did well.
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Re: My foot long Craigslist fridge find
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2017, 11:50:51 AM »

I work in Ann Arbor Michigan, so from there, I'm like 45 minutes or so from anywhere in metro Detroit, if I want to be.  So, I'm in a area that does get a fair amount of stuff showing up on craigslist...  ( still have never seen a high end pellet grill though aka FEC120 ) I did see a Yoder come up once, but that was like 3 hours from me, and I really dind't need a  YS-640 with comp cart for $2000 very badly.

   Recently I found a like 70's vintage upright freezer, about 16 cubic feet, the person didn't have a photo of it, but only wanted like $40, so I called.  I started to figure out what I was going to need to do to go look at it and/or buy it, when the guy says... " It's in the back of my truck now, I could bring it to  you". I still hadn't seen it, but he did describe it to me, so I said yeah, sure...   If I would have drove to get it, it would have cost me about $10 in gas, and took about 40 minutes of my time.  He was waiting in my driveway when I got home that day, helped me get it in my garage.  ON that one, I had to do some cleaning, but I really like the freezer now that I got it cleaned up...

  All in all, my problem with craigslist, is that if I look at it enough, I could go broke, buying good deals I see.  It does help , if your able and willing to fix things yourself... Like that Subway refrigerator... If I wouldn't have been able to fix that myself, it wouldn't have been a very good deal.. other then I had other ideas about what I could use it for, even if the compressor had been completely fried on it.
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