![]() It is close to my island and figured it would end up hitting it during travel. ![]() That took care of it not sliding anywhere but it still had too much movement at the top. I secured it in place with two screws in the front feet When I reinstalled the header I ended up raising it up about 1/4" to give me a little more clearance for air flow on top of the fridge. This gave me enough room to lift it up and slide it back. I ended up removing the trim from the header of the slide and the plastic covers on the top hinges. It had to be lifted over the edge trim at the bottom of the slide but I was a little short of clearance to be able to do that. I had a little trouble sliding the new one in because of the height. I sealed the sides of the old vents with tape and spray foam. I also added a switch to be able to turn it off as Howard had recommended during his install. I recessed the receptacle at the bottom so that the new fridge would not hit it. I added a piece of 1" foam board to the right side wall. I was able to leave the side pieces in place since the new fridge fit between them perfectly. I should be able to post tomorrow with what I did to prep for the new one and final installation.Īfter getting to old fridge out I removed the top header trim piece and the bottom shelf and trim. After getting it out I started prepping the opening. My son and I were able to slide it to the door on cardboard and then lift it out onto saw horses before lowering it to the ground. Once the doors are off you can get it out of the camper. ![]() The reason being there are screws in from the side that have to be removed for the hinges to come off. I had to remove the doors which wasn't a big deal once you slide it out three of four inches. Disconnect the power and gas then you can slide it out. Four screws in the front and three in the back holding it in. The removal of the old one wasn't too bad. One it fit in the opening where the old one was without going to a smaller cubic foot refrigerator and two, it's what Grand Design installs in the 2022 models of our camper. I installed a Haier QHE16HYPFS for a couple of reasons. That's the great thing about these forums, someone has probably already did it and you can learn a lot from their mods. Before I start how I did the install I wanted to give a shout out to howson for his write up on the change out. Nothing seemed to fix the soft ice cream and bad produce issue. I have tried adding cooling fans to the top vent and inside the fridge as well as changed out the temperature sensor to turn the factory installed fans on the back on. So we decided that we couldn't deal with the flaky Dometic fridge anymore.
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