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Post by ajc31980 on Jul 2, 2018 21:56:27 GMT
This is so cool ! When I was teenager I had a small fridge in my room that I kept soda in. It was from the mid 1970’s and the color was brown. I believe it was a Bradford. It was definitely a good little fridge. It survived being completely immersed in water during the 1977 flood. ( Johnstown has sadly had 3 major floods in its history all before my time ) My grandparents use to take it with them in there camper, they gave it to me when they bought a new camper that had a fridge built in. This little Frigidaire you have would have been my dream fridge back then. It looks great !
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Post by turbokinetic on Jul 2, 2018 23:18:00 GMT
This is so cool ! When I was teenager I had a small fridge in my room that I kept soda in. It was from the mid 1970’s and the color was brown. I believe it was a Bradford. It was definitely a good little fridge. It survived being completely immersed in water during the 1977 flood. ( Johnstown has sadly had 3 major floods in its history all before my time ) My grandparents use to take it with them in there camper, they gave it to me when they bought a new camper that had a fridge built in. This little Frigidaire you have would have been my dream fridge back then. It looks great !
Thanks so much! Good story about the flooded Bradford. Really, the only thing that I would worry about being permanently ruined would be the cabinet insulation. The rest of the parts are either fully sealed, or (in the case of the control) would be as good as new after cleaning all the silt and grit out.
My deluxe Frigidaire (the taller one) was a New Orleans flood victim. It was paid for by insurance, who required it be "Destroyed." They accomplished this by cutting the cord off.
The water didn't get up to the cabinet level, just over the top of the compressor. I pressure washed the compressor compartment at the bottom, fully rewired, and that one was none the worse for wear!
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Post by ajc31980 on Jul 2, 2018 23:43:45 GMT
This is so cool ! When I was teenager I had a small fridge in my room that I kept soda in. It was from the mid 1970’s and the color was brown. I believe it was a Bradford. It was definitely a good little fridge. It survived being completely immersed in water during the 1977 flood. ( Johnstown has sadly had 3 major floods in its history all before my time ) My grandparents use to take it with them in there camper, they gave it to me when they bought a new camper that had a fridge built in. This little Frigidaire you have would have been my dream fridge back then. It looks great !
Thanks so much! Good story about the flooded Bradford. Really, the only thing that I would worry about being permanently ruined would be the cabinet insulation. The rest of the parts are either fully sealed, or (in the case of the control) would be as good as new after cleaning all the silt and grit out.
My deluxe Frigidaire (the taller one) was a New Orleans flood victim. It was paid for by insurance, who required it be "Destroyed." They accomplished this by cutting the cord off.
The water didn't get up to the cabinet level, just over the top of the compressor. I pressure washed the compressor compartment at the bottom, fully rewired, and that one was none the worse for wear!
I know of a few stores that do that with returns. They cut cords off so what ever it may be , can’t be resold. Lucky you that insurance company had that kid of thinking ! :-). As for that Bradford I had. The story I was told, was. It was left to sit out the sun for few days wide open. My grandfather had someone put a new cord on it. And it was good to go. When I left home. My stepfather used it for beer for a few years. It started the hum click thing and he tossed it. Ugh. I of course would have taken it back and at least tried replacing the relay. It stopped working I’m 2011. Guessing it was from 1975. They don’t make them like they use to.
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Post by turbokinetic on Jul 2, 2018 23:59:47 GMT
Thanks so much! Good story about the flooded Bradford. Really, the only thing that I would worry about being permanently ruined would be the cabinet insulation. The rest of the parts are either fully sealed, or (in the case of the control) would be as good as new after cleaning all the silt and grit out.
My deluxe Frigidaire (the taller one) was a New Orleans flood victim. It was paid for by insurance, who required it be "Destroyed." They accomplished this by cutting the cord off.
The water didn't get up to the cabinet level, just over the top of the compressor. I pressure washed the compressor compartment at the bottom, fully rewired, and that one was none the worse for wear!
I know of a few stores that do that with returns. They cut cords off so what ever it may be , can’t be resold. Lucky you that insurance company had that kid of thinking ! :-). As for that Bradford I had. The story I was told, was. It was left to sit out the sun for few days wide open. My grandfather had someone put a new cord on it. And it was good to go. When I left home. My stepfather used it for beer for a few years. It started the hum click thing and he tossed it. Ugh. I of course would have taken it back and at least tried replacing the relay. It stopped working I’m 2011. Guessing it was from 1975. They don’t make them like they use to.
That's a shame about him tossing it when it needed a relay or some other simple thing. Most of the mini fridges (even new ones!) are still made just like the old Frigidaires. They don't have any fans or moving parts outside the compressor. Therefore they are likely to live a long time.
Speaking of things that aren't made like they used to be. I'm finishing up putting a new fuel pump in my mom's car. It is a 1989 Buick LeSabre. The first fuel pump lasted 225,000 miles. The replacement took the car to 500,000 miles. Now hopefully the third one will go another quarter million!
The car has its original engine and transmission. Engine was rebuilt once at 370,000 miles. Trans has been rebuilt a couple times. This is the Buick 3800 engine. It's a solid chunk of cast iron. Heads and block are iron. The manifold is aluminum. There are no plastic parts on the engine. It's built the way Detroit used to build them and shows no signs of stopping.
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Post by ckfan on Jul 3, 2018 1:24:08 GMT
Those 3.8 engines run forever. Very reliable. Good low end torque too. Not a tire scorcher but it gets the job done fine. Unless it’s in a grand national, then it IS a tire scorcher!
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Post by turbokinetic on Jul 3, 2018 1:42:19 GMT
Those 3.8 engines run forever. Very reliable. Good low end torque too. Not a tire scorcher but it gets the job done fine. Unless it’s in a grand national, then it IS a tire scorcher! Even when boosted, they are long lived. I built a custom front-wheel-drive 3.8 Turbo engine which is my daily driver. Put 360 HP down on a chassis dyno (uncorrected measured power). That equates to mid 400 HP engine power.
Hauls ass and hauls fridges.... This is one of my Frigidaires and Andrew's leaky CK on the way to from Louisiana to Alabama.
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Post by ckfan on Jul 3, 2018 13:20:55 GMT
Whoa! That is the ultimate sleeper! Absolutely nobody would expect that grandma car to actually go fast, no offense of course. Those are some very impressive numbers. I don’t want to derail the thread but seriously, how were you able to get those kinds of numbers? I think even the GNX grand national with an inter cooler and big turbo couldn’t match that. Did you have to strengthen the bottom end? Does the transmission take that power and towing ok?
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Post by turbokinetic on Jul 3, 2018 13:33:39 GMT
Whoa! That is the ultimate sleeper! Absolutely nobody would expect that grandma car to actually go fast, no offense of course. Those are some very impressive numbers. I don’t want to derail the thread but seriously, how were you able to get those kinds of numbers? I think even the GNX grand national with an inter cooler and big turbo couldn’t match that. Did you have to strengthen the bottom end? Does the transmission take that power and towing ok? Well, the transmission was the hardest part to make hold the power. It has a later model transmission that was specified for a supercharged 3.8 from a Buick Riviera, about a 1998 model. Still that required quite a bit of internal modification to hold up. A lot of 2005-up transmission parts specified for the LS4 V8 front wheel drive cars have been used in it; as well as custom made parts.
When GM did the Grand National turbo 3.8, the engine was fairly basic internally. The engine in my car had a factory camshaft with roller lifters which the GN did not. In the naturally-aspirated stock form, the roller cam 3.8 had 30 more HP than the flat-tappet cam engine of same configuration. That is a massive improvement. Then when the aftermarket cam goes in, and boost is applied, those gains are multiplied so to speak.
I was able to order an aftermarket cam for roller lifter engine that was engineered for a turbocharged engine. Also, the heads have been ported. The turbocharger was speced out by the manufacturer to make up to 475 HP at the flywheel. That seems to be pretty well matched to the engine giving it lots of drivability.
The engine ECM program comes from a later model GM turbocharged V6 engine. I had to re-tune the fuel and spark tables for the Buick engine to get everything working together. It's been an interesting project and I learned quite a lot! It's gone about 125,000 miles so far and the engine still sounds like it always has. Not sounding loose or raggedy like it's wearing out faster than it should.
So that's it in a nutshell!
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Post by ckfan on Jul 3, 2018 14:36:16 GMT
I have to say that is quite impressive. Very well done. What I can’t believe is that most of the parts are still GM. That’s a stout V6 to be sure!
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Post by turbokinetic on Jul 3, 2018 14:43:19 GMT
I have to say that is quite impressive. Very well done. What I can’t believe is that most of the parts are still GM. That’s a stout V6 to be sure! Thanks. The Buick V6 is indeed stout. They lasted so long that most of the cars which wore out and were scrapped still had working engines. That may be one of the reasons that GM didn't develop the next generation of engines on this platform. They were forced to come out with new engines because of emissions regulations, and chose to develop this into the smaller V6 family which originated with the 2.8 / 3.1 engines.
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Post by ckfan on Jul 3, 2018 21:39:20 GMT
Very interesting, my first car had the 3.1 engine. It ran fine and was reliable at 170,000. It was extremely anemic for the Camaro it was in though. 92 model year, last of the 80s style. I raced a similar vintage IROC camaro one time. I had him for the first 50 feet due to having a manual...ah to be 17 again.
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Post by turbokinetic on Jul 3, 2018 22:10:20 GMT
Very interesting, my first car had the 3.1 engine. It ran fine and was reliable at 170,000. It was extremely anemic for the Camaro it was in though. 92 model year, last of the 80s style. I raced a similar vintage IROC camaro one time. I had him for the first 50 feet due to having a manual...ah to be 17 again.
I love those bodystyle Camaros. They were the rage when I was in school! We joke about making a system where there's a camera and it analyzes the driver's head. If the ratio of bangs to hair over neck is high enough to be considered a "mullet" then the car's additional features would be enabled. You know, important stuff such as exhaust muffler cutouts, smoke screen generator, and secondary EdelHolleyBrock carburetor barrels would kick in!
The 80's Camaros are valuable now, since they are so scarce. I miss those days!
I had a 1972 Chevy Nova. It had a 5 liter V8 engine (307). My dad got a new company car (the 89 LeSabre) with the 3800 engine. It would wax my V8 Nova with impunity after the first 6 feet. That got me thinking about fuel injection. I swapped in a 305 with a throttle body system on it. Doubled the gas milage and added half again the power.
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wendbird
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Hello,just bought a 3 foot Frigidaire, and was it doesn’t work. I was wanting any information on it.
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Post by wendbird on Aug 12, 2021 19:02:15 GMT
Such a cute little Frigidaire!! It's a 1950 model. I have it listed in my 1950 Frigidaire Parts Book. The top piece is original to the fridge and is called "Top-cabinet shell auxiliary (flat-Dulux)" part number 5854087. Looks like that's the difference between the AM-43 and AM-43F. The "F" probably designated the flat top as opposed to the rounded top. There is supposed to be a lower shelf, part number 5853638. The description is "Shelf-Plain". The upper shelf, which you have, is called "Shelf-Drip Tray" part number 5853632. There's two ice trays that originally came with it too. Their part number is 5407167, quanity two. So glad it's running and cooling, at least to some degree, on the initial inspection. It's kinda like a miniature version of my DM-90P. I'll be especially interested in the progress and videos of this one!! An absolute gem!! Very happy you found it! If you want any part numbers just let me know and I'll be happy to share with you.
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Post by turbokinetic on Aug 12, 2021 19:07:35 GMT
Your post was more or less just an empty quote. Sorry about that.
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wendbird
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Hello,just bought a 3 foot Frigidaire, and was it doesn’t work. I was wanting any information on it.
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Post by wendbird on Aug 12, 2021 19:13:17 GMT
I just bought one just like this , except it doesn’t work, he said had a short in it… not sure.. I was looking for any information on this fridge, mostly on how to fix it and make it work again. It’s a beautiful little fridge. Any information would be very appreciated and helpful. Looks like it’s missing the drip tray, ice trays, and the cord need to be replaced, looks like they spliced, it together with another cord. Looks like it use to be white n they painted it a yellow colour. I have a wonderbar servel fridge, that works great and has one of the ice trays. Still looking for a second one. thanks in advance for any help.
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