Oh my! I clearly think I'd be biting off more than I can chew with this whole thing. Decades ago when I was a kid, we pulled off one and pressed the new one on with fingers only. Smile. It had a mechanical lock though. Hello Sears? Smile. Rita
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, R & S Enterprises wrote: > Just a note. The one I did the door warped out of shape so I had to take the > door off and lay it flat on the floor and snug the screws down kind of like > lug nuts on a car. Doing opposite ones back and forth and across. > Ron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert J. Moore > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:29 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] refrigerator door seal > > > Hi Rita > > This should not be too difficult. > If it is like the fridge that I have, you will find screws along both sides > and the top and bottom behind the flap of the door seel. Just pull back the > flap on the inside of the door and you will find the screws. I would make > sure to have all the product off the door shelves because the inside pannal > may come loose when you take out all the screws.you just slide the old one > out and screw in the new one. If you leave a couple of screws in the bottom > and start the new one at the top this should hold the pannal in place. once > you get the new one started you can take out the final screws at the bottom > and finnish the job.Pay very close attention to how the old one is assembled > before you remove it. You want to do this with any project any way. Make > sure that the back flap is behind the door pannal and the front flap is in > front of the door pannal. > Once you have re assembled every thing It is very important to warm it up > with a hair dryer because the new seal will come folded up in a box and will > be slightly creased. Be careful not to get it so hot as to warp the rubber > seal but warm enough to make sure it is all laying nice and flat. > Good luck > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Rita > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:19 PM > To: Blind Handyman > Cc: Rita > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] refrigerator door seal > > Hello Everyone, > I just had a new compressor put into my refrigerator and now I notice the > seal is not tight. I am careful to push > the door completely > shut each time. Certainly the seal needs to be replaced. How does one go > about doing this and I would need > step by step instructions as the janitor in my building has such high > prices. It is my own refrigerator. With the weather > being as it is, I may not do this for a week or so. > Any ideas would > really be appreciated. Rita > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
