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lucasrusinak
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 Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:15 pm Post subject: 78 icebox ideas/questions |
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| i have a 78 westy and i have been reading and i realized my ice box doesn't have a drain like some others do and that is probably a nice thing to have so i was wondering, has anyone drilled out a hole in an icebox for a drain? if so is it hard and how did you do it? and i have also just been brainstorming about things id like to do to my bus and was thinking id like to move the icebox and put a full sized bench in the back, but i wasn't sure where to put the icebox (i really would like to keep it in the bus.) has anyone put it under the sink/stove before? i was even thinking maybe putting it in the storage unit under the bench if i could make it fit right. has anyone done anything like this? |
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VDubTech
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If your icebox doesn't have a drain hole, it isn't an icebox, it's a fridge.
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lucasrusinak
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| If your icebox doesn't have a drain hole, it isn't an icebox, it's a fridge. |
really? ive been reading as many threads on here as i could to see if it was a fridge or an ice box and i thought 76-78 was an icebox not a fridge |
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busdaddy
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Could be either, is there a square horizontal aluminum bar inside near the top? Is the cubby behind it filled with wires and black finned things?
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VDubTech
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Does your Bus have a stove? If it does, it's a fridge.
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lucasrusinak
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| VDubTech wrote: |
| Does your Bus have a stove? If it does, it's a fridge. |
yes, it does.
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| is there a square horizontal aluminum bar inside near the top? Is the cubby behind it filled with wires and black finned things? |
yes and yes |
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lucasrusinak
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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ive been thinking about it and it makes sense that its a fridge. thanks guys!
now the other part of the questions, has anyone moved the fridge into somewhere else in the bus to utilize space? i would like to do something so i can try and put a full sized bench in the back. i was even thinking maybe taking the whole fridge unit out and get a cooler and making it into a jump seat type thing so i could use it as a seat as well as a cooler. |
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Mal evolent
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VDubTech
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A full width bench my be nice, but there' more to it than that, and on top of it you really aren't gaining all that much more room with the full width. In order to utilize it you would have to remove the fridge, and also remove the cabinet in the driver's rear of the Bus, and then also remove the overhead cabinet, which attaches to the cabinet that you would have to remove. Very little gain for a shitload of work, and you lose a lot of functionality along with it. As for moving the fridge, where else would you put it? The passenger seat swivels around so you can't very well put it over there, and the sink/stove cabinet is against the wall. Unless you plan to make an island out of it, there's not too many other places it can go. Give it a whirl before you start altering things.
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| my dad wasnt a belittling cock when he tought me how to wrench on cars. |
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It should also have a propane tank under the bus...
and the plumbing for that to deal with also...
You would be better off spending your energy studying all about how it works, and getting that refer working and as VDub Tech said, give it a whirl before you start altering things.
You know those Germans put a lot of time in engineering that bus to be the best functional bus on the market.
Not to mention, taking it out or moving it would decrease the value considerably.
Spend the summer enjoying it and maybe take it on a road trip and really get to know it before you do things that you might regret later on...
Good luck with it... |
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vwwestyman
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Kinda back to the original question:
I have a fridge, but it doesn't really cool that well all the time. Many times I end up just using some ice in there with the food or whatever, and a drain would be nice.
I've thought about putting one of these in the cooler body:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/...tid=150772
And adding a valve under the bus for draining. Scooping the cooler out with a cup and towels is a bit of a pain.
Of course, I haven't done this yet. But I don't know why it wouldn't work fine. |
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pwilson
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You could also just use frozen bottles of water to minimize standing water.
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| And adding a valve under the bus for draining. Scooping the cooler out with a cup and towels is a bit of a pain. |
Use a big rectangular Rubbermaid (or?) plastic pan to hold the ice block. The drain isn't necessarily a bad idea, even with a functioning fridge. It can make clean up so much easier, or don't your kids spill stuff?
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