How do you fix a OLD Sears/Roebucks Coldspot Super wall freezer cord/wiring harness??

Question

We got this freezer froma friend and it is HUGE and OLD.. We guess it is 50's-60's .. It was working and when we moved it the cord crumbled more or less.. it has this weird wiring harness that all the cords go into.. it is round black plastic/rubber peice that the cord for the light,compressor,outlet, etc, all go into.. we need to totally replace all the cord and wiring harness.. Where can we get help or the parts in Cleveland or at least OHIO???
It is beautiful and works!! We hate to see this in the scrap!

Answer 1

Good luck in finding a replacement wiring harness for that old of a freezer. You can just rewire a new cord in place of the original. Simply go to your local hardware or home emprovement store with a short piece of the original cord to verify the wire gauge (size) and buy a piece of modern appliance or extension cord wire in the same size with the same number of conductors (wires). Most likely 2 conductors and one saftey ground. 1 blk, 1 white, 1 green. You'll also need to buy a 3 pronged male plug end. The original probably only had 2 prongs. You can splice the wire for the cord to the old cord, where it's not crumbling away, with wire nuts and zip ties or even solder and shrink tube if you like. Connect the green wire to a screw anywhere on the metal case of the freezer. If necessary, you can drill a small hole near your cord splice and use a self tapping screw to attatch the green wire. In the outer framework only! Don't drill or screw anything into side of freezer anywhere. You may hit a refridgerant line and then you'll have major problems. This wire is to prevent you from getting shocked in the event of a "case ground". OK, now that you have a new cord etc., and you use this old freezer for a while keep watch on your electric bill. It will, most likely, soar so you may want to be sitting down when you open your bill. In it's day efficiency was not an issue at all. Frozen food was the new thing and the wave of the future. Electricity was cheap! Also, if you ever have a loss of refrigerant you'll find it takes R-12 which is extremely expensive if not impractical to replace. Personally, new freezers are much more energy efficient, better insulated and would be a much better idea. You could still use this "beautiful" old relic for dry storage or something like that.

Answer 2

Two separate things can cause this problem. Either the drain is restricted at the top (most likely), or at the bottom of the hose (not likely). The other cause would be if the drain pan in the freezer is plugged. If the drain pan hole is frozen closed you will be getting water from both vent holes in the refig. top on each side near the back. If the drain is plugged the water will be from the center of the back wall. What most often happens something will get in the drain cup in the refrig. and start growing and plug the drain cup. The drain cup catches the water from the freezer defrost, passes it through the back to the drain hose were it runs into a pain under th refig. where it evaporates. To access the drain cup when the refig controls are in the back of the refig., remove the light cover, remove the knobs, remove the control cover. The drain cup should be visible now. If you don't see any screws holding the drain cup in, it should pull straight out. Clean and replace. You may want to run a little water through it after the drain cup is put back in to make sure it isn't plugged behind the cup. A little bleach water will help keep it from plugging again right away. If the drain pan is frozen in the freezer, the easiest thing to do is unplug the refig., Open booth doors and waite until the water quites coming out the drain hose. This could take a day or longer depending how ice is built up under the cover inside the freezer. Good luck

Answer 3

Google your info, find the part numbers you need, then start taking the old harness backward. Good idea if you have a digital camera to take before picts. Just look at the old one and put the new one in it's place.