A burping, a burping a burping , and then you must burp me,  and me  and
me,  yes you shall give us all a firm burping.

Jim Cain wrote:
>
> >At the risk of rekindling the springtime fridge threads,...
> >---------------
> >After working beautifully since I got it, the fridge suddenly became
> >noticeably less efficient at cooling during the latter part of our
> >just-completed 2,500 trip through the Southern Cascades/Northern Sierras.  I
> >think it may have something to do with a stunt I pulled on a STEEP off-road
> >trail.  While trying to "see what it'll do" I got the Syncro to stick both
> >pax side wheels up in the air (no joke - about 6" up front and about 1" in
> >back).  At this apex of this thrilling moment (while things seemed to stop
> >in time, including my heart) I heard a "thunk" from the vicinity of the
> >fridge.  This could have been a can of beans shifting position, but I know
> >that the fridge doesn't seem to work as well now.  It will cool down to 37
> >degrees or so, but only if the outside air is less than 70 degrees.  With
> >the air temp at 85, it will only cool to the high 40's/low 50's.  It used to
> >cool right down to 30 degrees or so, and a high of about 45.  Propane/AC/DC
> >all seem to have been affected - that's what seems strange.
>
> My dad had a 3rd party refridg in his 71 Westy and it used to stop
> occasionally.  He would pick it up and turn it upside down then back right
> again and it worked ok .  Something about the way it works with the heat
> evaporating the coolant.  If to much of the coolant gets on the wrong side
> of the thing it doesn't work right.  You had to turn it the right direction
> to get the fluid to flow back to the correct side.
>
> Sounds like you could have upset the balance of the coolant with your
> circus act.