Fridge Mounting

[stevep84 Find all posts View Profile Close stevep84]

Hi Guys,

Just after some info on how everyone has mounted their fridges in models with third row seating.

Cheers,

Steve

[stevep84 Find all posts View Profile Close stevep84]

No one has a fridge in a 7 seater?

[Ryzz Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryzz]

I got the Engel Fridge Slide for my Engel (who da think!?) and made my own false floor that bolts into the holes for the tie down points in the boot. 7 Seater GXL.

[talk2tiny Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close talk2tiny]

I got the Engel Fridge Slide for my Engel (who da think!?) and made my own false floor that bolts into the holes for the tie down points in the boot. 7 Seater GXL.

That's my plan till I get enough cash for drawers too.

[Pearl150 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pearl150]

Spend your money on a MSA drop fridge slide if your going to get draws in the future. They are the duck guts. Cheers

[stevep84 Find all posts View Profile Close stevep84]

Cheers guys.

Ryzz do you still have use of one of the rear seats. I would like to still be able to use one if required.

Steve

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Cheers guys.

Ryzz do you still have use of one of the rear seats. I would like to still be able to use one if required.

Steve

With mine the false floor takes up the whole "boot", however you could only make the floor half width and only bolt to one side.

[stevep84 Find all posts View Profile Close stevep84]

Thanks for that Rhyzz. I might also look at removing the left third row seat.

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

Has anyone removed only one seat to mount a fridge?

[jayden82 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jayden82]

Found some good engel brackets. I found them locally in perth but alo avail on ebay.

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[stevep84 Find all posts View Profile Close stevep84]

Thanks Jayden.

I am interested to read and answer to mjrandom's question. Has anyone removed just one seat for a fridge?

Steve

[Ages Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ages]

Spend your money on a MSA drop fridge slide if your going to get draws in the future. They are the duck guts. Cheers

x2, agreed

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

It's possible to keep one seat but you will need to either fabricate a new steel bracket to suit one seat trim or cut the factory piece in half. Even then the carpet/board trim that folds up with the seats will need to be cut in half and new plugs fitted for the half to hold it in place. I was about halfway down this route (bracket welded and ready for bending) when the back was inspected by the World Manager and the decision was take both seats out. Height on top of the folded seat is an issue. Much easier this way, pity about the couple of hours lost. Ah well. Gutted the restand didn't get any further yesterday. Cut some structural ply today and made a base board roughly 975mm long and wide enough to provide a base for the side trims up to 1200 at the back. I guess much the same as others have done. I positioned the fridge and battery and built a box to house the battery, DC DC charger and changeover relay (solar in feed) and aux fuse box. Length of the board was dictated by the height of the box to house all the electrical bits. Will post some pics as I get a bit further. I am using Anderson plugs for the infeed from the main battery (manual cct breaker and 6B&S) and also solar when fitted. And the fridge supply and "engine on" trigger wire will be powerpoles. Will take a line to the voltage/voltage meter too. Space is pretty tight and I should have gone a bit wider with the box but too late now, too far done to start over. I will get the woodwork done with the electrics and then stick the carpet on. Planning on using the M8 seat bolt holes to keep it all in place. Need a custom battery tie down as the standard Piranha system won't fit (I said space was tight!). The DC DC charger will be on a hinged lid on top. Top and sides ventilated. Wired as per Redarcs suggested arrangement.

[stevep84 Find all posts View Profile Close stevep84]

Thank for that mate.

I'm trying to mount the fridge with as little modification as I can and still retain one seat as the 150 will be leased.

Once I get it I'll have a good look and sort something out.
Good luck with the fit out. I'll be keen to see how it turns out.

Steve

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I'll post up the bracket I started and the bit it was going to replace. I reckon it is quite doable. Leaving the LH seat anyway because the vinyl trims between the seats are on the RH seat. The only thing to think about is that carpeted piece of hardboard behind the seats. It is split part way to fold up when the seat or seats are raised. I would have had no hesitation cutting it in half but you might. That board has a clip in connector right at midpoint. The connector is pop riveted onto the board. I was going to drill the rivets and remove the connector then find a new spot and fit it into a hole in the bracket I was making. I had measured the fridge board to sit 5mm from the LH seat so that the carpet would sit firmly against the seat. At the back it needed a piece of carpeted ply or mdf to fill in the last 200mm or so where the seat mechanism is exposed as this is usually hidden by the carpeted board. Sorry if this is hard to understand because I was working it out in my head as I went along. Once you pull the RH seat and trims it will be clearer. I was going to keep the LH trims and infill factory and only make up a new infill at the back where the rear aircon vent is, much the same as I'll have to do now.

Job for today is get more 10mm2 eyes for the cables, trim the top of the box and make/fit the lid. Glue the box in and get it ready for fitting. Somehow transfer the bolt holes to the base board and make up angle brackets for the front. Then the infill pieces. If I can get all that done I will be happy. Take tomorrow off to run the 6B&S from the main battery. And my favourite, glue carpet all over the thing, leave it outside for a week to destink and then bolt it all in next weekend.

I probably didn't make it clear but the reason I pulled both seats was the Director of Private Prosecutions isn't very tall and while fridge height was good getting stuff up and on the lowered seat back was still really high with the car lifted. We used to need the extra seat in the 120 from time to time and that was easy. Anyway with just 4 at home and a second 4wd available in the family my wife decided that we can make do with 5 seats or two cars. Removing both seats made it easier for me so that is what I did.

Bit of an update, not much happened today for lots of reasons but here is the current status





I haven't built the side trims yet nor drilled the hold down points. Finished the internal box wiring and located all the bits. I will tidy up the box as it currently has a few temporary screws holding it while glueing and also mount the vents (big hole on both sides). The small square hole at the back is for the power outlet for the fridge and outlet for the voltage voltage meter that I haven't bought yet and also the trigger for the DC DC charger to tell it the engine is running and trip the changeover relay.

Space is really tight though. That box is the width of a 120AH AGM battery plus a little bit. 20mm between the fridge and box to clear the handle on the fridge and about the same to the rear door for the same reason. With the door open the fridge opens just past vertical and the lid is outside. Quite a lot of room lost between the 120 and 150 but the positive is the space in the second row of seats.