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I have attempted to gain access to the freezer thermistors on a FF73P Mistral, but have been unable to remove the plastic housing surrounding the fan motor, nor the metal plate that shields the evaporator coils. On the left hand side of the plastic housing there are a pair of pipes, presumably part of the evaporator system, surrounded with a foam plug, and the corner of the fan motor housing apparently surrounds this pipework. I cannot pull the end of the housing free as something is holding it back behind this pipework.
Also, there is a heating coil stuck onto the inside of the metal plate that terminates in two white cables that disappear behind the evaporator coils. I cannot pull the metal plate away because of these cables.
Any ideas as to how to remove these two items would be most appreciated.Paul
Re: Hotpoint Mistral FF73P – dismantling back panel
Is the metal plate flexible. On my model of Mistral the metal panel could be flexed and ‘unclipped’ from the top (the defrost heater was attached to the bottom of the plate, so I couldn’t slide it out bottom first).
It felt a bit ‘bodgy’ but I’m not sure how else to do it. I hope that helps.
Re: Hotpoint Mistral FF73P – dismantling back panel
The plate is flexible, but not sufficiently to enable it to be pulled down, away from the fan motor housing, so as to free it from the top. Since the defrost heater is attached at the bottom of the plate, the cables to the heater also prevented me from pulling the plate out from the bottom.
Re: Hotpoint Mistral FF73P – dismantling back panel
I have the FF72P. I removed the metal panel by bending the middle ‘out’ towards me. By keeping the bottom of the panel stationary, the top dropped down enough to come clear. Once the top was loose, I ‘folded’ the top down towards me, so as not to break the heater at the bottom. This gave me sufficient access to the thermistors.
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