Thetford EV0061 Series - Manual (Page 10)

Installation and Owner’s Manual 10
- Remove the screw [9] from the door hinges [11].
- Remove the upper door hinge.
- Reverse the hinge and put on the opposite side of the door
as the lower door hinge.
- Remove the lower door hinge.
- Reverse the hinge and put on the opposite side of the door
as the upper door hinge.
- Attach each of these hinges with the screws that were
removed from the other side.
NOTE: You may need to pierce a hole in the door gasket
allow the screw to engage to door hinge.
- Put the plastic cap in the hole that is opposite the upper
hinge.
5. Install the door:
NOTE: Make sure that the plastic bushings [18] remain in the
door hinges.
- Put the door down onto the lower hinge pin.
- Align the holes in the upper hinge and the hinge bushing
and hold in this position.
- Screw the upper hinge pin down into the upper hinge and
into the door.
- Align the door so the space between the door and the
cabinet is equal all around the door.
- Hold the door in this position and tighten all of the hinge
screws.
Reverse the door swing (DE / EV0061 models):
The refrigerator has door hinges that allow you to change the
direction that the doors open by moving the hinges to the
opposite corner.
1. Remove the doors (See Art01657).
- Turn out and save the upper hinge pin [14].
- Turn out and save the center hinge pin caps [15].
- Open the upper door a small amount and pull the top of the
upper door away from the upper hinge of the refrigerator.
- Lift the upper door off of the center hinge pin [16].
- Lift the door off of the lower hinge pin [3].
NOTE: Make sure that the plastic bushings [18] remain in the
door hinges.
2. Change the position of the strike plate and the strike plate
cover (See Art01665):
- Remove the screws [4] that attach the strike plate (with
hole) [5] and the strike plate cover (without hole) [6].
- Reverse the strike plate and the strike plate cover and put
each one on the other side of the refrigerator cabinet.
- Attach the strike plate and strike plate cover with the screws.
3. Change the position of the cabinet hinges (See Art01658 and
Art01659):
- Remove the screws [8] from the upper cabinet hinge [10].
- Reverse this hinge and put on the other side of the refrig-
erator as the lower cabinet hinge.
- Attach the cabinet hinge with the screws.
- Do not fully tighten the screws at this time.
- Turn the lower hinge pin [3] down into this hinge.
- Remove the screws [12] from the lower cabinet hinge [13].
- Put this hinge on the other side of the refrigerator as the
upper cabinet hinge.
- Attach the cabinet hinge with the screws.
- Do not fully tighten the screws at this time.
4. Change the position of the door hinges and handle (See
Art00985 and Art01666):
- Remove and save the screws [1] that attach the door handle
[2] to the refrigerator door.
- Remove the door handle.
- Pull the panel retainers off the door.
- Reverse the panel retainers and push onto opposite side of
the door.
- Reverse the door handle and put on the other side of the
door.
- Attach the door handle with the screws.
- Remove and save the plastic cap [ 22] that is opposite the
upper hinge of the door.