Hello Group,
Have a "Big" General Electric Chest Freezer that was purchased in 1950 and Has already failed. Yes 1950. Only 52 years of service out of this unit!!!
It has never been serviced and only moved three times. The compressor is built like a tank and the fan has lasted all these years without bearing failure.
Now for the problem.....We came back from vacation and turned it on and sure enough, it started freezing. A couple of days after, it had big frost deposit on the wall at the end near the compressor. The rest of the box was warm. It was like a frost free refrigerator with defrost failure.

I tried a trick. I put a hair drier on the frosted area, thinking it was maybe moisture freezing and blocking the refrigant line. It actually helped. The area of frost is smaller and the temp has dropped to a staedy 36 degrees and stays there.

I sure hate to get rid of this old friend, is there anything I can do to fix it. I actually built the room around it and it may not go out the door.