I recently acquired this Kenmore fridge and would love to make a kegerator of it. Clearly, putting shanks through the front door should be no problem, but I'd really prefer a tower. I was afraid of drilling through the top of the fridge, since evidently this is where the cooling lines lie, but I was greatly encouraged by accounts of a few sweet Frigidaire conversions:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/frigidaire-model-frc445gb-mini-fridge-kegerator-conversion-89013/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-frigidaire-kegerator-build-150576/
The Kenmore and the Frigidaire look remarkably similar on the interior, and the indentation pattern on the Frigidaire's foam top (with black top removed) looks a lot like the pattern on the Kenmore's black plastic top. So, my guess is that the conversions should be pretty analogous as well: Pry the plastic top off, carve out the foam to expose the cooling lines, and drill around the lines. (And, you know, some other steps in between.)
My problem is that I'm having a heck of a time getting the plastic top off my fridge. I've worked all the way around the edges with a knife to pry the "side" of the top from the body of the fridge, and tried to pop the top off with a mini crowbar, but it just won't budge. But several who did the Frigidaire conversion noted that the top popped right offmaybe the Kenmore uses better glue? Anyway, I refuse to give up at this point, even if it means some minor cosmetic damage to the rear of the fridge (who's going to see that, anyway?), but I'm not sure where to go from here. I'm inclined to believe that prying hard on the top can't do too much damage, since any cooling lines are presumably separated from my crowbar/hammer by an inch or two of foam. A bit disconcertingly, though, sometimes prying into what foam I can access emits a rather foul odorrotting fish comes to mind. Is this a bad sign?
I think this fridge has a lot of potential for a nice conversion, not least of all because it's a smidge bigger than the Frigidaire (and, of course, because I actually
have one), so I'd hate to see this thread die. Anybody have any suggestions for getting past the tenacious top? I'll try to post some pictures of the current state of affairs shortly.