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    I just bought a Beverage Air BM23 from Craigslist for $40.00. It is missing the door gasket, the back access cover, and the louvered grate over the drain tray. It runs and seems to get cold but I did not want to run it without the door gasket or rear cover. It is the black vinyl model and takes R134a refrigerant. The serial number is 7211278. Someone has installed a Supco 3 in 1 starter and a brass fitting to the 1/4" copper line coming from the compressor. The compressor is a Tecumseh, Brazilian made. The rear cover, door gasket and drain tray cover will be easy to replace. I think I will start with the gasket, improvise a rear cover until I determine that it really works. I am a bit concerned about the Supco and the fact that it has likely been recharged. Anything else I should check?

  • #2
    Originally posted by aerovan View Post
    I just bought a Beverage Air BM23 from Craigslist for $40.00. It is missing the door gasket, the back access cover, and the louvered grate over the drain tray. It runs and seems to get cold but I did not want to run it without the door gasket or rear cover. It is the black vinyl model and takes R134a refrigerant. The serial number is 7211278. Someone has installed a Supco 3 in 1 starter and a brass fitting to the 1/4" copper line coming from the compressor. The compressor is a Tecumseh, Brazilian made. The rear cover, door gasket and drain tray cover will be easy to replace. I think I will start with the gasket, improvise a rear cover until I determine that it really works. I am a bit concerned about the Supco and the fact that it has likely been recharged. Anything else I should check?
    I would be concerned too if I saw a hard start kit installed too but since you payed $40.00 your not in for much.Gasket is gonna cost you another $26.00
    BEVERAGE AIR DOOR GASKET ASSY BM - 703-195CAA
    Back cover missing isn't gonna hurt anything.
    How cold is cold? 40F cold or mid 30F cold. Big difference in draft dispensing. Could duct tape door closed if you have a good quality thermocouple thermometer into a 5 gal bucket of water.NOT AIR temperature.
    If it cant cool liquid not worth fixing anything further.
    What I got:
    Beverage Air #BM23
    with a "Sexy" Double Faucet Tower and Celli Eurpean Faucets
    -MM Premium Double Guage Primary Regulator
    -MM Premium 2 Product Secondary Regulator
    -MM S/S Keg Couplers
    YouTube video of the goods

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    • #3
      I don't have any temperature readings yet because I don't want to run it very long without the door gasket. I have another old BM23 and a really old BM23C. If this one doesn't work I can use the gasket on one of the others. Thanks for the response, I could not pass it up for $40.00. Some guys are into hot rods or Harleys, I dig kegerators, and beer of course.

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      • #4
        Back housing cover is like $55.00 Will be a factory special order I'm sure.
        What I got:
        Beverage Air #BM23
        with a "Sexy" Double Faucet Tower and Celli Eurpean Faucets
        -MM Premium Double Guage Primary Regulator
        -MM Premium 2 Product Secondary Regulator
        -MM S/S Keg Couplers
        YouTube video of the goods

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        • #5
          The back cover I can improvise, door gasket is cheap, I made drip tray for another unit from plastic grating material, looked good. If it runs properly would you recommend removing the hard start kit and installing factory start relay etc.? At this point, if I only salvaged the tower, fan motors door hardware etc. I am still money ahead. Not even close to quitting on it yet.

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          • #6
            Yeah you can try but I wonder why they put that hard start on their to begin with?(hopefully its because thats all he had on truck)
            this is the correct cap. doesn't list it for bm23 but its the right one..
            Beverage Air 302-919A, Beverage Air Capacitor

            Drip tray not over expensive either.
            Beverage Air 28A06-004C, Beverage Air Stainless Steel Drip Pan
            What I got:
            Beverage Air #BM23
            with a "Sexy" Double Faucet Tower and Celli Eurpean Faucets
            -MM Premium Double Guage Primary Regulator
            -MM Premium 2 Product Secondary Regulator
            -MM S/S Keg Couplers
            YouTube video of the goods

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            • #7
              I noticed micromatic is blocking links so just go to partstown and search those part numbers..
              What I got:
              Beverage Air #BM23
              with a "Sexy" Double Faucet Tower and Celli Eurpean Faucets
              -MM Premium Double Guage Primary Regulator
              -MM Premium 2 Product Secondary Regulator
              -MM S/S Keg Couplers
              YouTube video of the goods

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              • #8
                So I cleaned everything, taped around the door, and ran it for an hour. It did not cool and the coils and compressor did not get warm as they had when I first brought it home. I looked into the wiring briefly and noticed the original start relay is still connected even though it has a hard start kit. I will make sure all of that is wired correctly before I call a serviceman. There is no sign of oil anywhere around the compressor. I haven't tested the thermostat yet either. The hard start was not wired to the compressor as the diagram on it shows, I checked all three terminals and there is no continuity to the body of the compressor from any of them. I wired it as shown on the diagram, put a jumper wire on the two leads to the thermostat, and am running the machine again. No current is reaching either wire connected to the old start relay so I assume it is out of the circuit.

                After 1/2 hour unit is not cooling at all. When I got it home yesterday, after loading it onto the truck, upright of course, 45 minute drive home, unloading and plugging it in, it ran and blew cold air. Today after cleaning and checking wiring, nothing. Runs but not getting cold. The compressor has a manufacture date of May 2004, but a fitting was added so I assume someone recharged it. Any suggestions?

                I had a refrigeration guy install a new compressor for $300.00. I installed a new door gasket ($40.00), evaporator fan ($26.00), thermostat ($26.00), I placed the capillary tube from the thermostat in the groove in the evaporator inside the housing, and made a new rear cover. It has been running and holding constant temperature for about a week now. It has a pretty cheezey looking paint job I will deal with this summer. So far still less than $400.00. I'm getting a keg this weekend.
                Last edited by aerovan; 02-24-2015, 08:34 PM. Reason: Update

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