To anyone who can help,

After many bouts of thawing down iced up evaporator coils with a dryer to get by I decided to change out the heating element and thermostat as well as the adaptive defrost board ( got both parts for under about $80.00)

After letting it run for several hours the freezer seems to be working fine although the refer side took a while to drop in temp. The cold air does seem to be circulating ok through the ducts of the refer. It has been quite hot these past few days and I have no AC in our home. I noticed the refer hit about 40 degrees as I opened the door the temp thermometer began to rise quite quickly to 50 + degrees with the door open. After closing the door it seems to take quite a while to drop in temp. Is this normal or is it because of the hot weather as well as a moderate amount food in the refer at this time.

Thanks