[C320-list] Replacing old head sink

[David J Gleason]

Couple to thoughts that might help.

1 - Remove the frame work that holds the door and drawers.  This should
give you more room to work.  I think I did this when I put in a Y valve
to tie the refer drain and shower sump together.

2 - If you have access to a digital camera, hold it under the sink and
take several shots.  With a flash, everything is more easily seen.

Dave Gleason
Proud Mary, #150

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:34:38 -0400 "Irving Grunes" <igrunes at comcast.net>
writes:
> Nick, 
> We thought we had a massive leak under the sink a month or so ago.  
> Found
> that the flex hose connection to one of those little tubes as you 
> call them
> was loose.  Tightening that compression connector to the tube fixed 
> it up.
> Worth checking all the tube compression fittings for tightness 
> before trying
> to pull the faucet.  Not sure, but is the rear panel of the hanging 
> locker
> removable so one can get to all those tubes.  I had a heck of a time 
> working
> through the aft cabin fold out drawer to tighten the flex tube 
> connection
> which was at the bottom of the tube.
> Good luck
> 
> Irv Grunes #851
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Nicholas 
> Ward
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 12:16 PM
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Replacing old head sink
> 
> Thanks for the responses.
> Pat and Bruce - yes, I mean the faucet.  It sprung a massive leak
> underneath after last winter.  On inspection (via the aft cabin 
> locker),
> there are many little metal tubes eminating from a central location 
> to
> various locations.  It's so crowded up in there I couldn't tell 
> what
> what leaking and assume one of th litte tubes fractured from 
> freezing.
> I can find no nuts to unscrew up there (unlike a home sink).   Its 
> been
> a while since I've been in there and will be looking again at it 
> this
> weekend.   Thought it would be easiest just to pop out the old one,
> which connects to two water hoses, and pop in a new one but can't 
> figure
> out how to get it off.
> 
> Nicholas Ward MD, FACCP
> Program Director
> Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
> The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
> Providence, RI 02806
> tel. 401-444-8760  
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