[C320-list] Dinette question

[Jack McDonough]

Guys, why the hell do you want to lower the table anyway? To make another 
bunk? Are you nuts? The 320 is perfect for two people and maybe, just maybe, 
one or two more for one overnight.

jack #947



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Dinette question


> Orlando, don't go there.
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Irving 
> Grunes
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 6:39 PM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Dinette question
>
> We bought into #851 in 2001
> This discussion has come up at least once a year since then.
> All 320's have this problem.
> The only solution has been the different ways to apply a large amount of
> pressure directly over the post some how.
> No amount or type of lubricant works on that gas spring, only
> We haven't dropped our table but once or twice.  I did it by putting a 
> towel
> on the table, standing on it and bouncing all my weight without jumping to
> get it down.  Others have sat on the table and "bumped" up and down.  It
> seems that some of the gas cylinders are a little softer than others, 
> butits
> pressure directly over the post.
> I think all 320 owner's have had the same problem.
> And getting it up is just as much a problem.
> Irv Grunes
> 2001 #851
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Peter & Barbara Sheerin <
> sheerinp at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
>> Irving has anyone spoken to the factory about the problem with the table?
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irving Grunes" <igrunes at gmail.com>
>> To: <C320-List at catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:56 AM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Dinette question
>>
>>
>>  Remember to push directly over the post.
>>> Some people sit or we have even stood on the table and bounced to get 
>>> the
>>> table down.
>>> It takes a lot of pressure to get it down
>>>
>>> And to get it up, we kind of rock it side to side with a little upward
>>> pressure.  Too much upward pressure and the table top comes off the
>>> pedestal.
>>>
>>> Some people keep it down always.
>>> Good luck
>>> Irv Grunes
>>> #851
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:03 PM, <tjdames at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I have recently purchased a 2000 Catalina 320. I am looking for
>>>> instructions on how to lower the dinette table. I do not know if my 
>>>> post
>>>> is
>>>> stuck, or I am doing something incorrectly. Can anyone assist?
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>