[C320-list] Use digital camera for hard to see places

[Jane & Ken]

A yea for harbour freight----not the best of quality, but for those of us who use things every now and then----the prices are hard to beat and they have nearly everything.  Ken

--- On Fri, 5/27/11, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Use digital camera for hard to see places
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Date: Friday, May 27, 2011, 3:07 PM


As for a camera for out of the way places, HarborFreight.com has a digital
remote viewer where the camera is on the end of a long flexible rod.  It's
Item #67979 for about $120. Not cheap but could be useful.

-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Uhlman [mailto:uhlman at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 11:02 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Use digital camera for hard to see places

A camera won't help clean up the oil, but it will sure help you see areas
that 
you cannot otherwise see.  Bob put the hot water bypass on after our first
year 
and the next two years we had no hot water.  He could not find the bypass 
release.  Out with the camera this spring and now we have a permanent record
of 
where the release is and will have hot water this year!!!

I've taken pics of all kinds of odd areas where we cannot see anything on
the 
boat.  They sure do help.

Barb
Whisper, #1158




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From: "wflowe3 at aim.com" <wflowe3 at aim.com>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 9:43:05 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Access to area between engine compartment and bilge


Removing the drawers is a start. After they are out remove the six screws
that 
hold in the frame and remove the frame. It's very easy, I do it every fall
to 
by-pass my water heater for winterization.  Unfortunately, access to the
area 
you are concerned about is still pretty limited. You may be able to get a
rag 
shoved under there but there isn't much room to work. 

Good Luck.








-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Kuether <bkuether at comcast.net>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 6:38 am
Subject: [C320-list] Access to area between engine compartment and bilge


Had an accident while changing out the fuel water seperator, and fuel went 
through the wick holes behind the engine where the fuel water seperator is 
located.

It found its way into the bilge, but I was able to catch it before it got
into 
the deepest well.

I took the bilge boards up and followed it back towards the engine
compartment, 
and also took the floor boards up to gain further access.

There is a smaller hole cut out, and I sopped up what I could reach, but
there 
is an area right under where the ladder sits that you just can't reach.

Any ideas on how to get under that area short of cutting a hole?  I was
thinking 

maybe from under the sink, taking the drawers out that seems to be the
closest 
access.

Any and all suggestions appreciated.  

Thanks!

-Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
"Independence"
2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
Middle River, MD