[C320-list] Forward Nav wood panel removal?

[Jeff Hare]

Yea, I think you remove the aft-most one first.  I think there's a cleat or two on the inside you have unscrew.  One up and one to the right..   Look in the center bay and see if the screws holding the Right side cleat are coming in from there.  I don't recall any coming down through the shelf above however.  I don't recall exactly because I made brand new ones when I changed radios and made but I used the same exact mounting holes.

-Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Chris Burti
Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2018 11:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Forward Nav wood panel removal?

As I recall the screws are forward just under the shelf and not very easy to see.

Chris Burti
Farmville, NC


On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 8:20 PM, Bill Culbertson <billculb_a2 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>  Hi all,
> I should know this.  In fact, I have done this successfully myself 
> some years back when I installed an upgraded icom VHF.  But I have 
> managed to forget so hope you can help me.
> I can't remember how to remove the forward-most wooden panel of the 
> navstation area.  The aftmost nonwood panel directly above the 
> navstation table is a simple keyed & hinged arrangement which drops 
> down to allow access to the back side of all the electrical breakers.  
> The wood panel immediately forward of that is a simple 4 corner screws 
> setup - heads of screws pointing starboard and points of screws port 
> that you remove one at a time and the entire wood panel comes out easily.
> The panel which has me stymied is the wood panel immediately forward 
> of the panel described above.  I have removed it before but I can't 
> remember how.
> I won't muddy this request by describing what I have done and not done 
> but I did everything I "thought" I remembered as being required but it 
> wasn't enough.  I still couldn't extract the panel.
> Hopefully the collective wisdom/experience/recollection of this group 
> will come to the rescue.
>  -bill
> Bill CulbertsonHarmony #859Lake Erie
>