390 EC complete restoration thread

electricaldoctor said:
Well, it's off to the boat tomorrow to yank out that bad-assed leaky aluminum water tank. Stay tuned as we rip-n-tear out the carpet to get to the floor. Thanx to Pietro's experience in this department, I think that I know what to expect. Yes, I will take some pics.

~Ken
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Good luck, Ken!

Remember to check if there's water underneat the floor where the tank is laying... after removing the tank, stand on the lower floor and check if water is coming out of the screw holes (screws are the ones holding the tank in place)

Look here :wink:

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Head is finished with new dark formica and larger sink:

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Pietro said:
Good luck, Ken!

Remember to check if there's water underneath the floor where the tank is laying... after removing the tank, stand on the lower floor and check if water is coming out of the screw holes (screws are the ones holding the tank in place)

Look here :wink:

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Head is finished with new dark formica and larger sink:

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Hi Pietro,
Well, we went to the boat today. We tore up some carpetting to reveal the screws that hold down the floor above the water tank. Did you have to remove the fridge to get your tank out? I am having problems removing the side vertical plastic fridge mouldings that cover up the screws that hold the fridge in place. A portion of our teak & Holley floor in the galley covers the plywood floor that must be removed to access the water tank. I will send some pics later today. Too cold and damp to start uploading pics to Photobucket.

That is a great looking teak & holley floor in your head. What materials did you use for the edge of your toilet platform?

~Ken
 
electricaldoctor said:
Hi Pietro,
Well, we went to the boat today. We tore up some carpetting to reveal the screws that hold down the floor above the water tank. Did you have to remove the fridge to get your tank out? I am having problems removing the side vertical plastic fridge mouldings that cover up the screws that hold the fridge in place. A portion of our teak & Holley floor in the galley covers the plywood floor that must be removed to access the water tank. I will send some pics later today. Too cold and damp to start uploading pics to Photobucket.

That is a great looking teak & holley floor in your head. What materials did you use for the edge of your toilet platform?

~Ken
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I do not remember having to remove the fridge... may be your pics will help me remember... It was 10 years ago!

The edge of the toilet platform is made out of a dark wood...I should ask the carpenter :wink:

This is a larger photo of my floor before installing the new tank (316)... The tank you see in is the second one (304) I installed 10 years ago in place of the original aluminum one.

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Pietro said:
I do not remember having to remove the fridge... may be your pics will help me remember... It was 10 years ago!

The edge of the toilet platform is made out of a dark wood...I should ask the carpenter :wink:

This is a larger photo of my floor before installing the new tank (316)... The tank you see in is the second one (304) I installed 10 years ago in place of the original aluminum one.

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Here are the pics Pietro. http://pbckt.com/sZ.Nlr2 I don't use this enough to know how to properly post all of the 10 pics, but here is a link code. I hope that it works.

~Ken
 
Ken, yes, the panel goes under the galley floor... I'm afraid you will have to remove part of it!

If you cut the original panel, you won't have to remove the stairs. I hope my pic above and this one will help.

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FYI it's possible to fit an Oceanair in the guest cabin... you just have to cut through the cupboard...

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electricaldoctor said:
After removing the pipes from the tank, will the tank simply slide forward for removal? You just have to PM me to let me know how you draw those lines on the pic.

~Ken
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It should slide out easily once you removed the beams supporting the panel (you can see them in my pic).

Lines were made with windows paint :wink:
 
We are heading back over to the boat again this morning Pietro to pull up that floor panel. The carpet pulled up easy yesterday and we will pull up the remainder today. The old carpet adhesive and backing was all dried out and there is a lot of it still stuck to the floor. Did you have a problem getting it off your floor? I really like that wood nosing on the edge of your toilet platform. Any further info on that would be greatly appreciated. I got the fridge book out this morning and I figured out how to remove the plastic side trims to expose the screws that are securing the fridge to the cabinetry. Although I probably don't need to pull the fridge for the water tank removal, I want to see where the drain hose is run. I will take some more pics again today.

~Ken
 
I went to the yard this morning. Project is going on, though not as quickly as I'd like.... the windshield is in place again (I miss some gaskets so I'll get back to Taylor again) and the guys are reassembling the salon.

Here you can see the new black formica and the sofa base.

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You'll be surprised when I'll show you the tv mounts...but not today :grin:

This is the new panel for sat tuner, sat antenna panel, cd-charger.

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that's all for today... not much, I know...sorry DKRange :grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:
 
Now might be a good time to check out the contacts on you switch on the end of the vacuum tank Pietro. It will be extremely difficult later on. I am dreading that job that will pop up some day in the future. In an effort to keep the ER dry as possible, I am going to run a drain pipe from the aft AC unit fwd to the shower sump. I will probably put a tee fitting into that same drain pipe and run some piping up behind the fridge where I can put the fridge defrost drain pipe into it.

~Ken
 
electricaldoctor said:
Now might be a good time to check out the contacts on you switch on the end of the vacuum tank Pietro. It will be extremely difficult later on. I am dreading that job that will pop up some day in the future. In an effort to keep the ER dry as possible, I am going to run a drain pipe from the aft AC unit fwd to the shower sump. I will probably put a tee fitting into that same drain pipe and run some piping up behind the fridge where I can put the fridge defrost drain pipe into it.

~Ken
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I've already changed the vacuum switch as sometimes it used to stuck closed :smt001

I'm thinking about the a/c drain also..... but is some water in the bilge a real problem??? It will never be completely dry anyway...
 
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