[C38] engine access. try door frame removal

[Tom T.]

Hello Ken,

If you make the now famous sail locker modification, you will have access to the engine compartment large enough for you to climb in behind the transmission to work.

The procedure involves cutting the floor out of the sail locker and adding an aluminum lip around and under the perimeter of the cut so the floor can be reinserted.  With this new "false floor" removed,  you will have ample access to your engine compartment from behind the engine.  

Tom Troncalli
Renata #95, St. Pete Fla


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kenneth M. Sutto 
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Sent: 11/4/2007 8:10:09 PM 
Subject: Re: [C38] engine access. try door frame removal


       I am trying to get to the shift linkage on the engine to adjust the angle of the cable. When I shift into forward the control handle at the helm does not engage very easy and sometimes slips out. There is a plate on the engine block that holds the linkage but I can barely reach it to remove the bolts on the block. I looked at  removing the Teak but the area is too far aft and to the right of the engine to get access from the forward end of the engine. It is also down very low in that area.
      Ken





Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 09:09:22 -0800
From: drstrong at ucdavis.edu
To: listserve at catalina38.org
Subject: Re: [C38] engine access. try door frame removal

Ken: First, try removing the teak frame that holds the access door in front of the Engine. This gives several more inches all around.
Don

Kenneth M. Sutto wrote: 
  Hello all, thank you for the "performance' and "prop walk" information.
  I have another situation on my 1983  #253 Catalina.  I need to get more access to the starboard side engine compartment. Next to the quarterberth is a small access opening which I can not get in to. I am pretty big in the shoulders and chest, (naturally a flat stomach!!!) and I am left handed. This makes it almost impossible to get access to the engine for me.
 How much of the side hole can I safetly cut out without any loss to the strength of the shell.
 Also what is the best way to cut the fiberglass out. I was planning tape the cut area, then mark the cut line on the tape and cut with a jigsaw. Then I have to figure out a new access panel.
 Any input, thanks.
 Ken Sutto
        Sundancer  #253



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