Bavaria 37 - Couple of questions

[willfinch36]

Upgraded from a Bav 30 to a 37.

Can't wait to get her in the water.

Couple of questions:

1) Can anyone confirm the sizes of the Heads in/out skin fittings.

2) How do you get to the tap to remove the nut that holds it in? - Looks like you have to remove one of the sinks. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Will

[Symphony]

Can't help with the tap. The heads will almost certainly be 3/4" BSP in and 1 1/2" BSP out. These are standard on most boats and are what is on my 2001 37

[nornie lees]

Which taps?  removed the galley one easy enough, put in new seals and rebuilt. not touched heads but will be the same fixing im sure. The trick is having the right size tools/flat head screw driver. rgds Ray

[willfinch36]

Im talking about the galley one, there is a nut that holds the tap in usually. But couldn't see any easy way of accesing it?!

[nornie lees]

Good news i did it couple weeks ago so fresh in my mind, bad news is you need to remove the sink to be sure of tightening when you replace it. The sink is held down by screw/brackets, 6 if i remember correctly. Easy to undo with screw driver, just loosen then they unclip and fall away. Prize off the sink once you have undone the wastes, hot cold feeds need to be disconnected(they on flex hose).

To fix basin back you need clear silicon .
 But firstly put the new/refurbished tap back on and tighten!

Tip, before you remove sink draw a line around the sink position to make sure you know where to apply the sealant before re-bedding the sink or you will have it all over the worktop.

Ring me 07931 736 582 if you want talk it through, rgds Ray

[willfinch36]

Thanks very much Ray, much harder to do than on my old 30!

Do you have to remove BOTH sinks?

[nornie lees]

my 37 has one dual sink!

[willfinch36]

Just incase any one else reads this, it is possible to get to the nut to remove the tap without removing (either) of the sinks on mine!

[nornie lees]

remove cutlery draw, lay on your back and wiggle in, not easy, if you manage to undo and remove, when fitted back im not sure you can tighten enough to stop the taps rotating when in use.

It was easy to remove the sinks, just takes a bit time, much easier i think, i did look at trying to remove the taps only, but past experience has always proven not worth trying, unless you can live with wobbly taps.

rgds Ray