1997 370 Sundancer,Has anyone...

[CKboater]

1997  370 Sundancer,

Has anyone replaced there forward stateroom TV with VHS tape?   It looks like the entire closet next to it has to come apart.

thanks!

[wingless]

Is that tube TV / VHS player screwed to a board, with the board screwed to the cabinet enclosure from below?

It looks like those two large brass surface plates below the television may be removed to provide hand / arm access to the cavity below the TV for unscrewing the TV plate.

Please provide images and report.

[CKboater]

Yes the TV is screwed to a flat board as the mid cabin TV is. But the forward TV has no access to the screws that hold it in place. See attached drawing that Searay sent me. I just can believe the entire cabinet will have to come apart.

[wingless]

Thanks for the image.

Can't the brass wall plates and boxes be removed so that those openings permit hand / arm access to the cavity below the TV for unscrewing the TV?

[CKboater]

Thanks. Why didn’t I think of that? I’ll have to check that out! Certainly will save a ton of work? Thanks again!! Hopefully the back box the light switches are mounted in are not attached to anything——. If there is a back box at all. Hope it works. It’s going to be a winter project,I’ll try to remember to let u know if it works

[CKboater]

Forgot to write back - - - Yes it worked great. I remove the two outlets and I was able to get my hand and arm up to where the two screws were that were holding the plate that the TV was mounted too....

[wingless]

Good news, thanks for the update.