Cabinetry Removal

[oldman]

I have refrigeration problems on my 2000 Sun Odyssey 37. How do I remove the cabinetry/paneling behind the stove to properly remove and reinstall the piping to and from the compressor and the cold plate in the box?

[jimairey]

Looks like I too need to replace the Danfoss compressor and cold plate fitted to my SO36.2 and would love to have an an answer to this query.

[saxofon]

Hello Guys,

There is probably more ways todo this but here's my way when I had to replace the fridge parts in my SO37.1:

I did not removy any large part of the cabinetry at all. I disconnected the couplings at the compressor. Then removed the screws on the
refrige element in the box (my large box had just a tiny little element up in the right corner), then it was simple to pull. There is quite a
large hole in the box for the pipe to go through (since it needs to go through with its couplings!). That hole was sealed with some sort
of non-hardening paste.

Thereafter it was just to remove the old failed compressor, install the new compressor (now under
the sink instead of under the stove), install a new through-hull for the seawater cooled compressor,
install the new much larger box element, repipe/reconnect, turn the whole thing on again...

Could probably post pictures of the installments if of interest but unfortunately none take when removing stuff.

BR,
Per

[j]

Even though it's on a 40DS there may be some helpful info buried in this thread if you haven't found a solution yet;

jeanneau.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1623&page=6