Need to replace microwave.
Can't find how to remove microwave from 2006 Hunter 38.
Does anyone know how it is anchored in?
Can't find how to remove microwave from 2006 Hunter 38.
Does anyone know how it is anchored in?
Microwave
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I've looked at my 2008 38 to figure out how it's in there. Had the same idea that someday I'd need to replace it and wanted to understand how.
I think the wood trim panel that surrounds the front of the microwave is held in my clips from the back. They are the same spring loaded clips that are used on the trim boxes that encase the bilge pump discharge, the head sump discharge, etc.
I think if you carefully pull on the panel (do it evenly so you don't break the panel) it will come off. When it's off you'll have access to the sides and bottom of the microwave. I suspect you'll sass how it's held in place.
I think the wood trim panel that surrounds the front of the microwave is held in my clips from the back. They are the same spring loaded clips that are used on the trim boxes that encase the bilge pump discharge, the head sump discharge, etc.
I think if you carefully pull on the panel (do it evenly so you don't break the panel) it will come off. When it's off you'll have access to the sides and bottom of the microwave. I suspect you'll sass how it's held in place.
I have seen no evidence that Hunter's designers provided a way for cabinets and panels to be disassembled to facilitate maintenance and service of components. If they had they would be advertising the feature. Boat interiors construction is very much like RVs and mobile home constructions where they use a lot of staples and glue to hold and give strength to light weight panels. Most jobs require some carpentry skills.
That is the way it is on the 38 too. There are several panels around the boat that snap in the same way. I've generally found that they did build things in ways they can be be disassembled. It sometimes just takes a bit to figure out how.
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I replaced the micro on my 2005 H27 this summer. I unscrewed the cooktop to get at it... then found I could have popped off the front frame as quadrille describes! I still would have had to remove the cooktop to get at a piece of wood going across the top of the micro and screwed in on either side to secure it in place. Ditto for reinstallation. Just removing the front would not have worked.
My OEM micro was 0.5 cubic ft, 500 watt. You can't find that kind of unit anymore, which is just as well because it was too underpowered. The smallest 0.7 cubic ft, 700w model I found could fit, except for needing about 3/8" extra room on the top of the opening. I was really hoping to find a 1000w unit, but they were all too big.
It's all happily in place now.
My OEM micro was 0.5 cubic ft, 500 watt. You can't find that kind of unit anymore, which is just as well because it was too underpowered. The smallest 0.7 cubic ft, 700w model I found could fit, except for needing about 3/8" extra room on the top of the opening. I was really hoping to find a 1000w unit, but they were all too big.
It's all happily in place now.
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