BroadCove
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- Grand Banks 47 Eastbay FB
On a recent trip, my Glendinning cablemaster failed to retrieve the cable. It has power, it will pay out cable, but selecting "In" results in nothing. I jumped the in-limit wires, and, as expected, it works. So I need a new switch. But here's my problem: I can't figure out how to access the switch. My cable runs from the bin through about 3' of 3" pvc, through the rear bulkhead of the engine compartment, and into the port lazerette. I have good access to the lazerette, but the glendinning hawse is about 18 inches above the deck. That space is open, but the port exhaust runs through there, and the aft fuel tank intrudes into the space. So I'd need to be about 8 inches in diameter to fit back far enough to get in there...which of course I'm not. I tried to pull the plate off the front, but after getting the first screw out, the three others spun...machine screws and the nuts obviously are not locked in any way.
The replacement CM-7 limit switch doesn't look like the wire is anywhere near long enough to get from the control box to the hawse, so I assume it was extended. My only thought is to attach a wire to the failed switch, fish it out, and use the wire to pull the new one through.
Or just leave it jumped and take the battery out of the remote so it's not accidentally activated.
Any bright ideas come to mind? I know pictures would help but I just finished replacing the duckbills in my heads, so I'm about whupped. Thanks in advance!
The replacement CM-7 limit switch doesn't look like the wire is anywhere near long enough to get from the control box to the hawse, so I assume it was extended. My only thought is to attach a wire to the failed switch, fish it out, and use the wire to pull the new one through.
Or just leave it jumped and take the battery out of the remote so it's not accidentally activated.
Any bright ideas come to mind? I know pictures would help but I just finished replacing the duckbills in my heads, so I'm about whupped. Thanks in advance!