

| Subject: | Re: Removing the floor in a late model Westy |
| From: | Bruce Ralphs |
| Date: | Sun, 25 May 2003 18:04:10 -0700 |
Me too! Good fer ya! I noticed the post about pulling the cabinets to do the anti-rust thing. I am actually thinking of doing this but I do not want make it a HUGE make-work project! Obviously the fridge must come out...what about all the connections and tubing for the sink/water tank and everything else. Any traps I should know about? My van is now starting to rust in the seams so maybe it is too late. Advise, please and thanks? On Sunday, May 25, 2003, at 05:59 PM, Brent Christensen wrote: > Thanks Bruce! I figured out that I could remove it with a good solid > (yet gentle) YANK out the side door. ;-) > > -Brent > > >> From: Bruce Ralphs <bar@islandnet.com> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> CC: Brent Christensen <sbsyncro@HOTMAIL.COM> >> Subject: Re: Removing the floor in a late model Westy >> Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 17:58:32 -0700 >> >> Hi brent, >> Just pulled all of the flooring and the rear seat out of my 85 Westy >> as the rear heater core spewed almost all my coolant into the van >> last week. I do have the middle rails for seating so my flooring is >> in three sections. The front had the white adhesive run down one of >> the ribs near the front that pulled up easily with some force. The >> middle was held in by the rail flanges and the rear of course has the >> seat on it and the flange from the rear rail. The floor extended >> under the seat by about .5 inch as it does under the cabinets. Mine >> was held under that by staples about every two inches. I simply >> lifted the boards up from the sliding door opening and that overcame >> the staples under the edge of the cabinets. Now all my cabinets and >> flooring are dry! >> >> cheers, Bruce >> >> >> On Sunday, May 25, 2003, at 03:03 PM, Brent Christensen wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to pull out my flooring in order to do some >>> sound-proofing and install a jump seat. I notice that the front >>> (sliding door) edge is held in place with a "tack strip" much like >>> carpeting, and there are a few spots of white "glue" that seems to >>> remain tacky and flexible enough to gently pry the floor loose. I >>> am stuck, however, on the rear (stove/cabinet) edge. I do not want >>> to force it, since I am trying not to crack the floor board; does >>> anyone know how far under the stove/sink cabinet that the flooring >>> is inserted? Is it more or less flush with the edge? Is it affixed >>> to something like the tack strip on the leading edge? >>> >>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> -BRent >>> >>> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > >
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