Jim, I was taking about the "hidden shelf below the stove" and above the
fridge, not the obvious shelf in the main cabinet below the sink which
comes right out as you say. The hidden shelf is a fixed part of the
cabinet and can't be removed per se. When you slide out just the fridge
unit the large metal combustion vent pipes hit that shelf, requiring you
to tip the fridge up at the door side to let the vent tubes clear the
hidden shelf and even then you need 3 hands to do the job. Cutting a few
inches off that shelf where the vent pipes hit hurts nothing and makes
the job much easier.

Mark

Jim Felder wrote:

> Mark, why not just pull out the support pins and pop out the whole
> shelf when you need the room in there? It just takes a minute, and you
> don't need any tools.
>
> Jim
>
> On May 13, 2005, at 6:24 PM, mark drillock wrote:
>
>>  Another thing I do
>> to that cabinet is cut out some of the hidden shelf below the stove, at
>> the driver's side wall edge. This allows more room for maneuvering the
>> fridge vent tubes when pulling and replacing just the fridge. Westfalia
>> should have done both of these mods in the first place to make servicing
>> the kitchen simpler.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Kim Brennan wrote:
>>
>>> Well, pulling the fridge is easy. Pulling the cabinet the fridge and
>>> stove and sink are in, is a bit more work (the main difficulty is the
>>> propane lines, which I had to disconnect from below and pull, before I
>>> was able to pull the cabinet.)
>>>
>>
>
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