Yes, if that is what you mean, you are right. It doesn't do anything
but get in the way.

Jim

On May 13, 2005, at 7:28 PM, mark drillock wrote:

> 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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>