Date:         Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:27:41 -0800
Reply-To:     phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Things I have learned on taking out the cabinets
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"this has been an experience".

YOU BET!! I did the same thing. But  all i did was
spray corrosion inhibitor on the inside of that seam.
Then I put it all back together. What a JOB! Wish i
cut and welded the seam like you did.

Do you have any photos of the seam welding???

Phil 84' all white Westfalia
"Millenium Falcon"
84' all brown Rustfalia/Wolfy GL
"Sh*thawk"
8100 AV PPC 100Mhz
B+W G3 450 MHz 256mg ram










--- "Cooper, Jonathan R." <cooper@BQMLAW.COM> wrote:
> Well, this was my (our) year to go back to the paint
> shop to have the seams
> sandblasted and the bottom half repainted. I saw
> some rust on the seam below
> the outlets and worried that the condensation had
> gotten to it. I took out
> the 'fridge and sure enough, the floor was rusted
> and both sides of the seam
> were bad.
>
> So we decided (I and Mike at Euclid Foreign Motors
> here in Cleveland) to
> take out the seam and weld in new metal. It looks
> beautiful.
>
> NOW THEN. I took the cabinets out, which was a pain,
> but not too bad.
> Putting them back in taught me a couple of things.
> First, it is probably easier to put the rear cabinet
> in first. I did it the
> reverse and it was alot harder.
> Second, remove anything that these items might hang
> up on. The fit is really
> tight, so the little grille at the rear of the
> Fridge/stove cabinet needs to
> come out, I chipped some Formica (I know its not
> but...) on this. The coat
> closet door is also worth removing, together with
> its hinges.
> Third, watch out for the plastic parts, the water
> inlet, the faucet, etc...
> they are all brittle, and if you tug, they will
> break.
>
> So I am almost done, but this has been an
> experience.
>
> Jonathan R. Cooper
> Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal
> 900 Skylight Office Tower
> Cleveland, OH 44113
> Cooper@BQMlaw.com
>
>
> 85 Westy
> 90 Cabriolet


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