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Date:         Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:02:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Disassembling Westy interior for Seam Rust battle?
Comments: To: Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <46E35AD4.4040602@cs.uchicago.edu>
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Wesley, You can probably remove every piece behind the front seats in about four hours. I did mine in stages; the fridge was already out for troubleshooting, and the rest came out over a couple of days. The Bentley manual is extremely helpful (maybe even essential) in that when you start to look at removing the closet, for example, it tells you to back up and begin at Y, which then tells you to back up further and begin at X, etc. Saves most of the headache, especially when it comes to the closet removal trick if yours has rear A/C.

Rough sequence from Bentley: driver side curtain tray, A/C enclosure (if any), overhead cabinet, closet, rear seat, water cabinet, fridge, kitchen cabinet.

I removed my Westy's interior for soundproofing and rust inspection, and thankfully rust was not an issue so I merely used Boeshield. I did caulk the utility inlets, even with the gaskets.

DO NOT expect this to be a one day job. You could conceivably remove and reinstall the interior in one full day, but that is not allowing for any further work. Might be beneficial to rent short-term storage or prevail upon a friend with a garage or basement or a large empty van.

I also reused some of the existing yellow fiberglass insulation and also most of a roll of R-13 from HoDepot. Some folks have advised against this, but I figured if there was no rust after twenty years, then that point is moot. Good luck!

Stephen

--- Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU> wrote:

> Our '83 westy has very little seam rust as seen from > the outside, but my > understanding is that the rust is probably mostly > hanging out in the > interior of the seams. I'll probably do the whole > POR15 routine on the > exterior of the seams. As for as the other side, > I've been thinking > about taking out the interior, inspecting the inside > metal, grinding > down any rust, and then spraying it with some > coating (Boeshield? > Penzoils Marine Rust inhibitor?) and putting > everything back together. > > A couple of questions... > are there detailed instructions anywhere about the > best sequence to > remove the westy interior in? Right now my fridge > works very reliably. > I'm worried I'm likely to put everything back > together wrong and find > out I've messed it up somehow. > > any ideas about what to replace insulation with? > While I have my fridge out, should I stand it upside > down, shake it, > jump on it, or anything else? > Also, how long should doing the interior take?? I > don't have a garage in > which to store the cabinets/fridge/etc while I'm > doing the job. So if I > could do the whole inside in one day that would > really make me more > excited about the operation. > > > Thanks very much for any suggestions. > > -Wes >

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