GMCforum
For enthusiast of the Classic GMC Motorhome built from 1973 to 1978. A web-based mirror of the GMCnet mailing list.

Home » Public Forums » GMCnet » My 1976 Palm Beach Project  () 2 Votes
Re: My 1976 Palm Beach Project [message #288163 is a reply to message #285780] Sat, 03 October 2015 17:04 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Justin Brady is currently offline  Justin Brady   United States
Messages: 769
Registered: April 2015
Location: Bell Buckle, TN
Karma:
Senior Member
Okay folks, No you didnt scare me away!
Work's been a real bear lately but I have made some good progress on the ole' girl.

Once everything was gutted I started looking at the floor, there was a rotten spot in the back and a hump in the middle (from the factory spray foam overexpanding believe it or not)
so....we pulled the entire floor.
If you haven't done this before it's a BIG JOB.
Both wheel wells, the generator surround, the propane tank and it's surround all have to come out first.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/jbrady2/GMC/4BAF8E1D-D679-48F5-B691-EB795A137A5A_zpsaqzg1kkv.jpg

Once all of that is out you then have to remove a whole bunch of rusty self tapping screws. An impact driver is a godsend here.
Once the screws are we pried up each panel (they are factory glued down, so this is a tough job.
Once she was all gutted here's the result:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/jbrady2/GMC/A24D30BC-C8CB-40FE-8373-00F411DC8DA9_zpsogots8mw.jpg

From here I figured might as well replace all of the fuel lines, so we did that. (~50 ft of 3/8" line)
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/jbrady2/GMC/4A878DE1-280C-423A-A6D7-5E2F2F4AE457_zps35khdwub.jpg

Then we noticed that the body mounts were all flat as a pancake from 40 yrs on the road so with the help of my new toy we pulled all of those out.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/jbrady2/GMC/E97F969B-8532-4900-A201-9370BE3A3751_zpswiiolsjj.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/jbrady2/GMC/F1329147-C9AA-4BFF-9CF5-46439C5CB0F8_zpspgxknsrd.jpg

For new ones I went to Tractor Supply and bought a 3/4" solid rubber stall mat and cut it into strips on the band saw. Worked like a charm. $40 for the mat, and I only used 1/3 of it. The rest of it is now an "anti fatigue mat" in front of the table saw.


From there we burned the old floor and replaced all of the ultra shitty sprayed in insulation with some nice foam board (1" is perfect fit). Put some liquid nails down and screwed it all down with stainless screws so the next guy won't have to deal with 40 years of rust like I did!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/jbrady2/GMC/8D3CF34E-1A03-4857-96D8-6D065A2A1738_zpszxwmk6pe.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/jbrady2/GMC/640BAAFB-6A74-4E3E-A447-DE64FC1B45DF_zpsctsf1yec.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h298/jbrady2/GMC/81E42783-6155-4C8B-8DA1-3502A014D827_zpsyiyft5x4.jpg

I didn't screw down the panel over the blackwater tank, as I still need to modify all of that for the new bathroom setup.

And then at present I am removing ALL of the sprayed in foam crap. not a fun job I might add.





Justin Brady http://www.thegmcrv.com/ 1976 Palm Beach 455

[Updated on: Tue, 19 January 2016 09:33]

Report message to a moderator

 
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Read Message
Previous Topic: [GMCnet] GMCMI Fall Convention - Can only come for couple of days?
Next Topic: Re: [GMCnet] EV6010 Stalling
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Sun May 12 08:53:16 CDT 2024

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01275 seconds