| What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat? [message #204202] |
Tue, 09 April 2013 20:18  |
A Hamilto
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I need to cut out a notch and insert a "structural" pocket in the step behind the driver's seat to accomodate my new jack-knife sofa leg/support/track. It needs to be about 6" deep and 3" wide and a couple feet long.
My head is too fat to stick very far into the engine hatch to see what might be there, and, although my arms are pretty long, I can't feel all the way over to where I need to cut to verify that there is nothing in the way. I don't have the front end high enough to get my fat self under it to look up from the bottom.
Has anybody ever attempted to use that space before? What did you find under there?
If no answers, I will get out the jack and block it up high enough to get my fat self under it to take a look.
Thanks in advance.
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| Re: What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat? [message #204209 is a reply to message #204202] |
Tue, 09 April 2013 20:35  |
Dennis S
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Here's a photo (borrowed from Carl) that shows the fuel fill and vent lines in that area.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/mechanical/p34165-gas-tank-clean-up-fuel-line-replacement.html
Dennis
| A Hamilto wrote on Tue, 09 April 2013 20:18 |
I need to cut out a notch and insert a "structural" pocket in the step behind the driver's seat to accomodate my new jack-knife sofa leg/support/track. It needs to be about 6" deep and 3" wide and a couple feet long.
My head is too fat to stick very far into the engine hatch to see what might be there, and, although my arms are pretty long, I can't feel all the way over to where I need to cut to verify that there is nothing in the way. I don't have the front end high enough to get my fat self under it to look up from the bottom.
Has anybody ever attempted to use that space before? What did you find under there?
If no answers, I will get out the jack and block it up high enough to get my fat self under it to take a look.
Thanks in advance.
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Dennis S
73 Painted Desert 230
Memphis TN Metro
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| Re: What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat? [message #204220 is a reply to message #204202] |
Tue, 09 April 2013 21:47 |
GMC Cruse
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| A Hamilto wrote on Tue, 09 April 2013 21:18 |
I need to cut out a notch and insert a "structural" pocket in the step behind the driver's seat to accomodate my new jack-knife sofa leg/support/track. It needs to be about 6" deep and 3" wide and a couple feet long.
My head is too fat to stick very far into the engine hatch to see what might be there, and, although my arms are pretty long, I can't feel all the way over to where I need to cut to verify that there is nothing in the way. I don't have the front end high enough to get my fat self under it to look up from the bottom.
Has anybody ever attempted to use that space before? What did you find under there?
If no answers, I will get out the jack and block it up high enough to get my fat self under it to take a look.
Thanks in advance.
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You should be fine. The PO of my GMC removed the step behind the driver's seat completely to install the jackknife couch.
Mike K.
'75 PB
Southeast Michigan
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| Re: What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat? [message #204231 is a reply to message #204227] |
Wed, 10 April 2013 00:15 |
habbyguy
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| A Hamilto wrote on Tue, 09 April 2013 20:46 |
Related question for anybody that has a sofa behind the driver's seat: Is there something to bolt seatbelts to in the floor along the wall?
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I've seen photos of coaches with a couch there that have mounting points for belts, but mine didn't. I ended up using a piece of 1/2" high-strength steel cable, run around the frame rail just in front of the 'fridge, along the top of the compartment under the couch cushions, and then bolted to a VERY heavy duty guy wire attachment eyebolt. I used PVC tubing to keep the belt mounting hardware in the right place, though it does have a couple inches of freedom side to side. It ended up being a very nice, clean install, and I'm not at all worried about the strength (it's one of those "by the time it breaks, it won't matter to what's left of the passenger" deals).
Mark Hickey
Mesa, AZ
1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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| Re: [GMCnet] What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat [message #204244 is a reply to message #204202] |
Wed, 10 April 2013 07:50 |
jhbridges
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First, try an inspection mirror and a flashlight. If you can see all the way to the side of the coach under there, it will save some jacking and blocking.
--johnny
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'76 palm beach
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Subject: [GMCnet] What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat
I need to cut out a notch and insert a "structural" pocket in the step behind the driver's seat to accomodate my new jack-knife sofa leg/support/track. It needs to be about 6" deep and 3" wide and a couple feet long.
My head is too fat to stick very far into the engine hatch to see what might be there, and, although my arms are pretty long, I can't feel all the way over to where I need to cut to verify that there is nothing in the way. I don't have the front end high enough to get my fat self under it to look up from the bottom.
Has anybody ever attempted to use that space before? What did you find under there?
If no answers, I will get out the jack and block it up high enough to get my fat self under it to take a look.
Thanks in advance.
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'73 23' CanyonLands For Sale
UA (Upper Alabama)
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| Re: What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat? [message #204251 is a reply to message #204227] |
Wed, 10 April 2013 08:31 |
mojoe
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| A Hamilto wrote on Tue, 09 April 2013 23:46 |
Related question for anybody that has a sofa behind the driver's seat: Is there something to bolt seatbelts to in the floor along the wall?
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My couch seat belts where mounted to the wall rail when I removed my couch from behind the drivers seat.
Also if you remove the wheel well on the drivers side it will open up a new world of things you can see and not cut into!
Joe Kemenczky..
1975 Eleganza ll " Odie " 75,000 miles..
"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not." - Mark Twain.
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| Re: What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat? [message #204252 is a reply to message #204251] |
Wed, 10 April 2013 08:32 |
mojoe
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Great Minds think alike,, Kerry,,, 
Joe Kemenczky..
1975 Eleganza ll " Odie " 75,000 miles..
"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not." - Mark Twain.
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| Re: What's Under The Step Behind The Driver's Seat? [message #204281 is a reply to message #204202] |
Wed, 10 April 2013 13:37 |
GMC Cruse
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| A Hamilto wrote on Tue, 09 April 2013 21:18 |
I need to cut out a notch and insert a "structural" pocket in the step behind the driver's seat to accomodate my new jack-knife sofa leg/support/track. It needs to be about 6" deep and 3" wide and a couple feet long.
My head is too fat to stick very far into the engine hatch to see what might be there, and, although my arms are pretty long, I can't feel all the way over to where I need to cut to verify that there is nothing in the way. I don't have the front end high enough to get my fat self under it to look up from the bottom.
Has anybody ever attempted to use that space before? What did you find under there?
If no answers, I will get out the jack and block it up high enough to get my fat self under it to take a look.
Thanks in advance.
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Here's what my PO did:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/interior/p48572-step-at-couch2.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/interior/p48571-step-at-couch1.html
Mike K.
'75 PB
Southeast Michigan
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