New member with a few questions

[Jerry32]

I fought with mone until I found the clamp in the center that makes it two partsd and then it dropped right out . as was stated the floor pan is the worst part. Nice to hava that room in the engin room.  if the you get rid of some of that insulation then you will see the bolts but still hard to get to. Jerry

[Jriddle]

I fought with mone until I found the clamp in the center that makes it two partsd and then it dropped right out . as was stated the floor pan is the worst part. Nice to hava that room in the engin room.  if the you get rid of some of that insulation then you will see the bolts but still hard to get to. Jerry

I think I didn't find all the bolts and that is when the BF crow bar came into play.

John

[mike802]

Thanks to everyone's help my son and I were able to get the tank out, it took most of a Saturday morning, but it sure felt good to get the job done, and yea the bf crow bar came in handy as well LOL.  We cut the bathroom floor out using a grinder with a cut off wheel and the bf crow bar came in handy here also

Once that was done I started stripping out the base board heating ducts and the carpeted wall panels.  I am now down to the final sheeting on the inside wall.  Should I remove this as well?  I have read stories where people remove the sheeting and replace the insulation with pink, or blue board.  Will I gain any additional insulation R value by doing this?  Also if I do remove the final wall sheeting and reinsulate should I reinstall the original panels, or just cover with whatever I use for wall sheeting?  When I was removing the heating duct work and diffusers, there were two ducts, each over the front wheel that vented through the outside bus sheeting, where these cold air returns?  I removed them, will that be ok, or is there something I should do if I leave them off?

Thanks
Mike.

[Jriddle]

Once that was done I started stripping out the base board heating ducts and the carpeted wall panels.  I am now down to the final sheeting on the inside wall.  Should I remove this as well?  I have read stories where people remove the sheeting and replace the insulation with pink, or blue board.  Will I gain any additional insulation R value by doing this?  Also if I do remove the final wall sheeting and reinsulate should I reinstall the original panels, or just cover with whatever I use for wall sheeting?  When I was removing the heating duct work and diffusers, there were two ducts, each over the front wheel that vented through the outside bus sheeting, where these cold air returns?  I removed them, will that be ok, or is there something I should do if I leave them off?

This like asking about oil and antifreeze. When you remove these panels you will have to replace them with structural rivits or leave them off and  add bracing to make up for the loss in support. I would use closed cell foam insulation if I were doing this you can buy kits to do it yourself. look in the archives this has been discussed a lot.
I choose to add bracing.
John