I have all of the headliner out right now to rewire everything. It had
metal strips at each cross member to hold the FRP up and that was
perfectly fine. There were no dips or points that concerned me. The
straight FRP held at the cross members is rigid enough, but then I have
nothing hanging from just the FRP. I would agree that if you are going
to hang anything that it will need to be braced as the FRP will not be
strong enough to support much more than its weight. I suppose if you are
hanging something that is a pound or so, you might get away with it.
When I pulled out my FRP, I did find that there were 2 pinch points
which caused me to splinter 2 panels. I will need to cut two new ones
and replace them. One was just inside the door against the side of the
refrigerator and the other was above the closet. In both cases I have
been considering using a jack to try to lift the roof up about an 1/8 of
an inch so that I can get the replacement FRP installed.
I have been planning on putting the FRP back in, but I like the idea of
the Durotherm Lite that Larry used. I like the thought of getting a bit
more R factor into the ceiling. Now if I can find some of that out here
on the west coast (around Seattle).
Good luck.
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Gerard Hickey / WTØF IRLP:3067/Echolink:529661
hic...@kinetic-compute.com DMR: 3102272
425-395-4554
Ok, thanks. So the rivnuts likely look similar to the ones used on the roof clearance lights.
Oh, the original owner shaved off the rivnuts for the gas door where the magnet is attached. I am guessing it was for clearance reasons with those
huge CA emission fuel pump nozzles back in the 70's-80's. I have an OEM magnet that I want to reattach but not sure what size rivnut to purchase. Are
those holes accessible inside the cab behind the trim panel next to the driver seat?
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Ed Clerkin | 1974 GMC Canyon Lands 26’
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Sully
Bellevue wa.
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 7:04 AM Larry via Gmclist <gmc...@list.gmcnet.org>
wrote:
> BTW, when I put the Duro-Therm up, I measured between the electric