Hey there FrqntFlyer.
We just got home from a trip to Western NY. We were going to take the Turtle Top F350, but my husband read your previous reply about the engine light going off and started doing some research. The next day when we headed out he said he heard the gears missing somewhere between 3 and 4. Oh then one of the breaks that we had just changed started seizing. Needless to say, we decided to high tail it back home and switch to our Kia Soul and forego the bus trip this time. In April we made it to Austin Texas and back (that's when the engine light started coming on) so we didn't want to push it.
FrqntFlyer, yes, I meant the tracks indeed! I managed to get the huck rivets out with a bunch of work, it got easier once I got the first couple out.
I punched out the centers of the rivets, cut them in half with a dremmel tool, then pounded them off with a hammer and chisel-like screw driver. I'm pretty small so it required A LOT of pounding.
Sorry for the delay in reply, been busy pounding at rivets!