At 00:00 5/04/00 -0400,several of you wrote:
>
>Due to the headrest and non-adjustable arm, I can only turn the driver
>seat 90 degrees in our 86 Westfalia. The folks at Westfalia should have
>put some more thought into this.
>
>Subject: Re: Box behind/below driver seat.
>
>Well, that's exactly how far the manual says it should turn...what I hate
>is having to release the handbrake to do it.  Mine stays facing front
>almost all the time.

 Hmmm,whilst I don't have armrests on the front seats (only on the doors)
 I do have headrests however I have no trouble turning the drivers seat
 all the way around.
 I release the mechanism,turn the seat 90deg (headrest towards driver's
 window) slide the seat all the way forward and it spins around the rest
 of the way clearing the steering wheel with ease.

 My swivel seat mechanisms are German supplied by Oettinger and there is
 nothing flawed with the design.Are the Westfalia ones different perchance?
 I'm curious...

 Steve O.
 Blue Mountains NSW Australia
 '92 Transporter WBX Kombi(built in Graz)
 '76 Transporter Double Cab
 '68 Beetle Deluxe
 '00 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
 '58 Fairmont M19 speeder