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Subject:Re: Battery Removal on '85 Westy...
From:Dave Caston
Date:Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:46:57 -0400

on 8/19/2000 1:20 PM, Phil Baird at mypactor@pacbell.net wrote:

> Got a problem.  I can't remove the battery under the passenger's seat.
> Lifting the battery out will not be a problem as it has a built in
> strap.  My problem is that even though I swivil the passenger seat 90
> degrees where it faces the driver's seat, the black, swivil platform
> assembly does not allow for enough space for me to lift the battery out.
> Somehow, it needs to move forward. The archives have proved of no help.
> 
> Anybody got any ideas?
> 
> Thanks....Phil in Bakersfield
> 
Open the door, Swivel the seat 90� (I think that does it)

Cheers,
Dave C.
Williamsburg, VA
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