I once got very frustrated and got hacksaw and cut the bottom of the stupid
cover to remove it.
On a second go around i removed the front wall(4 screws) and bent the frame
forward enough to pull the cover forward and then up. I succeded to get it
out but was not impressed with engineering of it. But there are plenty of
other examples of such "great german engineering" in Vanagon so i will not
get into it right now...
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy

=David-M= wrote:

> I'm trying to replace a burst coolant hose that goes to the rear heater.
> How do I get to the rear heater? I lifted up the rear bench seat and
> removed the six screws I found. Stupidly, I thought I'd be able to lift
> off the shroud. But no, the shroud encircles the outlet so that it still
> cannot be lifted off.
> Do I have to remove the rear seat baseboard? Or, is there someway to
> pull off the plastic outlet vent?
> Neither the Bentley or Haynes manuals give any help other than showing
> exactly the same picture of it with the shroud already removed.
> Help! I ned to get my van back on the road asap.
>
> PS. Since I am now in Arizona, do I even need this auxiliary heater? Is
> there any way to bypass it?
>
> - David 1987 Wolfsburg ("The Bismarck" currently renamed the $%&#!@*)