Steve,

As far as I can tell, you have to remove the seat and twist the seat
mounting bracket 180 deg to get the box open.  The seat is removed by
pushing it clear forward and then lifting two latches, one on each rail,
which then allows the seat to slide completely off the rails.  This is the
only way I am able to open the compartment under the drivers seat of my 1982
diesel westy.

-bret

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of stephen de la salle
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 4:40 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: How do I get into the mystery storage box behind driver seat
>
>
> Okay ... I give up ...I tried the seat in every location possible ...The
> steering wheel gets in the way and I can't get to that storage box behind
> the driver seat..
>
> anyone managed to do it?
>
> If not, next move is to drill out the rivits ...then at least I can store
> stuff in there
>
> Steve
>
> p.s this is a westy van if that makes any difference.
>
>
> p.p.s the whole swivel thing on the driver side seems a waste of
> time to me.
> All I've managed to do is put the back straight up and swivel it
> 90 degrees
> with the back next to the driver door.  It's then just possible to wedge
> yourself in as long as you dont mind the steering wheel in your side and
> don't mind sitting bolt upright.
>