james, you may or may not have the tracks laid down in your westy.  if
you do, your plywood will already be cut, and you should have two lines
of white track covers perpendicular to the sliding door.

i didn't, and installed old tracks from benT.  i cut pocket cuts into my
floor (only as long as needed for the tracks to bolt down properly and
allow seat installation), and cut the floor-securing angle-iron into
three sections so the seat could slide on.  the seat slides in
perfectly, bolts down, and still allows us the "walk through" effect
between the seat and the kitchen unit.

the rails you need, if you don't have them, are the same as the rails
holding on the 2-person seat in a 7-passenger van.  just be sure to get
the metal tabs that go through the floor bolts and hold the 13mm bolt of
the seat in.

if you can wait until tomorrow, i will get the dimensions of my pocket
cuts for you...

bill
'87 syncro westfalia
santa cruz, ca

On Monday, May 27, 2002, at 08:55 , James Wetzel wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with mounting the 5th seat in an 84 Westy?
> This
> is the large brown seat that swivels with the storage locker.
> Specifically,
> do I need special hardware like the rails to mount it next to the
> sliding
> door?  Do I need to cut the plywood and is so do you have dimensions?
> What
> bolts work best to fasten?
>
> I have partially looked under the plywood to see what look like mounting
> points, just not sure how the rails fit into the equation.
>
> Thanks in advance for your reply.
>
> Jim Wetzel
>