Get a flat strap battery carrier.
Its an antique item that you'll use once and never use again cause your
new battery will have a built in handle.
I have used two pair of pliers and just gripped the terminals and lifted
the battery out, heavy but it works if you've got enough grip.
The whole process works better if you slide the seat off the rails and
get enough room to work. On a Westy, rotate the seat to rear facing
position.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westy

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:57:32 -0700 "S.C. Harrison"
<diverse_imaging@YAHOO.COM> writes:
> 82 Vanagon Westy, trying to replace the battery located under the
> passenger
> seat.
>
> Removed the "clamp bolt", but the bulk of the frame/cover assembly
> in there
> seems to be riveted in. Not sure what removing this bolt did.
>
> Tried to remove the current correct-size battery in there with a
> Lisle
> battery removal tool (like a big pair of tongs)- that didn't work.
> Wouldn't
> open far enough to grasp the whole battery, and if it did, nothing
> to grasp
> on to. Also tried using a pair of long flat-blade screwdrivers to
> ease it
> out. Also no luck.
>
> Such a simple task, and the manuals I have don't give any direction
> at all.
> And worst of all, no maneuvering room! ARRGHH!
>
> A little help, please?
>

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