Yes, to clarify, if you have a passenger Vanagon then you would have to do
the cutting away of the plastic housing.  If you have a Westfalia conversion
(pop-top) then there should just be a wooden box around the rear heater core
that will easily unbolt and come out.  A few of the early Wolfsburg Vanagons
with rear seat/bed were like this as well.  Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
http://www.vanagain.com
Phone: (856)-327-4936
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-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Hannink [mailto:tjhannink@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:54 PM
To: Kenneth Wilford; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Cc: Wolfsburg Campers
Subject: Re: rear heater

--- Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
<SNIP>
> Doing it the way VW designed it requires you to
> remove the rear seat totally which is not only a
> pain, and time consuming but also not necessary.

That would depend on the model of Vanagon you have. In
my camper, you need to remove the two bolts that hold
the steel front seat support to the seat frame and
four phillips screws that hold the plastic front panel
to the floor. The front panel assembly slides forward
and comes off exposing the heater housing and the
whole underside of the rear seat. The rest of the rear
seat stays put.

=====
Tim Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
Winter Park, Florida
http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
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