Mine won't open unless I what it a good one.  Hit the seat cushion
straight down, then pull on the handle.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Tom LaLanne
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:49 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: My back seat won't open

    Has anyone else ever had this problem?  The back seat on my westy
weekender won't open.  The release mechanism is obviously jammed with
something, and no matter what I've tried, I can't convince it to open.
It's been about a month now that I haven't had access to tire jack,
tools, etc. under the seat.  I can't figure out how the &*#$ to get it
open.  There must be some easy solution that most everybody but me knows
about?  I hope.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Tom LaLanne