I took it out last night - no problem at all with the bench seat installed.
Having the lkitchen out helped, but was probably not necessary.

thanks everyone.
Florian

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> I've had the water tank out of an 82 diesel westy.......
> after removing the sink/stove unit.....
> and I sure don't think I had to remove the rear seat to get the water tank
> out.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Florian Speier" <
> groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 9:48 AM
> Subject: order of cabinet removal
>
>
>  we got some of the dreaded seam rust behind the kitchen equipment - so on
>> saturday I pulled out the kitchen cabinet and reached in to pull out all
>> the
>> wet glassfibre insulation. However I figure now that to properly take the
>> whole panel off and rust treat the whole side from the inside I will need
>> to
>> also get the cabinetry out that houses the water tank. According to
>> bentley,
>> I have to remove the bench seat first..... gr...
>> Anyone know if this is really necessary if I already have the kitchen out?
>> Is there a way of just sliding it over and out?
>> Thanks
>>
>> Florian
>>
>
>