It's an '85, Alistair. Some form of owners manual would be awesome! And the
pics, too.

If an 86 manual is close enough to at least help, that'd be great. Thanks
for the offer!

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On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Aniie,
>
> what year is your van? I have an '86 owner's manual I can scan for you.
>
> the seat track lever, and the entire system can be buggered and cause what
> you are experiencing. It does mean taking seat out, and looking underneath
> at mechanism. If you want pics I can send them.
>
> Also, there are plastic inserts in seat tracks on the van, not the seat.
> Its possible they are damaged and causing problems.
>
> The rear heater has a separate fan control, again shown in owners manual.
> Also there is a valve on  heater itself, so that coolant flow can be shut
> off during warm months.
>
> Let me know if you want the manual and pics of seat.
>
> alistair
>
>
>
>
> On 1-Oct-10, at 8:04 AM, Annie wrote:
>
> It's not necessarily the track - we did take it out and lube it up a few
> months back. The problem seems to actually be with the lever itself. It
> doesn't seem to work correctly and I don't know if it's because it's broken
> or what. Having not ever seen another one, I don't know what they're
> supposed to look like.
>
> Is that something that can be replaced? If so, where do I find a new one
> and
> how do I go about getting it installed and the old one removed? Or maybe
> I'll just replace the seats. I've thought about doing that as these ones
> aren't that comfortable for me since there's no lumbar support. I do have a
> lumbar cushion but due to the size and angle of the steering wheel, I can't
> use it without being too close. If I put the seat back a notch or two to
> compensate for that, I have to stretch my hip too far for the gas pedal and
> that defeats the purpose of the lumbar support! LOL - no I'm not just being
> nit-picky - I am disabled due to a back problem and if things aren't in the
> right position, my legs go numb. Not fun to drive that way.
>
> Also, someone in an earlier post this morning asked if I have an owners
> manual. No, I don't, unfortunately. There was one for sale a while back and
> I was too late to grab it! Sure would be handy to have one and I am keeping
> my eye out for another but they seem to pretty hard to come by.
>
>