Werner,

I'll do that, thanks!

Dan
Los Angeles, CA
'85 Westy Weekender

On Apr 27, 2011, at 9:22 PM, Werner Schink wrote:

> Dan,
>
> At the back of the rails that the seat slides in there are tabs that
> are
> bent in and stop the seat from going further back.  If you open up
> the tabs
> a bit the seat will slide back farther.  I've done that with my Westy.
>
> Werner in Sac
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Daniel Rotblatt
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:56 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Moving the Seat Back
>
> I have a bit of a funky knee, and it would be helpful if I could move
> the seat back a bit - just driving around town I can feel it on my
> knee, in the long run it may cause damage.  On a couple of other cars
> I've just unbolted the tracks and moved them back 4-6" - but it seems
> that on my Vanagon, the track is an integral part of the box the seat
> is attached to.  Any suggestions, known fixes/mods that can change
> this.  I have no problem fabricating anything, I weld, etc.
>
> Dan
> Los Angeles, CA
> '85 Westy Weekender