Hi..
obnoxious that they built it that way.
You don't say what year..
but typically on vanagons with a Z Bead rear seat..
remove that board across there..then I think it's loosen the seat frame
at one end.....where it's attached to the side wall of the van.
that allows enough clearance to  get the cover  out.

Once that is accomplished..I cut a bit of material off the bottom of the
fiberglass heater cover so it comes right off next time.
Scott

On 2/26/2012 7:24 PM, KKALnSF wrote:
>> Good day all,
>> It appears we have a small leak from the rear heater area under the rear bench seat.  We removed the six screws around the plastic shroud that covers the hoses and heater core, but were unable to remove the plastic cover completely. This allowed the plastic cover to tilt forward, but can not be removed.  Is there a process to remove the plastic shroud without removing the rear seat and frame?  The Bentley manual shows a diagram of the layout, but doesn't appear to cover the repair of the rear heater.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Kevin