Hi Stewart and others,

by bottom do you mean the very large 4 bolts in each corner? 

I see one bolt going into the outlet space by the tank.  I found another on the passenger side connected to a bracket with two screws. 
These are high up on the sides at the front.  are there other bolts holding the box on the sides? 

In the back I found one screw on each bracket over the engine.

Does the whole bottom come up and out with the unit?

I'm extra careful as the first time I took off the heater cover the left screw was completely frozen and I eventually twisted so hard it broke off.  I don't want to do that two any other bolts or screws down there.

On Jul 23, 2014, at 6:39 PM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> ALL of them!  Bottom, back shelf, and the bracket that connects it to the
> cabinet.  Heater cover has to come off to make it easier to wrench it around
> and out.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Eric Caron
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 2:57 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Rrear seat removal in a westy
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
>        I want to remove my back seat to access the panels on the passenger
> side. 
> 
> Can someone tell me which screws and bolts must come out.  I often guess
> wrong and take out bolts that could have stayed.  the result is I get into
> trouble I could have avoided.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 GL auto Westfalia 
>