

| Subject: | Re: Rrear seat removal in a westy |
| From: | Richard Golen |
| Date: | Wed, 23 Jul 2014 20:37:35 -0400 |
There's also a large Phillips head screw behind the metal trim panel on the passenger side adjacent to the slider weather stripping. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 23, 2014, at 19:52, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Anything holding it in, including to the cabinet. It has to be slid out > towards the front, rocking back and forth to clear the sides. When you have > it out, remove the rubber plugs in holes in the floor underneath so the > coolant can drain out when the heater core eventually fails. Much better > than having it run under the floor board where you'll never get rid of it! > > Also, the valve does not completely shut off, there is always a bit of > coolant running through. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Eric Caron > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 4:36 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Rrear seat removal in a westy > > 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 >>
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