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Subject:Re: Aux battery removal
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Fri, 30 Jun 2017 23:52:28 -0600

Looks quite normal ~ You should only have to Push Down on the "Loop"

@ the Front of the Seat Base & Rotate the Seat Base 180º ~ Sometimes They

can be Very Difficult to Rotate ~ My Pass'Side Seat would be Near Impossible

to Spin if the Seat was Off so I did not have it for Leverage ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 30 Jun , 2017, at 11:17 PM, PB wrote:

> Sorry - I know this is elementary, but I'd appreciate a virtual helping
> hand.
> 
> I have now removed the seat, and the rectangular plate overlaps about 2
> inches over the battery cavity.  I couldn't get the seat to swivel.  I
> guess I could remove the passenger seat and see what's different.  The
> Bentley and the original user manual that I have do not mention anything
> about the rectangular plate overlapping the aux battery cavity (and
> couldn't find it on the samba) and I'm not sure of how to remove it.
> Here's a link to a  photo
> <http://s74.photobucket.com/user/edtech2000/media/Westy%20Batteries/IMG_0552.jpg.html>.
> Does everything look normal, or was it modified?  It's probably easy to
> remove, but I don't know exactly how the plate is attached.
> Thanks  again,
> Patti
> 90 Westy Automatic
> Los Angeles
> *****************************
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Turn the seat base 180 degrees. A battery post clamp lifting strap will
>> make this job a lot easier.
>> 
>> Dennis,
>> From my Windows phone.
>> ------------------------------
>> From: PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
>> Sent: ‎6/‎30/‎2017 6:05 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Aux battery removal
>> 
>> I need to remove my aux battery, but after I remove the seat, how would I
>> move the pedestal back to free the battery?  I'm not very experienced
>> working on my van, so I’d like to know before I remove the seat.  (Already
>> saw GoWesty video on seat removal.)
>> 
>> 
>> By the way, the driver seat swivel seems to be stuck.  It should move 90
>> degrees, and I believe I have swiveled it in the past, but can’t move it
>> now.   Passenger side easily swivels 180 degrees.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Patti
>> 
>> 90 Westy Automatic
>> 
>> Los Angeles
>> 
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