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Subject:Re: Battery Question - 1600 diesel
From:Sean Bartnik
Date:Sun, 3 May 1998 16:02:05 EDT
>
> >     3)  the normal battery location is under the passenger seat (on a =
> westy,
> > rotate the seat backward, then
>
>
> I guess you main the auxillary battery, right? I have the main battery =
> in the back (to the right of the engine) that drives the car electrics =
> and another one under the passenger seat for the fridge etc.

No, he means the main battery.  In all US Vanagons (except for the
diesel Vanagons) the main battery was under the passenger seat.  In
diesel Vanagons, though, the battery is indeed in the engine
compartment.
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Sean Bartnik
Fredericksburg, Virginia
1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia
1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible
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