> 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.

So that leaves me with another different odd question.  My 1986 Syncro
Doublecab truck (originally Canadian) has its battery under the left
front seat, and nothing (even wiring holes) under the right seat.  I
once thought that this might be because I also have a non-walkthrough
version, with the cab divider and rather wide left seat, but have been
told by others that have 9-seaters (same front seats, same cab divider)
that their batteries were on the left -- or were diesels (I have one of
these, too... too many Vanagons now [6]).

Anybody else have their main battery on the left like me?

Malcolm