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Subject:Re: Battery Access Question
From:Michael Sullivan
Date:Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:14:48 -0400

Dear Chris,

Simple, you must rotate the chair 180 degrees so that it points backwards!

In other words, don't slide the chair forward too much. Just rotate it.

Cheers,

MJS

At 01:56 PM 4/8/99 -0700, Chris Paquette wrote:

>When I went to open the battery compartment, however, there was a problem.

>

>There is a protective metal plate over the battery behind the passenger

>seat. To get to the battery terminals, this plate must seemingly be removed.

>The plate is secured by two screws in front, and two in back. The screws in

>front were easily removed, but even though I moved the seat all the way

>forward and swiveled it to one side, the swivel-plate the chair sits on was

>still over the rear-most section of the battery compartment, blocking access

>to the rear screws and therefore preventing the removal of the panel.

<bold>Michael J. Sullivan</bold>

Quincy, MA

'87 GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny"

'89 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Wagon "Wizard"

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