You need to swivel the seat 180 degrees (until it's facing the rear)
to get to those two screws.

-MM

>From: Chris Paquette <cp@IX.NETCOM.COM>
>This morning when I went out to start my '88 Westy, the battery was
dead (I
>found out later that I had left the interior light above the
driver's door
>on). I asked a neighbor for a jump-start. 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.
>
>For a short-term solution, I simply bent the plate upward, which
allowed
>access to the battery terminals and I was able to get the bus jump-
started.
>
>I must be missing something. What's the proper way to access the
battery
>compartment? How was I supposed to remove the rear screws?

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