Hi Warren, I have done this in reverse, putting the Westy rear seat in. The rear heater is in the same general area as far as side to side goes, only mounted further to the rear with the GL seat. It should simply be a matter of drilling new holes to mount the blower / core assembly further back as necessary, and new holes for the heater plastic cover used with the passenger vans, should you so desire. You should not have to alter the coolant hoses or wiring harness at all. Cheers, Dave Milo On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Warren Lail <wklail@gmail.com> wrote: > I found a rear seat from an 87 GL that I would like to install in my > 88 Westy. I plan to pull my kitchen stuff and essentially have a > weekender (need more room for the wife and the two dogs, and I always > cook outside anyway and I always take along a cooler). However, I > noticed that the rear heater is different; in my Westy it is under a > wooden box - in the GL it is in the center. Does anyone know if I > will require any special modifications to pull this off? Has anyone > done this before? > > Thanks in advance, > > Warren in Santa Fe > 88 Westy "Billy Bones" > |
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