> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 17:54:00 -0600 > Reply-to: kmiller@accessone.com > From: "Kathy Miller" <kmiller@accessone.com> > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject: Battery Removal - '87 Camper > ... there must be an easier way!!!! Because the base for the captain's > seat is so far back, the only way I was able to get enough room to remove > the battery was by taking pliers & bending up the metal on the rear rim of > the battery compartment. Tell me this isn't something I'll have to do > every time I remove the battery !!!!! I did move the seat as far forward > as possible, & swivel it to the side, which gained a couple millimeters > more clearance. But the whole base of the seat covers the first inch or so > of the battery compartment & I couldn't figure out how to actually move the > base. > You can't move the swivel base without removing the seat, but the battery should squeeze by with the base turned to the right angle. It is a really tight fit, so maybe some brands of batteries are worse than others. If you're having trouble sliding or swivelling the seat, now might be the time to remove it & clean/lube the swivel base & tracks, and make the battery job easier...
Shawn & Janis Wright '88 Westy (338k) '85 Jetta TD (367k) VWnut@smus.bc.ca (swright@smus.bc.ca) http://www.islandnet.com/~swright/vw.html
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