Date:         Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:25:51 -0700
Reply-To:     kW <kokopellis@ATT.NET>
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From:         kW <kokopellis@ATT.NET>
Subject:      tall folks seat catch/slight fuel leak
Comments: To: "Tom L. Neal" <jneal@NETCOM.COM>
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Tom L. Neal wrote w/clipping:
sometimes I drive with the driver's seat beyond
the last detent, by accident.  Makes for interesting motions during
braking.
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You can cut additional slots further back in the seat rails and make
another "detent".  I did this using a hack saw (seat removed from track)
and now get several more inches of leg room which helps immensely.  It
is easy, remove seat from track, make two cuts on each track for each
new detent and remove the little piece of waste metal, clean up rough
edges with file, (make sure new detent is as wide as others), re-install
seat, enjoy more leg room.  Yet another of the secrets I learned here on
the list.
Have some fun.
Ken Wyatt
82 westy, 521
slc, uT

PS, I went out to fine tune the bus last weekend and opened up the
engine compartment and smelled gas.  It appeared to be leaking from the
cold start valve.  I have since tightened the clamps and the leak has
ceased.  I put on all new hoses last year. Maybe they shrunk a little in
the cold of winter.  That is scary.   Drip, drip, drip, pooffff..  Check
those connections.