Cleaning Out

Until today I have had a problem with the back seat. Although it would fold forward, one of the catches was stuck so it would not flip up and sit at the back of the front seats as it is supposed to do. However, with a bit of WD40 and, after Googling, some carefully-applied brute force, the seat now flips up.

Once I had released the seat I was disgusted at the mess I found beneath. I can only assume that the previous owner used it to carry building supplies because there was sand, gravel and dust all over. When I started to sweep it up I could see that it was jammed underneath the plastic trim in the back so there was only one way to get it clean, I had to take the plastic out.

In the picture below you can see the sort of muck I had to deal with. It was like this through the whole back of the van. Once I had finished, though, it was nice and clean (next picture).

Dirty :-(

Clean :-)

As I had the plastic trim out, it made sense to give it a clean before putting it back. The side trims are held in with three clips each and the back edge trim is held down by torx screws. With these removed, the liner just lifts out. Putting it all back together was just as simple.

I forgot to take a picture of the empty van with the plastic refitted because I was so excited by the extra space in the back. The before and after pictures below clearly show the difference flipping up the seat has made to the space in the back.

Before - No Space :-(

After - Lots of Space :-)