In a message dated 4/17/07 12:50:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mjhart853@YAHOO.COM writes:
> a lot of references to jump seats, but finding a real reference to the > install is like > finding a needle in a haystack... > Best I can come up with is to install brass cups in the floor (cut holes in > the wood Westy > subfloor), or weld/bolt in the real brackets from a donor van. I'm not > convinced that the brass > cups would be strong enough in the event of an accident so I prefer to go > the second approach. > If anyone has a pair of the floor brackets (from a junkyard van?), that > would be great. > > a metal cup insert into the westy plywood subfloor is sufficient. or a large bolt (with head flush w/ plywood subfloor) bolted thru the floor with a large recessed allen head in the head of the bolt that the junpseat feet pegs could fit into would be even better. thats what will be using to install a jumpseat in my 91 westy. force in a frontal collision is directly forward on the battery box not the floor. your seat pedestal battery box sheetmetal will crush long before any force is applied to the floor in a frontal collision weather you have the factory floor cups or not. if you want the factory floor cups, you have to weld them to your floor. which requires removing your ENTIRE WESTY INTERIOR to get the floor out. is it worth it? no. but if you must have the factory junpseat floor cups, i have some here. chris
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