Date:         Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:29:21 EDT
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From:         Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fw: Intermittent Wipers? and jumpseat install
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In a message dated 17/04/2007 11:25:22 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

2. Rear  facing jump seat install
Following Chris' advice, I just spent > 2 hours  searching the archives.
There are certainly
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.





The  most efficient and secure way to do this is to use an allen head socket
bolts  which have the appropriate inside cup diameter to fit the pins on the
bottom of  the seat legs and install those allen head bolts in the floor flush
with the  flooring you have.  Use of large outside diameter washers under the
van  that fit the shaft of the bolt is prudent to distribute the load on the
floor.  Use of nylock nuts would also be prudent.  This system has  been
written about before and works perfectly and is easy.  I do not  understand why you
did not find that information in the archives.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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