Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:33:01 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Stuck Driver Seat
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This beast (new to me) is going to take some work. Lots of things wrong.
Bad shocks, inoperative driver and passenger windows, drowned right dimmer
headlight, broken rear hatch lock retainer(know anybody that has one?)-
can't open rear hatch, Heater fans don't work, AC fans don't work -looks
like I will have to pull the dash. The AC doesn't work. Could be it just
needs servicing. Compressor looks brand new. One tire feels like it has a
flat side. And on and on. Lots of fun ahead. The one outstanding feature of
this van is it has the very last engine in it built by Boston Bob before he
passed. Has 50,000 miles on it now and runs like a champ. Really just
broken in good. It's destiny is to be transplanted into my '88 GL, which
will be sold, and a newly rebuilt Subaru EJ 2.5 conversion put into the
blue Carat.
On Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 9:56 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> Wow!
>
> Not the elegant solution we were hoping for.
>
> How could a seat get in that condition?
>
> Glad you have a spare available.
>
> Sounds like this van found the correct home!
>
> Eric Caron
>
>
> > On Apr 18, 2021, at 1:13 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > The saga continues.
> >
> > Absolutely nothing was going tomallow movement to that driver seat. With
> > help we pulled, tugged, pushed, all to no avail. Finally removed the seat
> > cushion, which had to be seriously repaired anyway, looking at the seat
> pan
> > sans cushion, it appeared the release rod was bent, though I really
> didn't
> > see how. That rod is some seriously hard steel. The crux of it came down
> to
> > cutting that rod to get it released. Removed the cut rod and guess what -
> > that bloody seat would not move an inch. Finally had someone lay on their
> > back and kick the daylights out of the back of the seat on both sides,
> > while it was pulled from the front. It moved a 1/2 inch. But it did move.
> > From then on it was kick relax, kick relax, kick relax. After about 40
> -45
> > minutes of this the seat came off the tracks/ rails from the front like
> it
> > was supposed to. Inspection of the pan on the underside revealed no
> loose
> > screws. How ever, that track was really chewed up. As were the seat
> guides.
> > Spent some time dressing up the rails and getting them smooth again, and
> > putting some grease on them. I was fortunate enough to have another front
> > seat handy with the same color and pattern as the original. It works like
> > its supposed to. Now I am good to go. !
>
>
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