RE: Tech: Seat release lever - released its last.

[Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>]

<snip>  
> ...But how hard can it be to  pull out a seat... (only 1 coat of paint, 
>under coating, and some rust and mud on the bottom of the car... can't 
really >see the bolts anymore...)
>
>Help!
>
>PS:  Any comments about replacing the seats?  Is it expensive?  
>Hard
>to do?  Any tricks I need to know?
>
>L Crawford
>84 Scirocco 8v Silver w/Busted seats.
>
>

L,  (whazzat stand for anyway?)

You can fix this without taking the seats out. But others have already 
told you how, so I'll respond to the other part of your question, the 
removal of the seats.  Basically, it's way easy. You do not need to get 
under the car at all. 

1. Slide the seat forward all the way. See how the seat is sliding in two 
tracks on either side. Unscrew the screws that hold the plastic track 
covers on. (if the covers are missing, no prob, your job just got 
easier)

2. Slide  the seat 1/2 way back. (so you can look down under it by the 
front) Look where the slide lever is. There is a track there with holes 
that the latch holds on to. At the very front of this there is a bolt 
that goes all the way through. remove it. You'll need a screwdriver 
(phillips??) and a socket/wrench (9mm or 10mm).  This bolt keeps the 
seat from sliding back out of the tracks. 

3. Slowly slide the seat all the way back. Take a good look at the whole 
thing before taking it out, so you see how it goes. It can be hard to 
put back if you don't know how the tracks and grooves all fit. With the 
bolt removed you can slide it back far enough to get out of the tracks. 
Now take it out of the car and fix it. 

4. Putting it back is the reverse of above, just be sure to be well 
rested and in a good mood. The seat is kinda heavy and it is tricky to 
get into all of the tracks. I found that it was necessary to hold the 
slide lever open while putting it in. 

Enjoy. 

But all this is in the Bentley, and probably in others (chilton's, 
haynes, etc??) If you don't have any such book, Get one!! (Bentley) 
Takes a lot of guess work out of the picture, and jaded listers won't be 
annoyed with the "waste" of bandwidth. (not me, I'm pretty new here, and 
am happy to share the little I know)

HTH

Jonas 
85 Scirocco



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