Re: More seat stuff

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

On all the seats I have come across, the cloth for the seat back is held 
in place with a row of spiked tabs at the bottom rear of the seat back.  
The cloth is sewn-up but left open at one end, like a pillowcase, which 
then is pulled over the frame.  The long edges at the open end are 
turned-over and sewn and a long metal rod put in.  The edges of the 
cloth are then hooked over the spikes, the metal rod stopping the cloth 
from ripping, and the spike tabs are bent over to secure everything.  
All you have to do to get access to the seat cables is open out the 
spikes and unhook the cloth. and then slide up the cloth.  The plastic 
surround for the seat-back lever just prises out.


Cheers,


Ewan.

'85 2.0 Storm
'86 1.8 GT


>Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 05:29:15 -0500 (EST)
>From: Speriod Ducum <htay@indiana.edu>
>To: Ewan Hopkins <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: More seat stuff
>
>I was wondering, how did you take the covers out.  they seems to be 
sawn
>shut.  i do not see any way except to rip something?
>
>alfred
>85 8v rocco
>
>On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Ewan Hopkins wrote:
>
>> I've done it by just tying a knot in the cable where it crosses over 
the
>> frame!  Seemed to work fine on my seat  The ends of the cables are 
crimped
>> on so I think it would be a real pain to remove them and shorten the 
cable
>> that way.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Ewan.
>> 
>> '85 2.0 Storm
>> '86 1.8 GT
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Van Vuren <veedublu@wirural.net>
>> To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>> Date: 07 October 1998 09:25
>> Subject: More seat stuff
>> 
>> 
>> >With all this talk about seats, how about some hints on fixing the
>> >stretched cables that lift the inboard hook so you can flip the seat
>> >forward?  One of my sets of 16v Scirocco seats requires me to 
manually
>> >lift the metal hook nearest the E brake.  It does move some when I 
lift
>> >the lever, so I know the cable is still intact and just needs to be
>> >shortened.
>> >
>> >Any suggestions would be appreciated
>> >
>> >John
>> >
>> >'87 16v Scirocco
>> >and lots of other stuff
>> >website - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm
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