bucket seats
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Forum Name: 1977-1979 Ford and Mercury
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Topic: bucket seats
Posted By: fordpower
Subject: bucket seats
Date Posted: 24-July-2018 at 1:00PM
| Ok took rails off seats to clean and paint. First I noticed I have lost one of the rods between the rails ( any ideas on replacement. Second I noticed they are the same doesn't matter left or right. Is this correct or did ford make a mistake on this car. |
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Posted By: 75GranMan
Date Posted: 24-July-2018 at 2:14PM
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The rail with the release lever is positioned as so you would release it with your left hand which is the outboard seat rail for the drivers bucket and inboard seat rail for the pass seat. You should be able to fabricate the missing piece with heavy gauge mechanics wire. ------------- John 75Gran Torino 4spd  |
Posted By: fordpower
Date Posted: 25-July-2018 at 1:15AM
| Ya I realize that just though they would be opposite |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 25-July-2018 at 9:21AM
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Nope, no mistakes. The seat tracks are the same for both sides, and same as a bench seat. Bench just uses a longer connecting wire for the latches. ------------- "What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind." Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
Posted By: fordpower
Date Posted: 21-August-2018 at 5:02AM
| Took the drivers side apart foam not bad but was a job getting it apart,lots of hooks hidden in the foam. |
Posted By: fordpower
Date Posted: 11-September-2018 at 4:07AM
| Going to try steaming foam to day Evonne camera is dead. |
Posted By: fordpower
Date Posted: 11-September-2018 at 10:48AM
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Up date I was going to say this steaming does not work,but after about a half hr slow process came back and the bad seat foam looks better than the other,so it seems to work.How long another question. Also any body ever straighten a seat frame. the drivers side is really twisted to the right. |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 11-September-2018 at 2:36PM
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Straightened mine, then said "Forget this, these suck" and put in 73 buckets. Used 2x4s to make a big clamp-on handle I could twist it back into shape with. ------------- "What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind." Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
Posted By: fordpower
Date Posted: 12-September-2018 at 12:42AM
| That's what I started to do but it is folding in the center top. |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 12-September-2018 at 11:35AM
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If you have the later buckets with separate headrest, the upper off a split bench with the two little individual armrests, or the back off a flightbench with the big center armrest will work. just use your cover/upholstry. ------------- "What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind." Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |
Posted By: fordpower
Date Posted: 12-September-2018 at 12:05PM
| Thanks anybody have one of those. My welder said you would have to cut it as the bend is at the bottom. to much work |
Posted By: fordpower
Date Posted: 05-December-2018 at 5:47AM
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Seat project has come to halt It seem I did to much this summer (what there was) rained every other day it seemed now have two hernias one were they did the prostrate in Jan the other in my groin. On the bright side I won't be doing any snow removal again this yr. or stove. Evonne knows how learned last winter ha ha |
Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 05-December-2018 at 12:24PM
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Take care of yourself, car can wait. ------------- "What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind." Randy 1979 T-Bird 2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds? |